Chamran Expressway

{{Short description|Expressway in Tehran, Iran}}

{{about|expressway in Tehran|the expressway with the same name in Isfahan|Chamran Expressway (Isfahan)}}

{{infobox road

|country=IRN

|type=expressway

|route = Chamran

|direction_a= North

|terminus_a = 30px Modares Expressway
25px18px Valiasr Street

|junction=

|direction_b=South

|terminus_b = 30px Tohid Tunnel

|length_km= 11.5

|cities= Tehran

|map= Chamran Expressway map.png

}}

Shahid Chamran Expressway ({{langx|fa|بزرگراه شهید چمران}}), Also known as Parkway Expressway ({{langx|fa|بزرگراه پارک‌وی}}) is an expressway in Tehran, Iran, leading from Tohid Square to Parkway Junction. Chamran is the oldest expressway in Tehran, and is unofficially called Parkway Expressway or just Parkway for short. The expressway is named after Mostafa Chamran.

{{As of|2007|08}}, main intersections of Chamran Expressway, from south to north, include dissecting Bagher Khan Street, passing under Jalal-e-Ale Ahmad Expressway at Nasr Bridge, passing under Resalat Expressway and then Hemmat Expressway, and passing under Niayesh Expressway at Velayat Bridge. It changes its direction to west-east near Seoul Street.{{cite book|title=Complete Atlas of Tehran 2006 (اطلس کامل تهران ۸۵)|publisher=Gitashenasi|isbn=964-342-181-3|author=Gitashenasi Research and Authoring Department|language=Persian|date=March 2006|place=Tehran}}

File:Tehran view - chamran.jpg

class="wikitable" width="600px"

! text-align="center" colspan="3" | 15px From North to South 15px

30px
25px
30px Modares Expressway
18px Valiasr Street
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line Afsharian Terminus Station
text-align="center" colspan="3" | 30px U-Turn
30px

| align="center" bgcolor="#CD7F32" | Tehran International Fair

30px30px Tabnak Street
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line Tabnak Station
text-align="center" colspan="3" | 30px U-Turn
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line International Fair Station
25px30px Yadegar-e-Emam Expressway
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line Ati Saz Station
25px
Velayat Interchange
30px Niayesh Expressway
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line Modiriat Station
25px18px Modiriyat Street
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line Molla Sadra Station
25px
Mollasadra-Chamran
Interchange
18px Mollasadra Street
25px30px Hemmat Expressway
25px30px Hakim Expressway
text-align="center" colspan="3" style="background: orange; color: black;" | 30px Tehran BRT Line Jalal-e Ale Ahmad Station
25px30px Jalal-e-Ale Ahmad Expressway
text-align="center" colspan="3" | 30px U-Turn
text-align="center" colspan="3" |30px
30px
Tohid Tunnel
text-align="center" colspan="3" | 15px From South to North 15px

Pictures

File:Chamran Expwy.JPG|Chamran Expressway intersection with Valiasr Street at Parkway Junction

References

{{Expressways of Tehran}}

Category:Expressways in Tehran