List of roads in Nepal

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 until mid-March of 2023, the country had total road network of national roads length 34,100 km. This included national highway and other Strategic roads[1]

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

National Highway (onward 2021)

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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. Now the total length of the national highway is 11,799.09 km (7,331.61 mi)[3]

There were only 21 National Highways in Nepal before 2021. In 2021, 59 more National highways were announced by the government and corrected the highway numbers.[4][2]

List of National Highways

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Strategic Road (1970-2020)

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The first Nepal Road Standard introduced by the Department of roads in 1970, classified roads into 4 types.[5] In the second Nepal Road Standard introduced in 2013, the types of the roads were the same.[6]

Nepal Road Standard (1970) Nepal Road Standard (2013)
National Highway National Highway
Feeder Road Feeder Road
District/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.[7] 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. In 2021 SNH 2020/21 released by government shows all the previous feeder road either converted to new National Highways or cancelled the status of feeder roads and handed over to provincial governments.

National Highway

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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 bardibas
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

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Nepal / Feeder Roads in Nepal
# Highway Numbers Highway Name Length (KM) start/end points New number
1 F001 12.53 Birtamod, Chandragadhi NH04
2 F002 21.96 Damak, Gauriganj
3 F003 17.75 Bharda, Rajbiraj
4 F004 23.10 Rupani, Kunauli
5 F005 26.66 Chauharwa, Madar part of NH20
6 F006 29.00 Nawalpur, Sonbarsha NH32
7 F007 Birendra Highway 45.00 Chandranigahapur, Bairganiya NH36
8 F008 23.00 Bardaghat, Harpur
9 F009 21 Sunwal, Maheshpur
10 F010 33.00 Jitpur, Khunuwa NH50
11 F011 83.00 Taulihawa, Sandhikharka NH51
12 F012 20.00 Chanauta, Krishnanagar
13 F013 131 Ganaha Khola bridge, Darbot NH53
14 F014 75.00 Pyuthan, Ghorahi part of NH09
15 F015 44.00 Lamahi, Tulsipur NH53 , part of NH09
16 F016 35.00 Bhuregaun, Murtihawa
17 F017 34.00 Junga, Bhimapur
18 F018 12.00 Kalaiya, Birgunj part of NH05
19 F019 12.00 Bhaise, Bhimphedi
20 F020 21.00 Kunchal, Kulekhani
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 Bhanubhakta Acharya Highway NH25
37 F037 Bharatpur Bypass Road 5 km
38 F038 Ratna Kumar Bantawa Highway
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

Newly Proposed Feeder Roads number were from F052 to F210. By this Nepal have altogether 210 Feeder Roads in Nepal.

Nepal / Feeder Roads in Nepal
# Highway Numbers Highway Name Length (KM) start/end points New number
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153 Hetauda Bypass Road
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198 Birgunj Bypass Road
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210

Provincial Highways

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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.

Election Constituency Strategic Road

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Election Constituency Strategic Road is a strategic road that connects each Constitutional area with a National Highway passing nearby. There are 165 Election Constituency Strategic Road in Nepal.

Urban/rural roads

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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

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Nepal has special kind of road for agricultural areas and such roads are constructed by Department of Local Infrastructure.[8]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2022-23]". Department of roads. 2023. Retrieved 20 Aug 2023.
  4. ^ "Existing Highways and proposed extension". Department of roads. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  5. ^ "Nepal Road Standard (2027)". Department of Roads. 1970. Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
  6. ^ "Nepal Road Standard 2070" (PDF). Department of roads. 2013. Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
  7. ^ "SSRN2004". Department of roads. 2004. Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
  8. ^ "ट्रयाक खुलेको आठ वर्षपछि सडक स्तरोन्नति सुरु". Khabarhub. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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