List of national highways in Nepal

The National Highway System of Nepal is the group of main roads in Nepal. Any highway or road that connects east to west and north to south is considered a National Highway of 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 14913 km.

The new report of the Road Department of Nepal "Statistics of National Highway SNH-2022/23" shows that a total of of new roads have been built in Nepal in a span of 1 year, thus the total length of National Highway in Nepal in the year 2023 has become

List of national highways

Corridors

When one or more roads run along a river, in Nepal it is called a corridor named after that river. There are some north-south corridors which include one or more highways.

Trivia

• Currently Mahendra Highway is the longest National Highway of Nepal which is long in total length. The highway runs eastmost point Kakarbhitta to western most point Gadda Chauki through the Terai region. After the completion of construction of Pushpalal Highway. It will be the longest highway of Nepal which is in length.
• The shortest highway of Nepal is NH46 which is in length. It is a linking highway between Mahendra Highway to Postal Highway.
• Probably NH48 (Kaligandaki Corridor) is the highest altitude motorable highway in Nepal. The highway runs on the elevation from to . It connects Tansen and other parts of the country with Korala (Nepal-China border).

See also

• Roads in Nepal
• List of national highways in Nepal by province
• Provincial Highways in Nepal

References