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
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)

The Economic Survey 2022-23 released by the Ministry of Finance (Nepal), shows that the country had total road network of national road length 34,100 km that only included roads constructed and maintained by the Department of Roads (DoR). This included only the national highway[1]

National Highway
Further information: National Highway System (Nepal)

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]

There were only 20 National Highways in Nepal before 2021. In 2021 60 more National highways were announced by the government and corrected the highway numbers.[3][2] Previously National Highways were named but the newly announced highways have no names until now.

List of National Highways

Provincial Highways

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:

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.

Urban/rural roads

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
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.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Economy Survey 2022-23" (PDF). 13 March 2024.
  2. "Statistics of National Highway [SNH 2020-21]". Department of Roads, Nepal. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  3. "Existing Highways and proposed extension". Department of roads. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  4. "ट्रयाक खुलेको आठ वर्षपछि सडक स्तरोन्नति सुरु". Khabarhub. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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