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Highways of Bhutan [1]. Bhutan had a total of 8,050 km (5,000 mi) of roads in 2003, 4,991 km (3,101 mi) of which were paved and 3,059 km (1,901 mi) unpaved. [2] Because of the lack of paved roads, travel in Bhutan was by foot or on mule- or horseback until 1961; the 205-kilometre (127 mi) trip from the Indian border to Thimphu took six days.
Most freight in Bhutan is moved along the highway on eight-ton 300 hp (224 kW) Tata trucks, which are often overloaded and which stress road conditions. There is a network of passenger buses, and the most common vehicle in government and private use is the four-wheel-drive pickup.
Asian Highway 48 or AH48 is a transnational route in India and Bhutan, running 276 kilometres (171 mi) from Changrabandha in India to Thimphu in Bhutan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] India
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In addition, it is projected that the improved road conditions will encourage more tourism in the more inaccessible eastern region of Bhutan. [183] [184] [185] Currently, the road conditions appear to be deterring tourists from visiting Bhutan due to the increased instances of road blocks, landslides, and dust disruption caused by the widening ...
The streets in town are empty, and the only noise is the truck’s wheels parting the slush. Some of the traffic signals have been turned off, and Fischer is impatient with the few that are operating. Anxiety is his natural resting state. “Is this light ever going to turn green, or are we stuck here forever?” he says at one intersection.
Although there are some local roads and farm roads, the town currently has no internal road connecting it with the rest of the country and residents have to travel via Assam, India to reach other places in Bhutan. Construction of a 58km road connecting Jomotsangkha with Samdrup Jongkhar, the district capital, via Samrang was begun in 2016. The ...