Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge, Road bridge across Pahang River in Temerloh, Malaysia.
Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge, also called Temerloh Bridge, carries Federal Route 2 over the Pahang River near Temerloh, Pahang. The 575-metre crossing was built beside the old Temerloh Bridge and stands much higher than it, forming Pahang's first grade-separated interchange, where it links to Federal Route 10.
The old Temerloh Bridge over the Pahang River collapsed in a major flood in 1971. The Public Works Department (JKR) then built the 575 m Sultan Ahmad Shah Bridge beside it on Federal Route 2, higher than its predecessor and forming Pahang's first grade-separated interchange, linked to Federal Route 10. Construction was completed in 1974, and the new bypass road shifted the former Temerloh–Mentakab section to Federal Route 87.
The bridge takes its name from Sultan Ahmad Shah, the Pahang ruler of the time, and locals also call it Temerloh Bridge after the town it serves. Its completion in 1974 gave Temerloh a crossing higher than the one lost in 1971, and the bypass road it carried shifted through traffic away from the town centres of Temerloh and Mentakab.
The bridge carries Federal Route 2 over the Pahang River beside the site of the collapsed old Temerloh Bridge. It is a working road crossing with no pedestrian path, so cross by vehicle. Its height forms Pahang's first grade-separated interchange, linking to Federal Route 10 and a bypass road around Temerloh and Mentakab.
The replacement bridge was built higher than the collapsed 1971 structure, creating Pahang's first grade-separated interchange where it meets Federal Route 10. Its approach road bypasses Temerloh and Mentakab, so the old Temerloh–Mentakab stretch was re-gazetted as Federal Route 87.
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