Prithvi Highway
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| पृथ्वी राजमार्ग | |
| Route information | |
| Length: | 174 km (108 mi) |
| History: | Completed in 1974 |
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| East end: | Naubise |
| West end: | Pokhara |
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| Primary destinations: |
Naubise, Galchhi, Gajuri, Malekhu, Kurintar, Mungling, Anbukhaireni, Dumre, Damauli, Pokhara |
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| Roads in Nepal | |
The Prithvi Highway (Nepali: पृथ्वी राजमार्ग) is a 174-kilometre-long (108 mi) highway connecting Naubise of Tribhuvan Highway, 26km from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and Pokhara, a tourist city in the western part of Nepal.
The construction of the highway started in 1967 with the help of the Chinese government. The construction was completed in 1974. The highway is named after King Prithvi Narayan Shah.
This landslide-prone and heavily congested highway passes through five districts: Kathmandu, Dhading, Chitwan, Tanahu and Kaski. This highway has a junction with Tribhuvan Highway at Naubise. The Bharatpur-Mugling section connects this highway to Mahendra Highway, the longest highway in Nepal. The highway also connects Nuwakot District via a newly constructed road in Galchhi and connects to the district headquarter of Dhading District at Phurke Khola, Malekhu. Until 2011 opening of the B.P. Koirala Highway, this highway was the only improved land route from Kathmandu Valley to all points south, and as such the main artery for heavy trucks into Kathmandu Valley and into Pokhara.
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