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===List of National Highways===
===List of National Highways===
{{National Highways in Nepal}}
{{National Highways in Nepal}}
==Strategic Road (1970-2020)==
==List of Nepal Roads / Feeder Roads==
The first '''Nepal Road Standard''' introduced by the [[Department of Roads (Nepal)|Department of roads]] in 1970, classified roads into 4 types.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dor.gov.np/home/publication/general-documents/force/nepal-road-standard-2-27-1st-revision-2-45 |title=Nepal Road Standard (2027)|date=1970 |website= |publisher=Department of Roads|access-date=10 Jul 2024 |trans-title = |language = }}</ref> In the second '''Nepal Road Standard''' introduced in 2013, the types of the roads were the same.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kec.edu.np/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Nepal-Road-Standard-2070-1.pdf |title=Nepal Road Standard 2070|date=2013 |website= |publisher=Department of roads|access-date=10 Jul 2024 |trans-title = |language = }}</ref>
* There are many feeder roads in Nepal.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Nepal Road Standard (1970)!! Nepal Road Standard (2013)
|-
| National Highway || Natonal Highway
|-
| Feeder Road || Feeder Road
|-
| Distric/Panchayat Road || District Road
|-
| City Road/Street || Urban Road
|}

'''SSRN 2004''' published by the Department of roads in 2004 shows 12 National Highways and 51 Feeder roads in Nepal.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dor.gov.np/home/page/ssrn-2004 |title=SSRN2004 |date=2004 |website= |publisher=Department of roads|access-date=10 Jul 2024|trans-title = |language = }}</ref> The '''SSRN 2017/18''' shows that the number of national highways in the country has increased to 18 but the number of feeder roads has decreased. 3 more Highways added to National Highway later and more feeder road decreased.
===National Highway===
{| class="wikitable"
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! S#!! Highway Numbers!! Name!! Distance !! Starting point!! Ending point
|-
| 1|| {{jct|country=NPL|H|01}} || [[Mahendra Highway]]|| 1027 || Kakarabhitta || Gadda Chauki
|-
| 2 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|02}} || [[Tribhuvan Highway]]||160 || Tripureswor || Sirsiya border
|-
| 3 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|03}} || [[Araniko Highway]]|| 113|| Maitighar || Kodari
|-
| 4 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|04}} || [[Prithvi Highway]]|| 173|| Naubise || Prithvi Chowk
|-
| 5 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|05}} || [[Madan Ashrit Highway ]]|| 36|| Narayanghat || Mugling
|-
| 6 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|06}} || [[B.P. Koirala Highway]]|| 206|| Barkhe khola || Bhittamod
|-
| 7 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|07}} || [[Mechi Highway]]|| 268 || Kechana || Gharila
|-
| 8 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|08}} || [[Koshi Highway]]|| 111 || Rani || Hile
|-
| 9 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|09}} || [[Sagarmatha Highway]]|| 179 || Kadmaha || Diktel
|-
| 10 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|10}} || [[Siddhartha Highway]]|| 147 || Belahiya || Prithvi Chowk
|-
| 11 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|11}} || [[Rapti Highway]]|| 169 || Ameliya || Khaula pass
|-
| 12 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|12}} || [[Ratna Highway]]|| 113 || Jamuniya || Bangesimal
|}
These Highways were added to '''SSRN 2017/18''':-
{|class="wikitable"
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| 13 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|13}} || [[Karnali Highway]]|| 233 || Bangeshimal || Jumla Khalanga
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| 14 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|14}} || [[Mahakali Highway]]|| 325 || Mohana Bridge || Tinkar pass
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| 15 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|15}} || [[Seti Highway]]|| 66 || Syaule Bazar || Samuha gad
|-
| 16 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|16}} || [[Ring Road (Kathmandu)]]|| 28 || Manohara || Satdobato
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| 17 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|17}} || [[Postal Highway]]|| 1005 || Bhadrapur || Kanchanpur
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| 18 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|18}} || [[Pushpalal Highway]]|| 1776 || Chiyo Bhanjyang ||Jhulaghat}}
|}
3 more National Highway added to SSRN:
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| 19 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|19}} || [[Sabha–Bramhadev Highway]] || 13 || Sabha || Kanchanpur
|-
| 20 || {{jct|country=NPL|H|20}} || [[Kathmandu–Terai Expressway]] || 82 || Kathmandu || Nijgadh
|-
| 21 || <!--{{jct|country=NPL|H|21}}--> || [[Kathmandu Outer Ring Road]] || 72 || Kathmandu || Kathmandu
|}
===Feeder Road===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Nepal / Feeder Roads in Nepal
|+ Nepal / Feeder Roads in Nepal

Revision as of 06:29, 11 July 2024

Roads in Nepal are administered by three levels of Government as below:

Administration of roads in Nepal
# Government Administrative body Coordination with Type
1 Federal government Department of Roads (under MoPIT) National Highway
2 Provincial government TID or IDD or IDO (under MoPID) DoLI Provincial Highway
3 Local government Municipal government DoLI Urban/rural road
Nepal National highways map 2020-21

The Economic Survey 2022-23 released by the Ministry of Finance (Nepal), shows that the country had total road network of national road length 34,100 km that only included roads constructed and maintained by the Department of Roads (DoR). This included only the national highway[1]

E-W (Mahendra) Highway H01 at Eastern starting point Jhapa

National Highway

Further information: National Highway System (Nepal)
See also: List of national highways in Nepal by province

National Highways are administered by the Department of Roads under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal). According to the Statistics of National Highway SNH-2020/21 there are 80 National Highways in Nepal, with a total length of 11178.92 km.[2]

There were only 20 National Highways in Nepal before 2021. In 2021 60 more National highways were announced by the government and corrected the highway numbers.[3][2] Previously National Highways were named but the newly announced highways have no names until now.

