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Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurJalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur (8 July, 2016)


Jalan Damansara is a road on the western part of the city centre of Kuala Lumpur. Once a country road that leads from Kuala Lumpur to Damansara. According to author Mariana Isa1, the original Damansara was a village by the banks of the Klang River in presently Selangor. The village of Damansara is at the confluence of Sungai Damansara with the Klang River.

With a length of 16 miles, Damansara Road was possibly the longest road in the Klang Valley in the late 19th century. Present-day Jalan Damansara is nothing like what it was back then. Due to numerous road widening, and the renaming of various stretches, only disjointed fragments of Jalan Damansara exist today.

On this page I am attempting to document every remaining fragment of Jalan Damansara. If in future any of these fragments should be expunged, I will update the information.

Map of Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur

Mass Transit Stations

  1. Muzium Negara MRT Station (GPS: 3.13751, 101.68601)
  2. TTDI MRT Station (GPS: 3.13648, 101.63052)

Sights along Jalan Damansara

  1. Arulmegu Sree Veerahanuman Temple (GPS: 3.13523, 101.69231)
  2. Dua Sentral (GPS: 3.1364, 101.69256)
  3. Galeria Sri Perdana (GPS: 3.14368, 101.6744)
  4. Glo Damansara (GPS: 3.13739, 101.62759)
  5. Hospital Pakar KPJ Damansara (GPS: 3.13739, 101.62759)
  6. IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking & Finance (GPS: 3.14518, 101.67042)
  7. Malaysian Nature Society (GPS: 3.13986, 101.68089)
  8. Menara Glomac Office Tower (GPS: 3.13783, 101.62955)
  9. Menara LGB Office Tower (GPS: 3.13783, 101.62955)
  10. Muzium Negara (GPS: 3.13798, 101.68669)
  11. Muzium Seni Kraf Orang Asli (GPS: 3.13769, 101.68844)
  12. One Menerung Condominium (GPS: 3.14559, 101.6648)
  13. Persatuan Pencinta Alam (GPS: 3.13842, 101.68332)
  14. Sinaran TTDI Condominium (GPS: 3.14052, 101.62725)
  15. The Sentral Residences (GPS: .1369, 101.68989)
  16. TTDI Ascencia Condominium (GPS: 3.13609, 101.6301)
  17. TTDI Fire Station (GPS: 3.13977, 101.62769)
  18. TTDI Market (GPS: 3.13852, 101.62892)
  19. TTDI Plaza (GPS: 3.13702, 101.631)

Petrol Stations along Jalan Damansara

  1. BHP TTDI (GPS: 3.14186, 101.62598)
  2. Petronas TTDI (GPS: 3.14213, 101.62538)
  3. Shell TTDI (GPS: 3.1414, 101.62661)

Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurJalan Damansara, in the direction of KL Sentral (8 July, 2016)


Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurJalan Damansara, at the ramp towards Jalan Kampung Attap (8 July, 2016)


Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurJalan Damansara, at the junction towards Jalan Syed Putra (8 July, 2016)


Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurJalan Damansara heading west (11 July, 2016)


Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurRamp going up to Jalan Damansara near the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station (14 June, 2017)


Jalan Damansara, Kuala LumpurJalan Damansara, at Muzium Negara (9 October, 2004)

Segments of Jalan Damansara today

Jalan Damansara Segment I: Jalan Hishamuddin to Jalan Travers

Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin & Jalan Sultan Sulaiman meet Jalan Damansara

Jalan Damansara meets Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin and Jalan Sultan Sulaiman.

Jalan Damansara meets Jalan Damansara

One of the most curious aspects of Jalan Damansara is that two different roads are by the same name, and at this point, they overlap. A ramp from the lower portion circles up to connect with the one above.

Jalan Travers meets Jalan Damansara

Jalan Travers becomes Jalan Damansara after the flyover for Jalan Stesen Sentral.

Jalan Damansara Segment II: Jalan Istana to Jalan Damanseri

Jalan Syed Putra Interchange

Jalan Damansara meets Jalan Istana at this interchange with Jalan Syed Putra. An exit on eastbound Jalan Damansara also connects with Jalan Belfield.

Jalan Syed Putra Interchange

Jalan Damansara forms and interchange with Jalan Tun Sambanthan. An exit ramp also connect westbound Jalan Damansara to Jalan Stesen Sentral.

Another Jalan Damansara meet up

Another exit from one Jalan Damansara to another. On the opposite side is the ramp entering from Persiaran Tuanku Ja'afar.

The new Jalan Damansara meets the old Jalan Damansara

Yet another odd junction, between the widened Jalan Damansara and a remnant of the old Jalan Damansara. A little north of this is the junction with Lebuhraya Sultan Iskandar and Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim, so the stretch in between can be regarded as a no man's land. For convenience sake, I regard the stretch north of the junction as Lebuhraya Suyltan Iskandar.

Jalan Damansara - Jalan Jelutong junction

Jalan Damansara is fragmented into two parts here, joined together by Jalan Jelutong, yet another idiosyncracy of that long road.

Jalan Damansara - Jalan Damanseri junction

Jalan Damansara meets Jalan Damanseri in a junction, near the Damansara Link of the Sprint Expressway. That Damansara Link was originally Jalan Damansara too, but was renamed.

Jalan Damansara Segment III: Sprint Expressway to Damansara-Puchong Expressway

Sprint Expressway Exit

Exit 2312 of the Sprint Expressway (E23) connects with a remnant segment of Jalan Damansara.

Another junction with the Sprint Expressway

Yet another arm of Jalan Damansara also connects with the Sprint Expressway.

Once again, two arms of Jalan Damansara meet

A branch of Jalan Damansara forms a junction with yet another branch.

Jalan SS 20/21 junction

Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad junction

LDP Interchange

The westernmost end of Jalan Damansara meets the Damansara-Puchong Expressway (E11). An underpass connects westbound Jalan Damansara to northbound LDP.

References

  1. Kuala Lumpur Street Names by Mariana Isa & Maganjeet Kaut, published by Marshall Cavendish (2015) page 83.

Acknowledgement

A big thank you to Mariana Isa for help in explaining to me the present and past routes of Jalan Damansara.

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