Postal Highway

{{Short description|Highway in Nepal}}

{{Infobox road

| name = Postal Highway

| country = NPL

| type = NH

| route = 05

| alternate_name = Hulaki Rajmarg, Padma Road

| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|id=Q25099986|stroke-width=3}}

| map_custom = yes

| map_notes = Postal Highway (NH05) in red

| length_km = 1792.42

| direction_a = East

| terminus_a = Bhadrapur

| junction = Biratnagar, Rajbiraj, Siraha, Janakpur, Malangwa, Gaur, Birgunj, Parasi, Bhairahawa, Taulihawa, Nepalganj, Gulariya, Dhangadhi

| direction_b = West

| terminus_b = Dodhara

| established = 1930s

| history = constructing

| next_type = NH

| next_route = 06

| previous_type = NH

| previous_route = 04

| header_type = cons

}}

Postal Highway (NH05) (previously: H17) ({{langx|ne|हुलाकी राजमार्ग}}) runs across the Terai region of Nepal, from Bhadrapur, Jhapa in the east to Dodhara, Kanchanpur in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is the oldest highway in Nepal constructed by Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana to aid transportation and facilitate postal services throughout the nation.{{cite web| url=http://www.anatravels.com/nepal_highways.php| title=Highways in Nepal| publisher=Adarsha Nepal Adventure| accessdate=2010-05-18| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703044204/http://www.anatravels.com/nepal_highways.php| archivedate=2013-07-03}}

The highway is a two-lane road which connects 20 districts of the Terai frontier and 83% of the road construction had been completed by November 2020. Hulaki rajmarga nirdeshanalaya, department of roads is a government office related to any things on this project.{{cite web |date=23 January 2023 |title=हुलाकी राजमार्गको 83% निर्माण सम्पन्न |trans-title=83 percent construction of Postal Highway completes in one and half decades |url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/83-percent-construction-of-postal-highway-completes-in-one-and-half-decades/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=MyRepublica |publisher=Nagarik Network |language=English}}