Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur

Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, on Google Street View

Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur (May 2024)

Jalan Gombak is a long trunk road that connects Kuala Lumpur to Pahang. It starts in Setapak, and ends in Genting Sempah, passing through Selangor. On this page, I document only Jalan Gombak within Kuala Lumpur, and will continue my documentation of Jalan Gombak in Selangor and Pahang separately.

According to Kuala Lumpur Street Names, Jalan Gombak got its name from Sungai Gombak. In has been around, as Gombak Road, since the 1890¹, when it ran the distance from Skew Bridge to Gombak Bridge. By 1895, the stretch of Gombak Road, which is in front of present-day Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad, was already erased from maps. It later became part of Jalan Raja.

Mariana Isa, the author of Kuala Lumpur Street Names, told me that Gombak Road ended at the bridge at Sungai Gombak, where it meets Batu Road (present-day Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman). The Jalan Gombak in Genting Sempah is a different road all together, but both were associated with Sungai Gombak.

Map of Jalan Gombak, Kuala Lumpur

Major Junctions and Intersections of Jalan Gombak

References

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