List of roads in Kuala Lumpur

The Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway in Ampang

Ampang Road at night

Cheng Lock Road.

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Road, facing towards Merdeka Square.

The bazaar strip along Tuanku Abdul Rahman Road in Kuala Lumpur.

Road sign showing Maharajalela Road with its old name Birch Road.

Raja Laut Avenue.

Like all other historical urban centres, the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, contains a number of current and old roads and streets across the city.

This article contains an alphabetical list of notable roads within Kuala Lumpur.

Overview

The majority of older roads in and around Kuala Lumpur were originally formed during British rule in Selangor, and as such, were written primarily in English and were named after British figures of various fields, a handful of local dignitaries or royalties, districts, local populations, landmarks or geographical features. Other surrounding locales, such as Kampung Baru, Pudu, Imbi and Sentul have had roads known primarily in Malay since colonial rule.

Following Malaya's independence in 1957 and the formation of Malaysia in 1965, street names in Kuala Lumpur were translated into the Malay language, some of which were given more simplified descriptions (i.e. "Old Market Square" as "Medan Pasar Besar" and "Foch Avenue" as "Jalan Foch"), as Malay was officially adopted as the official language of Malaysia in 1967.

The vast majority of the street names were further renamed en masse in 1981, as part of post-independence decolonisation pushed by the then newly elected Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohammad. Street names which previously featured semblances of English origins were replaced by those commemorating local Malay figures, Malay culture and key politicians in Malaya/Malaysia. The renaming included roads in the core of old Kuala Lumpur, as well as major thoroughfares in the city. Further renaming of old street names persists to date, with the latest round of revision conducted by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall in 2007 on streets in Pudu and in the fringe towns of Sungai Besi and Jinjang, where English and British-named street names were still in use. Backroads, however, are typically spared from this form of renaming.

The accelerated development of the city after the country's independence also contributed to the widening of existing artery routes, creation of highways and new roadways, and extensive grade separation of roadways. This resulted in significant alterations of roadways in the city, with several roads merged, split, or modified, forming new roads or retiring old ones.

Standard translations

A guideline was formulated for the translation of English signages, road, lane, etc. Currently, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall are pursuing a process of standardization for road signage's. (e.g. Tengkat Tong Shin has been renamed as Jalan Tong Shin)

• Drive - Persiaran (e.g. Hampshire Drive/Persiaran Hampshire)
• Gardens - Taman (e.g. Maxwell Garden/Taman Maxwell; exception applies for Happy Garden which remains unchanged.)
• Lane - Lorong (e.g. Horse Lane/Lorong Kuda)
• Road - Jalan (e.g. Perak Road/Jalan Perak)
• Square - Medan (e.g. Old Market Square/Medan Pasar Lama)
• Street - Lebuh (e.g. Campbell Street/Lebuh Campbell)

