Shahid Chamran Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه شهید چمران), Also known as Parkway Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه پارک‌وی) is an expressway in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

, leading from Tohid Square to

Parkway Junction A parkway is a landscaped thoroughfare.''"parkway."''Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (14 Apr. 2007). The term is particularly used for a roadway in a park or ...

. Chamran is the oldest expressway in Tehran, and is unofficially called Parkway Expressway or just Parkway for short. The expressway is named after

Mostafa Chamran Mostafa Chamran Save'ei ( fa, مصطفی چمران ساوه‌ای) (2 October 1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian physicist, politician, commander and guerrilla fighter who served as the first defense minister of post-revolutionary Iran ...

. , main intersections of Chamran Expressway, from south to north, include dissecting Bagher Khan Street, passing under

Jalal-e-Ale Ahmad Expressway Jalal-e-Al-e-Ahmad Expressway is an expressway in Tehran. It starts from the end of Kordestan Expressway and Shahid Gomnam Expressway. It passes Chamran Expressway, Sheikh Fazl-allah Nouri Expressway and Yadegar Expressway and reaches Ashraf ...

at Nasr Bridge, passing under

Resalat Expressway Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani Expressway, formerly called Resalat Expressway, is an east-west expressway in Tehran, Iran. It joins the eastern localities of Tehran metropolis, including Resalat District, to Seyed Khandan in north-centra ...

and then

Hemmat Expressway Hemmat Expressway is a route in Tehran, Iran. It starts from Pasdaran Avenue junction and goes west. It passes Haghani Expressway, Kordestan Expressway, Milad Tower, Ashrafi Esfahani Expressway and Ziba Shahr in Western Tehran and ends in ...

, and passing under

Niayesh Expressway Hashemi Rafsanjani Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه هاشمی رفسنجانی), Also known as Niyayesh Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه نیایش) is an expressway is northern central Tehran, Iran. It starts from Vali Asr Street and becomes Absh ...

at Velayat Bridge. It changes its direction to west-east near

Seoul Street Seoul Street ( fa, خیابان سئول) is a street that runs in the north of Tehran, Iran, close to the city's Evin district. Name On 27 June 1977, the Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested that the cities of Seoul (the capital of South ...

Pictures

File:Chamran Expwy.JPG, Chamran Expressway intersection with

Valiasr Street Valiasr Street ( fa, خیابان ولیعصر) is a tree-lined street in Tehran, Iran, dividing the metropolis into western and eastern parts built in 1922 to 1927, considering the end of asphalt plan it ended in 1933. It is considered one of ...

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{{Expressways of Tehran Expressways in Tehran