Road 79 or Firuzkuh Road or Savadkuh Road is one of the major roads running north from
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. ...
, crossing over the Central
Alborz mountain range
The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merge ...
, and down to the coast of the
Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...
in
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 ...
.
It route is within
Tehran Province
Tehran province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tehran.
Tehran province covers an area of and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran. It was made a part of the First Region with its secretar ...
and
Mazandaran Province
Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is bordered clockw ...
.
History
Firoozkooh Road, also known as Savadkooh Road, is the oldest road from Mazandaran Province to Tehran Province after Chalus Road and Haraz Road in terms of its opening date. The construction of this road took about 16 years.
Route
See also
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Central Alborz mountain range map
References
External links
Iran road mapon
Young Journalists Club
The Young Journalists Club (YJC) is a news agency in Iran. It was established in 1999 by the political affairs bureau of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; ) or Seda va Sima () for short, ...
77
Transportation in Mazandaran province
Transport in Tehran
Transportation in Tehran province
Long stubs with short prose
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