Major roads

English name	Malay name, official	Chinese name	Note
Ampang Road	Jalan Ampang		Named after the district of Ampang, several shopping malls such as the Ampang Park, City Square and Suria KLCC are located along the road.
Bangsar Road	Jalan Bangsar
Bintang Walk	Jalan Bukit Bintang	武吉免登路 pinyin:Wǔjí miǎn dēng lù	See Bukit Bintang
Broadrick Road	Jalan Semarang		Mentioned in Batu Road Boys' School documents in the 1960s and 1970s which also include the old postcode (02-05).
Cochrane Road	Jalan Cochrane		Named after the British General Advisor of Johor, Charles Walter Hamilton Cochrane, British Resident of Perak, (1929–1930).
Foch Avenue	Jalan Cheng Lock	程洛路 pinyin:Chéng luò lù	Currently named after Tan Cheng Lock, the first president of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA).
Damansara Road	Jalan Damansara
Campbell Road	Jalan Dang Wangi		Formerly named after Douglas Campbell, Johor's British advisor. Notable as the location of the Campbell Shopping Complex fire in 1976.
Old Airport Road	Jalan Dewan Bahasa		Erected in 1997. Near the road is the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka main headquarters, a landmark and the symbol of Bahasa Melayu, the national language of Malaysia. "Old Airport Road" was given due to its connection to the Sungai Besi Airport, one of the earliest airports to serve Kuala Lumpur. Previously also known as Bellamy Road and Jalan Lapangan Terbang Lama.
Straits Road	Jalan Esfahan		Erected in 1993, the road is currently named after the city of Isfahan, Iran. Originally named after the Straits of Malacca or the Straits Settlements. This is one of the shortest roads in Kuala Lumpur; it is more of a linking alley than a proper road. Jalan Esfahan connects Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman with Jalan Raja Laut. Previously, Jalan Selat.
	Jalan Genting Klang		Part of the Genting Klang-Pahang Highway
Davidson Road	Jalan Hang Jebat		Currently named after Hang Jebat. Formerly named after James Guthrie Davidson (J.G. Davidson), a British Resident in Selangor.
Rodger Road	Jalan Hang Kasturi		Formerly named after Sir John Pickersgill Rodger (1851–1910), Chief Magistrate, Selangor (1882); Acting British Resident, Selangor (1884–1888); British Resident, Pahang (1888–1896); British Resident, Selangor (1896–1901); British Resident, Perak (1901–1904); Governor Gold Coast (1904–1910).
Cecil Street	Jalan Hang Lekir	韩来吉路 pinyin:Hánláijí lù
Klyne Street	Jalan Hang Lekiu
Shaw Road	Jalan Hang Tuah		Part of the Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road.
Imbi Road	Jalan Imbi
Raja Road (north and southeast stretches) (1960)	Jalan Kinabalu
Kuching Road	Jalan Kuching		Part of the Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road and Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway.
Loke Yew Road	Jalan Loke Yew	陆佑路 pinyin:陆佑路	Named after Loke Yew, one of the richest Chinese businessmen in early Kuala Lumpur. Part of the Cheras Highway.
Birch Road (1960)	Jalan Maharajalela		In the mistaken belief that it was named after the first Resident of Perak, James W.W. Birch, this road was renamed after Dato' Maharajalela, a local Malay chief who was partially responsible for Birch's assassination in 1875. In fact it was actually named in honour of E.W. Birch, son of the former and a one-time acting Resident of Selangor.
Dickson Street	Jalan Masjid India		Currently named after a local mosque, Masjid India. The southern end of the road was recently converted into a pedestrian street.
Market Street	Lebuh Pasar Besar		Named after the Old Market Square (Medan Pasar Besar), crossing the Klang River from Medan Pasar Besar to Dataran Merdeka. Terminates at Jalan Raja Laut in the west and Jalan Tun H.S. Lee in the east.
Old Market Square	Medan Pasar Besar		A large public space that consisted of two roads, Macao Street and Hokkien Street (circa 1880s and 1890s), divided by a traffic island. The area was formerly the location of Kuala Lumpur's main market, before the British government completed what would become the Central Market in 1888 and 1889. The Old Market Square became and open area commonly used as a recreation area and commercial center in early Kuala Lumpur, but diminished in importance as the city grew outwards. The area is now used primarily as a bus hub.
Pahang Road	Jalan Pahang		Part of the Genting Klang-Pahang Highway
Parliament Road	Jalan Parlimen		Previously, Club Road
Pantai Baharu Avenue	Jalan Pantai Baharu
Petaling Street	Jalan Petaling	茨廠街 pinyin: Cíchǎng Jiē	The historical Chinatown, see Petaling Street
Pudu Road, Pudoh Street (1960)	Jalan Pudu		Currently named after the district of Pudu. The Pudu Prison, the Puduraya bus station and the Plaza Rakyat construction site are located along Jalan Pudu.
Parry Road	Jalan P. Ramlee		Erected in 1982 and named after actor P. Ramlee, this street contains many pubs and nightclubs.
Weld Road (1960)	Jalan Raja Chulan		Currently (since 1982) named after Raja Chulan; formerly named after Frederick Weld.
	Jalan Raja Laut
Treacher Road	Jalan Sultan Ismail		Currently name after Sultan Ismail, and is part of the Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road. Formerly named after William Hood Treacher, a British Resident.
Sungai Besi Road	Jalan Sungai Besi
Lornie Road	Jalan Syed Putra		Currently named after Tuanku Syed Putra the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Batu Road (1960)	Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman		Currently named after Tuanku Abdul Rahman the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
High Street (1960)	Jalan Tun H S Lee		Currently named after Henry H.S. Lee, Malaysia's first finance minister (1957–1959). Originally named after the fact that the road was a "High Street" stretching across old Kuala Lumpur, previously, Jalan Bandar.
Mountbatten Road (1960), Java Street.	Jalan Tun Perak		Currently named after Tun Perak. Formerly named after Louis Mountbatten, and earlier, Java.
Cross Street	Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin		Renamed in 2003 after Malaysian Minister of Finance Tan Siew Sin, previously Jalan Silang or Cross Street.
Brickfields Road (1960)	Jalan Tun Sambanthan		Currently named after V. T. Sambanthan, previously named after the district of Brickfields.
Yap Ah Loy Road	Jalan Yap Ah Loy	叶亚来路 pinyin: Yèyàlái lù	Located near Jalan Tun Perak and named after Yap Ah Loy (1837–1885), the third and the longest term Capitan China (1869–1885).
Yap Kwan Seng Road	Jalan Yap Kwan Seng	叶观盛路 pinyin: Yèguānshèng lù	Named after Yap Kwan Seng, the fifth and the last Capitan China (1889–1902).

