List of roads in Nepal

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

Administration of roads in Nepal
#GovernmentAdministrative bodyType
1Federal governmentDepartment of Roads (under MoPIT) National Highway
Department of Local Infrastructure (under MOUD)
2Provincial governmentMinistry of Physical Infrastructure Development (Provincial government) Provincial Highway
Department of Local Infrastructure (under MOUD)
3 Local governmentMunicipal government Urban/rural road
Department of Local Infrastructure (under MOUD)
Nepal National highways map 2014-15

The Economic Survey 2014–15 released by the Ministry of Finance (Nepal), shows that the country had total road network of 80,078 km in 2014/15 that included 26,935 km roads constructed and maintained by the Department of Roads (DoR) and 53,143 km roads constructed by the government of local bodies. This includes the national highway, feeder roads, district roads and urban roads.[1]

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


National Highway
Further information: National Highway System (Nepal)

National Highways are administered by Department of roads under Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal). According to the Statics of National Highway SNH-2020/21 there are 80 National Highways in Nepal which are 14,913 KM long in total distance.[2]

List of National Highways
National Highways in Nepal
#Highway NumbersHighway NameLength (KM)
1NH01East-West Highway1028
2NH02Tribhuvan Highway189
3NH03Araniko Highway112.83
4NH04Prithivi Highway173.43
5NH05Madan Ashrit Highway1016
6NH06B.P Highway158
7NH07Mechi Highway268
8NH08Koshi Highway320
9NH09Madan Bhandari Highway1200
10NH10Siddhartha Highway182
11NH11Rapti Highway168.68
12NH12Ratna Highway113.08
13NH13Karnali Highway160
14NH14Mahakali Highway100
15NH15Seti Highway128
16NH16Kathmandu Ringroad 28
17NH17Postal Highway173
18NH18Pushpa Lal Highway1,889
19NH19Ridi-Balkot-Pyuthan220
20NH20Kathmandu Terai Express way193
21NH21Kathmandu Outer Ring Road24

Provincial Highways
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 highway or road are marked as below:

Road codes of Provincial Highway in Nepal
#ProvinceProvincial HighwayProvincial Road
1KoshiKH-00KR-00
2MadheshMH-00MR-00
3BagmatiBH-00BR-00
4LumbiniLH-00LR-00
5GandakiGH-00GR-00
6KarnaliKH-00KR-00
7SudurpashchimSH-00SR-00
8NepalNH-00

'00' stands for highway or road numbers.

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.[3]

See also
  • "Department of Roads of Nepal".
  • "Roads Board Nepal". Archived from the original on 2009-12-02.
  • "Nepal Road Standard 2070".

References
  1. "Total road length crosses 80,000km". 13 July 2015.
  2. "Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2020-21]". Department of Roads, Nepal. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. "ट्रयाक खुलेको आठ वर्षपछि सडक स्तरोन्नति सुरु". Khabarhub. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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