Freeway 3, or more commonly known as Tehran-Shomal Freeway ( fa, آزادراه تهران - شمال; literally: ''Tehran-North Freeway'') will be a freeway in
Northern
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Geography
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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 Turkmeni ...
, connecting
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the 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 the most popul ...
to cities of western Mazandaran. Currently, sections 1 & 4 are in service and section 2 is under construction. Construction process at section 3 is not started yet. The freeway runs parallel to Road 59, the old road connecting
Karaj
Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a satellite city of Tehran. Although the county hosts a population around 1.97 million, as recorded in the 2016 census, most of the county is rugged mountain. The urb ...
Azadegan Expressway
Azadegan Expressway or Tehran Ringway is an Limited-access road, expressway in southern Tehran. It connects Road 44 (Iran), Tehran-Mashhad Highway to Freeway 2 (Iran), Tehran-Karaj-Tabriz Freeway and Tehran-Shomal Freeway.
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and
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 into ...
in northwestern
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the 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 the most popul ...
city (Municipality District 21) to Doab, Shahrestanak,
Alborz Province
Alborz Province ( fa, استان البرز, ''Ostān-e Alborz'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The section is 32 km long, with 28 tunnels having an overall length of 28.4 km on both sides.مناطق عملیاتی The longest tunnel is Talun Tunnel which is 4870 m long.
Alborz
The Alborz ( fa, البرز) 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 nort ...
Kelardasht District
Kelardasht District ( fa, بخش کلاردشت) is a district (bakhsh) in Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,458, in 10,092 families. The District has two cities: Kelardasht and Marzanabad. Th ...
, Mazandaran Province. The total length is 25 km. The section has 20 tunnels with overall length of 24.2 km. The longest tunnel is Alborz Tunnel with a length of 6378 m.
Section 3 is from Pol-e Zanguleh,
Kelardasht District
Kelardasht District ( fa, بخش کلاردشت) is a district (bakhsh) in Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,458, in 10,092 families. The District has two cities: Kelardasht and Marzanabad. Th ...
Kelardasht District
Kelardasht District ( fa, بخش کلاردشت) is a district (bakhsh) in Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,458, in 10,092 families. The District has two cities: Kelardasht and Marzanabad. Th ...
, Mazandaran Province with a length of 46 km. This section will have 92 tunnels with overall length of 33.5 km.
Construction process in section 2 is in progress and is to not be opened till 2021, but progress in section 3 is in the selection phase of contractors and financing.
Kelardasht District
Kelardasht District ( fa, بخش کلاردشت) is a district (bakhsh) in Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,458, in 10,092 families. The District has two cities: Kelardasht and Marzanabad. Th ...