List of National Highways

Strategic Road (1970-2020)

The first Nepal Road Standard introduced by the Department of roads in 1970, classified roads into 4 types.[4] In the second Nepal Road Standard introduced in 2013, the types of the roads were the same.[5]

Nepal Road Standard (1970) Nepal Road Standard (2013)
National Highway Natonal Highway
Feeder Road Feeder Road
Distric/Panchayat Road District Road
City Road/Street Urban Road

SSRN 2004 published by the Department of roads in 2004 shows 12 National Highways and 51 Feeder roads in Nepal.[6] The SSRN 2017/18 shows that the number of national highways in the country has increased to 18 but the number of feeder roads has decreased. 3 more Highways added to National Highway later and more feeder road decreased.

National Highway

S# Highway Numbers Name Distance Starting point Ending point
1 H01 Mahendra Highway 1027 Kakarabhitta Gadda Chauki
2 H02 Tribhuvan Highway 160 Tripureswor Sirsiya border
3 H03 Araniko Highway 113 Maitighar Kodari
4 H04 Prithvi Highway 173 Naubise Prithvi Chowk
5 H05 Madan Ashrit Highway 36 Narayanghat Mugling
6 H06 B.P. Koirala Highway 206 Barkhe khola Bhittamod
7 H07 Mechi Highway 268 Kechana Gharila
8 H08 Koshi Highway 111 Rani Hile
9 H09 Sagarmatha Highway 179 Kadmaha Diktel
10 H10 Siddhartha Highway 147 Belahiya Prithvi Chowk
11 H11 Rapti Highway 169 Ameliya Khaula pass
12 H12 Ratna Highway 113 Jamuniya Bangesimal

These Highways were added to SSRN 2017/18:-

13 H13 Karnali Highway 233 Bangeshimal Jumla Khalanga
14 H14 Mahakali Highway 325 Mohana Bridge Tinkar pass
15 H15 Seti Highway 66 Syaule Bazar Samuha gad
16 H16 Ring Road (Kathmandu) 28 Manohara Satdobato
17 H17 Postal Highway 1005 Bhadrapur Kanchanpur
18 H18 Pushpalal Highway 1776 Chiyo Bhanjyang Jhulaghat}}

3 more National Highway added to SSRN:

19 H19 Sabha–Bramhadev Highway 13 Sabha Kanchanpur
20 H20 Kathmandu–Terai Expressway 82 Kathmandu Nijgadh
21 Kathmandu Outer Ring Road 72 Kathmandu Kathmandu

Feeder Road

Nepal / Feeder Roads in Nepal
# Highway Numbers Highway Name Length (KM) start/end points New number
1 F001 NH04
2 F002
3 F003
4 F004
5 F005 part of NH20
6 F006 NH32
7 F007 NH36
8 F008
9 F009
10 F010 NH50
11 F011 NH51
12 F012
13 F013 NH53
14 F014 part of NH09
15 F015 NH53 , part of NH09
16 F016
17 F017
18 F018 part of NH05
19 F019
20 F020
21 F021 NH18, NH42
22 F022
23 F023
24 F024
25 F025
26 F026
27 F027
28 F028
29 F029
30 F030
31 F031 NH31
32 F032
33 F033 NH23
34 F034 NH43
35 F035 NH44
36 F036 NH25
37 F037 Bharatpur Bypass Road 5km
38 F038
39 F039 part of NH05
40 F040 part of NH03
41 F041
42 F042 NH48, part of NH03
43 F043
44 F044 part of NH05, NH52
45 F045
46 F046 part of NH05
47 F047 NH57, NH09
48 F048 NH60, NH03
49 F049 NH64
50 F050 part of NH03
51 F051 part of NH03

Provincial Highways

Further information: Provincial Highways in Nepal
Bagmati Provincial Highway with National Highway

There are seven provinces in Nepal which have many provincial highways and provincial roads which are marked by province's government. Provincial highways or roads are marked as below:

Provincial Highway Codes
# Province Code
1 Koshi PH-KO-001
2 Madhesh PH-MA-001
3 Bagmati PH-BA-001
4 Lumbini PH-LU-001
5 Gandaki PH-GA-001
6 Karnali PH-KA-001
7 Sudurpashchim PH-SU-001

'00' stands for highway or road numbers.

Urban/rural roads

Urban/Rural roads are the roads that are administered by local government e.g. Municipality and Rural Municipality. The road codes of the Local roads are coded as follows:

  • Urban/Rural road of a Municipality in Bagmati Province = BUR00
  • Urban/Rural road of a Municipality in Koshi Province = KUR00

"00" represents road numbers e.g. BUR01, KUR05

Agriculture road

Main article: Department of Local Infrastructure

Nepal has special kind of road for agricultural areas and such roads are constructed by Department of Local Infrastructure.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Economy Survey 2022-23" (PDF). 13 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2020-21]". Department of Roads, Nepal. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Existing Highways and proposed extension". Department of roads. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  4. ^ "Nepal Road Standard (2027)". Department of Roads. 1970. Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
  5. ^ "Nepal Road Standard 2070" (PDF). Department of roads. 2013. Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
  6. ^ "SSRN2004". Department of roads. 2004. Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
  7. ^ "ट्रयाक खुलेको आठ वर्षपछि सडक स्तरोन्नति सुरु". Khabarhub. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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