Yeap Chor Ee Road (Jalan Yeap Chor Ee)

Yeap Chor Ee Road, Gelugor, Penang (22 January 2020)


Yeap Chor Ee Road (Malay: Jalan Yeap Chor Ee) is a major road in Gelugor, Penang. Skirting the northern portion of Bukit Gelugor, it connects Jalan Bukit Gambir, at the junction with Jalan Kaki Bukit, to Green Lane.

Until the 3rd quarter of the 20th century, Yeap Chor Ee Road was a dead end country lane just outside the southern boundary of George Town. It was the road that led to the plantations at Bukit Gelugor and Bukit Gambir.

The construction of Jalan Bukit Gambir in the 1980s changed all that. It turned Yeap Chor Ee Road into a major road to connect George Town with the newly established neighbourhoods such as Sungai Dua, Lip Sin Gardens and Bukit Jambul. The residential houses of Island Glades now see heavy vehicle movement and traffic crawls, particularly during the morning and evening rush hours. On the south side of Yeap Chor Ee Road are the older houses of Bukit Gelugor. These properties, regarded as rural when they were built many decades ago, are now on expensive suburban land.

The land surrounding Yeap Chor Ee Road was once plantation land belonging to local magnate Yeap Chor Ee, whose legacy is immortalised in the Homestead, Wawasan Open University and the House of Yeap Chor Ee.

Map of Yeap Chor Ee Road, Gelugor, Penang

Sights along Yeap Chor Ee Road

Updates on Yeap Chor Ee Road

26 September, 2014
The Star reports that roadworks at Yeap Chor Ee Road, part of a RM7.5 million project, has been delayed a third time, and will only be completed in early 2015. The work includes construction of an elevated U-turn linking Yeap Chor Ee Road to Green Lane.

Getting there

Take Rapid Penang bus 206 to reach Yeap Chor Ee Road.

Southernmost portion of Yeap Chor Ee Road, looking north with Central Park Condominiums in the horizon. (22 January 2020)


Yeap Chor Ee Road roadsign (22 January 2020)


Jalan Yeap Chor Ee road sign (18 May 2013)

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