Federal Route 3
Kuantan Bypass
Route information
Part of AH18
Existed	1977–present
History	Completed in 1979
Major junctions
North end	Gebeng
Major intersections	FT 3 AH18 Federal Route 3 FT 2 Jalan Beserah FT 3485 Jalan Kawasan Perindustrian Gebeng FT 14 Jerangau–Jabor Highway FT 231 Jalan Sungai Lembing FT 229 Jalan Permatang Badak FT 420 Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway
South end	Kuantan Airport (South) Interchange on FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway
Location
Country	Malaysia
Primary destinations	Kuala Terengganu Sungai Lembing Bandar Indera Mahkota Gambang Kuantan Airport
Highway system
Highways in Malaysia Expressways Federal State

Kuantan Bypass, Federal Route 3, AH18, is a main highway bypass in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

Route background

The Kuantan Bypass starts at Kuantan Airport South Interchange, at its interchange with the Federal Route 2, the main trunk road of the central of Peninsular Malaysia.

At most sections, the Kuantan Bypass was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.

There are no alternate routes or sections with motorcycle lanes.

History

It was built in 1977 until it was completed in 1979.

The upgrade from trunk road bypass into dual carriageway bypass was begun in 2005 and was completed in 2007.

List of interchanges

Km	Exit	Interchange	To	Remarks
			North FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Port FT 3 AH18 Chukai (Kemaman) FT 3 AH18 Kuala Terengganu FT 3 AH18 Cherating
FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Bypass Start/End of highway
	1	Gebeng Junctions	South FT 2 Jalan Beserah FT 2 Kuantan Port FT 2 Beserah FT 2 Kuantan FT 435 TLDM Tanjung Gelang Naval Base	T-junctions
	2	Gebeng Industrial Area Junctions	North FT 3485 Jalan Kawasan Perindustrian Gebeng Gebeng Industrial Area BASF-Petronas petrochemicals plant Lynas Malaysia Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP)	T-junctions
		Sungai Balok bridge
		SIRIM East Coast Office	SIRIM East Coast Office	North bound only
	3	Jerangau-Jabor Highway Interchange	North FT 14 Jerangau–Jabor Highway FT 14 Jabur FT 14 Bandar Al-Muktafi Billah Shah FT 14 Bukit Besi FT 14 Jerangau East Coast Expressway AH141 EAST COAST EXPRESSWAY Kuala Lumpur Kuala Terengganu FT 101 AH141 Gebeng Bypass FT 3 AH18 Chukai (Kemaman) FT 3 AH18 Kuala Terengganu FT 3 AH18 Cherating Akademi Maritim Sultan Ahmad Shah (AMSAS) (Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Academy)	Trumpet interchange
	4	Bandar Damansara Kuantan Junctions	Northwest Jalan BDK Utama Bandar Damansara Kuantan	North Bound only
	5	Semambu Interchange	Jalan Semambu Pintasan Kuantan Northwest Politeknik Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (POLISAS) Southeast FT 3486 Jalan Semambu Jabur Perasing Semambu Kuantan	Diamond interchange
		Taman Jubli Perak Sultan Ahmad Shah	Taman Jubli Perak Sultan Ahmad Shah	North Bound only
	6	Bandar Indera Mahkota (North) Interchange	West Jalan Istana Abdul Aziz Istana Abdul Aziz (Tengku Mahkota Pahang) Taman Alam Perdana Bukit Istana KotaSAS East Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar Indera Mahkota 7 and 8 International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Kuantan Campus	Diamond interchange
		Mahkota Valley	Mahkota Valley Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Kuantan campus	North Bound only
	7	Bandar Indera Mahkota Sentral Interchange	FT 231 Jalan Sungai Lembing West FT 231 Sungai Lembing FT 1488 Panching Sungai Lembing Museum East Coast Expressway AH141 East Coast Expressway Kuala Lumpur Kuala Terengganu FT 231Kampung Padang East FT 231 Bandar Indera Mahkota town centre FT 231 Kuantan FT 135 Teluk Cempedak FT 2 Beserah Kompleks Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) Negeri Pahang (Ministry of Home Affairs Complex (Pahang Branch))	Cloverleaf interchange
		Terminal Kuantan Sentral	Terminal Kuantan Sentral Arrival/Departure	South bound
	8	Bandar Indera Mahkota (South) Interchange	West Jalan Sultan Abdullah Indera Mahkota 14 and 15 East Persiaran Sultan Abu Bakar Indera Mahkota 1 to 6 WIDAD college	Diamond Interchange
		Kampung Songsang
		Shell Shell Layby	Shell	North bound
		Kampung Sungai Tiram
		Sungai Kuantan bridge
	9	Permatang Badak Junctions	South FT 229 Jalan Permatang Badak Permatang Badak Bukit Rangin Kampung Sungai Isap Damai	T-junctions
		Taman Permatang Badak
		Shell Shell Layby	Shell	South bound
		Rumah Murah Permatang Badak
		Kampung Pandan Dua
		Taman Pandan Damai
	10	Kuantan Airport (North) Interchange	West FT 420 Jalan Lapangan Terbang Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport	T-junctions
FT 3 AH18 Kuantan Bypass
FT 2 Gambang-kuantan Highway
	11	Kuantan Airport (South) Interchange	FT 2 Gambang-Kuantan Highway West FT 2 Kuala Lumpur FT 2 Gambang FT 12 AH142 Segamat East FT 2 Kuantan FT 3 AH18 Pekan	Trumpet interchange