The history of Freeways in Iran goes back to 55 years ago. The first

freeway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, Freeway 2 was built before the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

, between

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

and

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. The construction of Tehran-Qom Freeway was started and the studies of many freeways today started before the revolution. Today, Iran has about of freeway. The total AADT of the system is 144 Million vehicles.

Numbered List

Freeway 1

Freeway 2

Freeway 3

Freeway 5

Freeway 6

Freeway 7

Freeway 9

Freeway 16 (Iran)

Freeway 51

Freeways under construction

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