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Ring Road at Koteshwor map of Kathmandu Ring Road. Kathmandu Ring Road or NH39 (previously: H16) (Nepali: काठमाडौं चक्रपथ) is an eight-lane ring road circling around the cities of Kathmandu and Lalitpur. The total length of the Ring Road is 27 kilometres (17 mi). [1]
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] 621 km (385.87 mi) more added to National Highway System in 2022/23.
The outer ring road will cover a length of 35.08 kilometres (21.80 mi) in Kathmandu, 15.80 kilometres (9.82 mi) in Lalitpur and 21.05 kilometres (13.08 mi) in Bhaktapur. [ 4 ] The highway will be eight-lane road 50 metres (160 ft) wide (with a 6-metre (20 ft) setback on either side), cycle tracks, greenbelts and pavements on both the sides ...
In terms of motor transport, Kathmandu Ring Road which encircles the central part of the valley is a strategic road in the city. Connection to Kathmandu over the Bagmati River is provided by a host of road and pedestrian bridges. The most trafficked and important bridge connecting to the centre of Kathmandu is Thapathali Bridge. Since ...
Kathmandu Valley itself was referred to as "Nepal Proper" by British historians. As per the World Bank, the Kathmandu Valley was one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in South Asia with 2.5 million population by 2010 and an annual growth rate of 4%. [4] In 2015, Kathmandu Valley was hit by the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. [5]
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The new report of the Road Department of Nepal "Statistics of National Highway SNH-2022/23" shows that a total of 621 km (385.87 mi) of new roads have been built in Nepal in a span of 1 year, thus the total length of National Highway in Nepal in the year 2023 has become 11,799.09 km (7,331.61 mi) [3]
Road transport is the country's primary transportation mode. The Economic Survey 2022-23 released by the Ministry of Finance (Nepal) , shows that the country had a total road network of national road length of 34,100 km; that only included roads constructed and maintained by the Department of Roads (DoR).