ENGINEERING NOSTALGIA
INGENIEUR
Construction of the GemasRompin Road in 1956
By Cheo Hong Keyong
The Gemas - Rompin Road
was constructed by a JKR
departmental work force and
machineries in 1956. The above
photo was taken on February 9,
1956 during a site tour by the
then Minister of Works, Encik
Sardon bin Haji Jubir.
The photo shows a fleet of
earth moving scrapers moving
earth from adjacent hills to form
the road surface.
A Jabatan Penerangan
Malaysia office document from
that time claimed that with the
completion of the new road, the
distance between Gemas and
Rompin would be shortened by
60 miles.
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The Gemas end of the road
entering from the junction
with Federal Route 1
heading towards Rompin.
The Gemas-Rompin
Road in 2015