Other roads

Current, official name	Former, English name(s)	Note
Changkat Raja Chulan	Hicks Road	Named after Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Changkat Thambi Dollah
Jalan Abdul Rahim Kajai		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail
Jalan Alor		Running parallel to Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Alor is today best known for its wide variety of street food. Formerly known as the red light district of KL.
Jalan Aminuddin Baki		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Jalan Ampang Hilir
Jalan Athinahapan		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Jalan Balai Polis	Station Street (1960)	Named after the Old High Street Police Station, a (partially demolished) police station in the vicinity. The road, which previously connected Petaling Street and High Street, was partially dismantled, cutting off the road from the latter.
Jalan Belfield	Belfield Road	Named after British Resident of Negri Sembilan, Henry Conway Belfield, (1901–1902), British Resident of Selangor, (1902–1910), who was also British Resident of Perak, (1910–1912).
	Hose Road (part of) (1960)	It should be noted that both Jalan Belfield and Jalan Hose have existed as early as 1960, and that the name of the latter is still retained for both roads. Hose Road was formerly named after Charles Hose.
Jalan Bellamy	Bellamy Road	Named after H.F. Bellamy, the Director of Public Works Department.
Jalan Berhala	Jalan Kandang Kerbau	Berhala is literally translated from Malay to English as idols. Many Buddhist and Hindu Temples are located along this road.
Jalan Bukit Aman	Bluff Road (1960)	Currently named after Bukit Aman (Peace Hill), connecting the headquarters of the Royal Malaysian Police on the hill with Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin. It was formerly named Bluff Hill.
Jalan Bukit Petaling	Bellamy Road (half)	Named after H.F. Bellamy, the Director of Public Works Department.
Jalan Bukit Tunku	Jalan Bukit Kenny
Jalan Burhanuddin Helmi		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Jalan Carutthers	Carutthers Road
Jalan Cenderasari	Hospital Road, Young Road (1960), Tanglin Road	"Hospital Road" was derived from the presence of the Tangling Hospital up the hill, and Young Road was named after Sir Arthur Henderson Young, the British High Commissioner in Malaya.
Jalan Ceylon	Ceylon Lane (1960)	A hill road named after the former name of Sri Lanka.
Jalan Bukit Ceylon	Ceylon Hill (1960)	A hill road branching from Jalan Ceylon, named after the hill which it is located in (the hill, in turn, takes its name from the former name of Sri Lanka).
Jalan Cenderawasih	Spooner Road	Formerly named after Ernest John Spooner or Charles Edwin Spooner the State Engineer of Selangor and Director of Public Works Department.
Jalan Choo Cheeng Kay		Named after Choo Cheeng Khay, a wealthy tin-miner and property developer.
Jalan Conlay	Conlay Road	Named after the British Agent of Terengganu, William Lance Conlay, (1909–1913).
Jalan Dato' Onn	Brockman Road, Residency Road (1960)	First named after the British Chief Secretary, Sir Edward Lewis Brockman, also the British Resident of Pahang, (1909–1910). The name Residency was named after the official residence of Tunku. Currently named after Onn Jaafar.
Jalan Datuk Sulaiman		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail
Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman	Stony Road
Jalan Davis	Davis Road	Named after J.L.H. Davis.
Jalan Dorasamy
Jalan Doktor Latif
Jalan Duta	Guillemard Road	This road is part of the Jalan Duta-Segambut Highway.
Jalan Eaton	Eaton Road
Jalan Faraday	Faraday Road	It is located at Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) Headquarters near Jalan Pantai Baharu
Jalan Gallagher	Gallagher Road
Jalan Galloway	Galloway Road
Jalan Gereja	Church Street (1960)	Named after the a local St. John's Cathedral. Currently merged with Jalan Ampang, the name is retained on a few connected lanes (as Lorong Gereja).
Jalan Haji Yahya Sheikh Ahmad	Watson Road	Named after the British Resident of Perak, Sir Reginald George Watson
Jalan Istana	Taylor Road (1960)	Currently named after Istana Negara (the National Palace), which is located near the road. Connected to the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway.
