Roads in Nepal

{{further|Roads in Nepal 1970 -2020}}

The development of roadways in Nepal began in earnest during the 1950s. Prior to that, the country relied heavily on ancient footpaths, mule tracks, and river transportation. The construction of the Tribhuvan Highway in 1956 marked the beginning of modern road infrastructure in Nepal. This highway connected Kathmandu, the capital city, to the Indian border town of Raxaul, facilitating trade and travel.

In 2021 SNH 2020/21 released by government shows all the previous feeder roads either converted to new National Highways or ceasing to be classified as feeder roads and handed over to provincial governments.

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In Nepal, the administration of roads is managed by different levels of government. National Highways are overseen by the Department of Roads under the MPIT. Province Highways and Roads are administered by the Provincial Government. Lastly, Urban, Rural, and Agricultural Roads are managed by the Local Government, working in collaboration with the DoLI. Each level of government plays a key role in the maintenance and development of the road network in their respective jurisdictions.{{cite web|url=https://dor.gov.np/uploads/publication/publication_1616577265.pdf |title=NEWS LETTER by Department of Roads |access-date=12 February 2025}}

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{{further|National Highway System (Nepal)}}

The Economic Survey 2022–23 released by the Ministry of Finance shows that until mid-March 2023, the country's network of national roads had a total length of 34,100 km. This included national highways and other Strategic roads{{Cite web|url=https://www.mof.gov.np/uploads/document/file/1710323031_Economic%20Survey%20Engslish%202022-23%20Eng%20Final%20for%20WEB.pdf|title = Economy Survey 2022-23|date = 13 March 2024}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://dor.gov.np/home/publication/statistics-of-national-highway-snh |title=Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2020-21] |publisher=Department of Roads, Nepal |access-date=24 March 2023}} {{convert|620.17|km|mi|2|abbr=on}} more was added to the National Highway System in 2022/23, making a total length of the national highway of {{convert|11799.09|km|mi|2|abbr=on}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dor.gov.np/home/page/statistics-of-national-highway--snh--2022-23 |title=Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2022-23] |date=2023 |publisher=Department of roads |access-date=20 Aug 2023 |trans-title = |language = }}

{{Further|Provincial Highways in Nepal}} {{see also|List of national highways in Nepal by province}}

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There are seven provinces in Nepal which have many provincial highways and provincial roads which are marked{{clarify|date=February 2025}} by the province's government. Provincial highways or roads are marked as below:

'00' stands for highway or road numbers.

{{Further|Election Constituency Strategic Road}}

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 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

{{Main|Department of Local Infrastructure}}Nepal has special kind of road for agricultural areas and such roads are constructed by Department of Local Infrastructure.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-28 |title=ट्रयाक खुलेको आठ वर्षपछि सडक स्तरोन्नति सुरु |url=https://khabarhub.com/2023/28/545070/ |access-date=2023-10-12 |website=Khabarhub |language=en}}

• Department of Roads
• Department of Local Infrastructure
• National Highway System (Nepal)
• Churia Tunnel

{{National Highways in Nepal}}

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• {{cite web | url = http://www.dor.gov.np/index.php | title = Department of Roads of Nepal}}
• {{cite web | url = http://www.roadsboardnepal.org/index.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091202003307/http://www.roadsboardnepal.org/index.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-12-02 | title = Roads Board Nepal}}
• {{cite web | url = https://dor.gov.np/home/publication/general-documents/nepal-road-standard-2-7 | title = Nepal Road Standard 2070}}

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