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.
4-688: Mahakali Highway ( National Highway 66, NH66 ) is a National Highway of Nepal located in Sudur Province . The total length of the highway is 364.93 km (226.76 mi), in which 234.93 km (145.98 mi) of the road has been paved. Mahakali Highway formerly was a 325 km (201.95 mi) long Highway with the old number H14 connecting Dhangadhi of Kailali District (Western Terai region) to Mahakali Municipality of Darchula District ( Lesser Himalayas ) passing through Doti District , Dadeldhura District and Baitadi District . The road from Syaule (Dadeldhura) to Satbanj (Darchula)
8-715: 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. The new report of the Road Department of Nepal "Statistics of National Highway SNH-2022/23" shows that a total of 621 km (385.87 mi) of new roads have been built in Nepal in
12-683: The Nepali side. Nepal Army is working to open a track from Tusarpani to Tinkar in Darchula district. Around 92 km of dirt track—31 km in Dadeldhura, 34 km in Baitadi and 27 km in Darchula—is yet to be opened. The extension work of Mahakali Highway, NH66 (from Dattu to Tinkar ) is being under Mahakali Corridor Project National Highway System (Nepal) National Highways are administered by
16-514: Was built with the assistance of USA between 1967 and 1985. On the closure of roads from Darchula to India by the Indian side on various excuses, Nepal decided to extend the road from Darchula Khalanga ( Headquarters ) to Chhangru and Tinkar ( Great Himalayas ). Chhangru, Tinkar and Khalanga are all inside Nepali territory, but one has to pass through Indian territory to get from Khalanga to these two villages, as there were no roads or foot trails on
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