Roads in Nepal are administered by three levels of Government as below:
# | Government | Administrative body | Coordination with | Type |
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1 | Federal government | Department of Roads (under MoPIT) | National Highway | |
2 | Provincial government | TID or IDD or IDO (under MoPID) | DoLI | Provincial Highway |
3 | Local government | Municipal government | DoLI | Urban/rural road |
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]
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 21 National Highways in Nepal before 2021. In 2021 59 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.
The first Nepal Road Standard introduced by the Department of roads in 1970, classified roads into 4 types.[4] In the second Nepal Road Standard introduced in 2013, the types of the roads were the same.[5]
Nepal Road Standard (1970) | Nepal Road Standard (2013) |
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National Highway | Natonal Highway |
Feeder Road | Feeder Road |
Distric/Panchayat Road | District Road |
City Road/Street | Urban Road |
SSRN 2004 published by the Department of roads in 2004 shows 12 National Highways and 51 Feeder roads in Nepal.[6] The SSRN 2017/18 shows that the number of national highways in the country has increased to 18 but the number of feeder roads has decreased. 3 more Highways added to National Highway later and more feeder road decreased. In 2021 SNH 2020/21 released by government shows all the previous feeder road either converted to new National Highways or cancelled the status of feeder roads and handed over to provincial governments.
S# | Highway Numbers | Name | Distance | Starting point | Ending point |
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1 | H01 | Mahendra Highway | 1027 | Kakarabhitta | Gadda Chauki |
2 | H02 | Tribhuvan Highway | 160 | Tripureswor | Sirsiya border |
3 | H03 | Araniko Highway | 113 | Maitighar | Kodari |
4 | H04 | Prithvi Highway | 173 | Naubise | Prithvi Chowk |
5 | H05 | Madan Ashrit Highway | 36 | Narayanghat | Mugling |
6 | H06 | B.P. Koirala Highway | 206 | Barkhe khola | Bhittamod |
7 | H07 | Mechi Highway | 268 | Kechana | Gharila |
8 | H08 | Koshi Highway | 111 | Rani | Hile |
9 | H09 | Sagarmatha Highway | 179 | Kadmaha | Diktel |
10 | H10 | Siddhartha Highway | 147 | Belahiya | Prithvi Chowk |
11 | H11 | Rapti Highway | 169 | Ameliya | Khaula pass |
12 | H12 | Ratna Highway | 113 | Jamuniya | Bangesimal |
These Highways were added to SSRN 2017/18:-
13 | H13 | Karnali Highway | 233 | Bangeshimal | Jumla Khalanga |
14 | H14 | Mahakali Highway | 325 | Mohana Bridge | Tinkar pass |
15 | H15 | Seti Highway | 66 | Syaule Bazar | Samuha gad |
16 | H16 | Ring Road (Kathmandu) | 28 | Manohara | Satdobato |
17 | H17 | Postal Highway | 1005 | Bhadrapur | Kanchanpur |
18 | H18 | Pushpalal Highway | 1776 | Chiyo Bhanjyang | Jhulaghat)) |
3 more National Highway added to SSRN:
19 | H19 | Sabha–Bramhadev Highway | 13 | Sabha | Kanchanpur |
20 | H20 | Kathmandu–Terai Expressway | 82 | Kathmandu | Nijgadh |
21 | Kathmandu Outer Ring Road | 72 | Kathmandu | Kathmandu |
# | Highway Numbers | Highway Name | Length (KM) | start/end points | New number |
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1 | F001 | 12.53 | Birtamod, Chandragadhi | NH04 | |
2 | F002 | 21.96 | Damak, Gauriganj | ||
3 | F003 | 17.75 | Bharda, Rajbiraj | ||
4 | F004 | 23.10 | Rupani, Kunauli | ||
5 | F005 | 26.66 | Chauharwa, Madar | part of NH20 | |
6 | F006 | 29.00 | Nawalpur, Sonbarsha | NH32 | |
7 | F007 | Birendra Highway | 45.00 | Chandranigahapur, Bairganiya | NH36 |
8 | F008 | 23.00 | Bardaghat, Harpur | ||
9 | F009 | 21 | Sunwal, Maheshpur | ||
10 | F010 | 33.00 | Jitpur, Khunuwa | NH50 | |
11 | F011 | 83.00 | Taulihawa, Sandhikharka | NH51 | |
12 | F012 | 20.00 | Chanauta, Krishnanagar | ||
13 | F013 | 131 | Ganaha Khola bridge, Darbot | NH53 | |
14 | F014 | 75.00 | Pyuthan, Ghorahi | part of NH09 | |
15 | F015 | 44.00 | Lamahi, Tulsipur | NH53 , part of NH09 | |
16 | F016 | 35.00 | Bhuregaun, Murtihawa | ||
17 | F017 | 34.00 | Junga, Bhimapur | ||
18 | F018 | 12.00 | Kalaiya, Birgunj | part of NH05 | |
19 | F019 | 12.00 | Bhaise, Bhimphedi | ||
20 | F020 | 21.00 | Kunchal, Kulekhani | ||
21 | F021 | NH18, NH42 | |||
22 | F022 | ||||
23 | F023 | ||||
24 | F024 | ||||
25 | F025 | ||||
26 | F026 | ||||
27 | F027 | ||||
28 | F028 | ||||
29 | F029 | ||||
30 | F030 | ||||
31 | F031 | NH31 | |||
32 | F032 | ||||
33 | F033 | NH23 | |||
34 | F034 | NH43 | |||
35 | F035 | NH44 | |||
36 | F036 | Bhanubhakta Acharya Highway | NH25 | ||
37 | F037 | Bharatpur Bypass Road | 5km | ||
38 | F038 | ||||
39 | F039 | part of NH05 | |||
40 | F040 | part of NH03 | |||
41 | F041 | ||||
42 | F042 | NH48, part of NH03 | |||
43 | F043 | ||||
44 | F044 | part of NH05, NH52 | |||
45 | F045 | ||||
46 | F046 | part of NH05 | |||
47 | F047 | NH57, NH09 | |||
48 | F048 | NH60, NH03 | |||
49 | F049 | NH64 | |||
50 | F050 | part of NH03 | |||
51 | F051 | part of NH03 |
Newly Proposed Feeder Roads number were from F052 to F210. By this Nepal have altogether 210 Feeder Roads in Nepal.
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Further information: Provincial Highways in Nepal |
See also: List of provincial highways in Nepal by province |
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:
# | Province | Code |
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1 | Koshi | PH-KO-001 |
2 | Madhesh | PH-MA-001 |
3 | Bagmati | PH-BA-001 |
4 | Lumbini | PH-LU-001 |
5 | Gandaki | PH-GA-001 |
6 | Karnali | PH-KA-001 |
7 | Sudurpashchim | PH-SU-001 |
'00' stands for highway or road numbers.
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:
"00" represents road numbers e.g. BUR01, KUR05
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.[7]