“A sum of $3,908,000 from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund has been allocated to Malaya for the building of a road between Temerloh and Maran in Central Pahang and the installation of a ferry across the Pahang River. The road, passing through some of Malaya's thickest jungle, will open up new land for padi cultivation and other agricultural development. It will also cut the distance from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan, on the East Coast, from 248 miles to 174 miles. The Temerloh-Maran Road was actually started in 1941 and more than $400,000 had been spent when the war interfered. The expensive earth-moving machinery bought for the task was withdrawn to Singapore and lost there during the occupation. A Government statement today said that work on the new road will begin early next year and will be completed probably in three years. It will bridge a number of tributaries of the Pahang River and where it skirts the river pass through some of the richest potential rice areas still undeveloped in the state.” (The Straits Times, 18 August 1949, Page 7: |"BIG U.K. GRANT FOR PAHANG JUNGLE ROAD").

Gambar-gambar berikut dikatakan diambil ketika banjir sekitar tahun 1964 di Temerloh:-

“Jambatan Temerloh terputus dibahagian tengah akibat banjir pada tahun 1960”. Kiri: “Sebelum banjir” (atau ketika dibaikpulih?). Tengah: “Ketika banjir”. Kanan: “Selepas banjir”. (Temerloh Klasik, July 2, 2011: |"Banjir Tahun 1960").

Setelah itu, jambatan tersebut telah dibina semula: “Gambar lama jambatan jalan Temerloh - Maran - Kuantan. Sisa jambatan ni dulu ada lagi boleh nampak dari atas jambatan baru,sekarang ni tak tau lah ada ke dok lagi,dah lama min tak lalu.”