Kathmandu Ring Road or NH39 (previously: H16) () is an eight-lane
ring road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist in reducin ...
circling around the cities of
Kathmandu
Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...
and
Lalitpur. The total length of the Ring Road is .
It has a right of way of 62m (with 31m on either side of the center line).
Route
The road connects major places like
Kalanki,
Satdobato,
Gwarko, Balkumari,
Koteswor,
Tinkune,
Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport (, , colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal. It has a tabletop runway, a domestic terminal and an international terminal. As the country's main internat ...
,
Gaushala,
Chabhil,
Sukedhara,
Maharajganj,
Basundhara,
Samakhushi,
Gongabu,
Balaju, and
Swayambhunath
Swayambhu Maha Chaitya (Devanagari: स्वयम्भू स्तूप; Nepal Bhasa: स्वयंभू; Swayambhu Great Stupa, or ''Swayambu'' or ''Swoyambhu'') is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west ...
.
History
In 2018, A section of was expanded eight-lanes in cooperation of the
Chinese government
The government of the People's Republic of China is based on a system of people's congress within the parameters of a Unitary state, unitary communist state, in which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacts its policies through people's ...
. To ease traffic congestion at
Kalanki, Nepal's first
underpass
A subway, also known as an underpass, is a grade-separated pedestrian crossing running underneath a road or railway in order to entirely separate pedestrians and cyclists from motor or train traffic.
Terminology
In the United States, as ...
was constructed in 2018.
In 2019, Ring Road served as a sporting venue for
Cycling events at the
2019 South Asian Games
The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...
.
Expansion
The government has decided to expedite construction of the proposed 71.93 km Outer Ring Road that is supposed to encircle most of the urban areas in Kathmandu Valley. The
Detailed Project Report (DPR) was prepared in 2008.
See also
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China-Nepal relations
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New Road of Kathmandu
New Road is the financial hub and a busy high street, High Street in Kathmandu, Nepal. It refers to a two lane street in the center of Kathmandu, as well as the surrounding neighborhood. It is one of the busiest marketplaces in the city. Being ...
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Mahendra Highway
Mahendra Highway or NH01 (previously: H01) (), also called East-West Highway (), runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is th ...
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Kathmandu
Kathmandu () is the capital and largest city of Nepal, situated in the central part of the country within the Kathmandu Valley. As per the 2021 Nepal census, it has a population of 845,767 residing in 105,649 households, with approximately 4 mi ...
References
{{National Highways in Nepal
Transport in Kathmandu
Highways in Nepal
Ring roads
Roads in Bagmati Province