Jalan Kampung Attap
Jalan Kampung Bandar Dalam
Jalan Kebun Bunga	Orchid Road	Named after the Lake Gardens, where orchids were planted around the gardens.
Jalan Kia Peng		Named after Choo Kia Peng.
Jalan Kinabalu (part of)	Old River Road	Part of the Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road
Jalan Ledang	Guillemard Road	Currently named after Mount Ledang (Mount Ophir) in Johor.
Jalan Langgak Golf	Golf View Road
Jalan Leong Yew Koh		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Jalan Limbang	Main Street	Located in Jinjang, It was erected on 2007 after the name of the Limbang Division in Sarawak.
Jalan Madge		Located at Taman U-Thant.
Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan	Jalan Belanda or Holland Road (1960)	Situated behind the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, and along the Gombak River and the Klang River (after the confluence of the rivers). Currently named after the Malaysian Federal Court which was based in the area. Formerly named after Hugh Holland.
Jalan Mahkamah Tinggi	Clarke Road (1960)	A short road that connects Jalan Mahkamah Persekutuan with Jalan Raja Laut, passing between the south side of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, and the Old Post Office/former Court of Appeal building and Industrial Court. Currently named after the Malaysian High Court, which is based in the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Formerly named after Andrew Clarke.
Jalan Melayu	Malay Street (1960)	A street connecting Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Tun Perak via a route passing the Klang River. The road was recently refurbished with the addition of canopy roofs and new street furnitures added along the road, in conjunction with the remodeling of the south end of Jalan Masjid India as a pedestrian street.
Jalan Munshi Abdullah
Jalan Pasar
Jalan Peel	Peel Road
Jalan Perdana	Venning Road	Named after Alfred Venning, the Chairman of Sanitary Board, who proposed to establish a Public Gardens in 1888, which was later renamed as Lake Gardens.
Jalan Pudu Lama	Old Pudu Road (1960)	A back road connecting to Jalan Pudu, which passes through pre-war residential houses.
Jalan Punchak	Peak Road	Punchak (Puncak) is literally translated from Malay as peak.
Jalan Raja Abdullah	Hale Road	Named after former Larut District Officer, A. Hale.
Jalan Raja Alang	Hans Road
Jalan Raja Bot
Jalan Raja	Raja Road (west stretch) (1960), Gombak Road (circa 1880s and 1890s).	Notably passes the Sultan Abdul Samad Building and similar structures in the vicinity. As of 1960, the road initially terminated at a T junction with Mounbatten Road and Batu Road in the north and the Jalan Raja-Market Street-Victory Avenue crossroad in the south. The road was subsequently extended north, stretching along the Gombak River.
Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz	Princes Road	Currently named after Raja Muda Abdul Aziz (Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah) of Selangor
Jalan Raja Muda Musa		Currently named after Raja Muda Musa (Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah) of Selangor
Jalan Ritchie	Ritchie Road	Located between Jalan Ampang and Jalan Ampang Hilir.
Jalan Robson	Robson Road	Named after The Malay Mail newspaper founder J.H. Robson
Jalan Robertson	Robertson Road
Jalan Scott	Scott Road
Jalan Samarahan 1	River Road North	Located in Jinjang, it was paved in 2007 and named after the Samarahan Division in Sarawak.
Jalan Samarahan 2	Ulu Klang Street	Located in Jinjang, it was paved in 2007 and named after the Samarahan Division in Sarawak.
Jalan Samarahan 6	Cheras Street	Located in Jinjang, it was paved in 2007 and named after the Samarahan Division in Sarawak.
Jalan Semarak	Henry Gurney Road	Previously named after Sir Henry Gurney.
Jalan Semarang	Broadrick Road	Named after the British Resident of Selangor, Edward George Broadrick, (1913–1919).
Jalan Sentul	Sentul Road
Jalan Serian 1	Tanjung Malim Street	Located in Jinjang, it was paved in on 2007 and named after the Serian town in Sarawak.
Jalan Sin Chee
Jalan Sri Amar
Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad
Jalan Stadium	Stadium Road	Built in 1957 and named after the Merdeka Stadium
