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The highway runs through all the provinces of Nepal except Karnali Province. Mahendra Highway touches all the districts of Terai out of the 20 districts except Parsa. It also touches two hilly districts Arghakhanchi and Makwanpur. The Highway is currently a part of the United Nation’s Asian Highway (AH) project. [4] [5]
The highway runs eastmost point Kakarbhitta to western most point Gadda Chauki through the Terai region. After the completion of construction of Pushpalal Highway. It will be the longest highway of Nepal which is 1,787 km (1,110.39 mi) in length. The shortest highway of Nepal is NH46 which is 9 km (5.59 mi) in
Pushpalal Highway (NH03) (previously: H18) (Nepali: पुष्पलाल लोकमार्ग, Puṣpalāl Lōkamār [1] is an ongoing road project in Nepal, which is thought to be 1,776 kilometres (1,104 mi) long. After completion, it will be the longest national highway of Nepal.
SSRN 2004 published by the Department of roads in 2004 shows 12 National Highways and 51 Feeder roads in Nepal. [3] 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.
According to the Department of Roads there are 80 National Highways in Nepal. The combined length of the roads is 11,178.92 kilometres (6,946.26 mi) which includes asphalt/concrete and gravel.
This highway has a junction with Tribhuvan Highway at Naubise. The Bharatpur-Mugling section connects this highway to Mahendra Highway, the longest highway in Nepal. The highway also connects Nuwakot District via a newly constructed road in Galchhi and connects to the district headquarter of Dhading District at Phurke Khola, Malekhu.
The highway starts at the Nepal–India border near Siddharthanagar and terminates at Pokhara. This highway intersects with the east–west Mahendra Highway at Butwal. [1] The highway construction was started in 1964 and completed in 1971. It was inaugurated by King Birendra on 9 May 1972 (25 Baisakh 2029 BS) in Pokhara.
The Churia Tunnel (Nepali: चुरिया सुरुङ्ग) is a 500 m (1,600 ft)-long highway tunnel carved through the churia hill between Makwanpur and Bara of Nepal. It was constructed connecting the country's first motorable road between Amlekhganj in the terai and Bhimphedi settlement of Makwanpur, the point of entry into ...