Tribhuvan Highway

The Tribhuvan Highway (Nepali: त्रिभूवन राजपथ) connects the outskirts of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, with Birganj/Raxaul on the Nepal-India border.NH 28 and NH 28A links Raxaul with Lucknow/Barauni and other locations in India.

Known informally as Byroad, the Tribhuvan Highway is the oldest of Nepal’s highways and links Naubise, 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Kathmandu with the Indian border at Birganj/Raxaul. It was named in memory of King Tribhuvan (1906–1955).

Its construction was completed with Indian assistance in 1956, and it provided the first serviceable road connection with India. The first regular daily bus service on the highway was operated by Nepal Transport Service in 1959. The bus route ended at the railway station at Amlekhganj, from where travellers took the Nepal Government Railway (NGR) the rest of the way to Birgunj and Raxaul.

Before Tribhuvan Highway was built, travelers used the historic trade route passing through Kulekhani, Chitlang, Chandragiri Pass and Thankot.

The best stretch is through the Terai region. Thereafter, it is an unending series of climbs and descents through the Sivalik Hills north of Hetauda. Its total length extends to some 158 kilometres (98 mi) from north to south. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) as the crow flies from Hetauda to Naubise, but Tribhuvan Highway makes it an astonishing 107 kilometres (66 mi). At Naubise, the Tribhuwan Highway intersects the Prithvi Highway.

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