Jalan Changkat Stadium	Stadium Ghaut	Built in 1957 and named after the Merdeka Stadium
Jalan Stonor	Stonor Road	Named after the British Resident of Selangor, Oswald Francis Gerard Stonor, (1921–1926).
Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin	Victory Avenue (1960)	Terminates at the Jalan Raja Laut-Lebuh Pasar Besar-Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin crossroad in the north, and the north and of Jalan Travers from the south. The road notably passes the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, Dayabumi complex and Masjid Negara (the National Mosque).
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin	Swettenham Road (1960)	Currently named after Sultan Salahuddin of Malaysia; previously named after Frank Swettenham.
Jalan Sultan Sulaiman	Suleiman Road	Named after Sultan Sulaiman of Selangor.
Jalan Tangsi	Barrack Road	Previously connected directly to Dataran Merdeka via the southeast stretch of Jalan Raja, and currently cut off from the area with the construction of the Jalan Kuching-Jalan Kinabalu-Jalan Parlimen expressway.
Jalan Talalla
Jalan Thambipillay
Jalan Thambusamy		Named after K. Thambusamy Pillai, an India immigrant and trader who discovered the Batu Caves.
Jalan Travers	Damansara Road	Previously named after the district of Damansara or the Damansara River. Currently named after Dr. Ernest Aston Otho Travers, the State Surgeon of Selangor, (1891–1897).
Jalan Tugu	Cenotaph Road (1960)	Named after a cenotaph [1][2] which was located on the intersection of Cenotaph Road and Victory Avenue. The cenotaph was moved to the National Monument [3] when a flyover was constructed over the area during the 1960s.
Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Jalan Tun Ismail	Maxwell Road	Formerly named after William Edward Maxwell, Straits Settlements Governor.
Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail
Jalan Tun Razak	Jalan Pekeliling, Circular Road	Currently named after Tun Abdul Razak, it was originally named for its beltway-like layout. Part of Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1.
Jalan Tunku Putra	Natesa Road	Currently named after Tunku Abdul Rahman (Putra).
Jalan U-Thant		Currently named after the former UN General Secretary from 1961 until 1971, U Thant.
Jalan Vivekananda
Jalan Walter Grenier	Walter Grenier Road
Jalan Wan Kadir		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Jalan Wesley	Wesley Road
Jalan Wickham	Wickham Road
Jalan Wisma Putra	Hose Drive	Currently named after the original Ministry of Foreign Affairs building at the road; formerly named after Charles Hose. The road is related to Jalan Belfied and remaining roads by the name of Hose.
Jalan Yaacob Latif	Jalan Tenteram	Located in Bandar Tun Razak, It was established in 2003 and named the second Kuala Lumpur city mayor Tan Sri Yaacob Latif
Jalan Yap Ah Shak		Named after Yap Ah Shak, the fourth Capitan China (1885–1889).
Jalan Yap Tai Chi		Located at Jalan Imbi
Jalan Yew		Located at Sungai Besi
Jalan Zaaba		Located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
Lorong Binjai
Lorong Kuda (KLCC Tunnel)
Persiaran Hampshire	Hampshire Drive
Persiaran Mahameru	Swettenham Drive	Formerly named after Frank Swettenham.
Persiaran Maybank	Court Hill (1960)	A hill back road that connects Jalan Pudu Lama with Jalan Raja Chulan. Currently named after the Maybank Tower that is built on a hill, and formerly named after a Sessions Court which resided on the same site, circa 1960. The old name remains in Malay form on a road that connects Jalan Raja Chulan with Persiaran Maybank, dubbed Jalan Bukit Mahkamah (Court Hill Road).
Persiaran Raja Chulan	Weld Drive (1960)	A hill back road branching from Jalan Raja Chulan. Currently named after Raja Chulan; formerly named after Frederick Weld.
Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin	Clifford Road	Named after Sir Hugh Clifford the Governor of Straits Settlements and British High Commissioner in Malaya

References

• Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL)
• Larry Lam's Guide Note: Old Names of Roads in KL
• Kuala Lumpur road map, circa 1960

See also

• Street names of George Town, Penang
• List of roads in Johor Bahru
• List of roads in Ipoh
• List of roads in Petaling Jaya
• List of old and new road names in Taiping