National Highway System (Nepal)

The National Highway System of Nepal is the group of main roads in Nepal.

Any highway or road that connects east to west and north to south is considered a National Highway of Nepal.

[1] National Highways are administered by the Department of Roads under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal).

According to the Statistics of National Highway SNH-2020/21 there are 80 National Highways in Nepal,[2] with a total length of 11178.92 km.

[3] The new report of the Road Department of Nepal "Statistics of National Highway SNH-2022/23" shows that a total of 621 km (385.87 mi) of new roads have been built in Nepal in a span of 1 year, thus the total length of National Highway in Nepal in the year 2023 has become 11,799.09 km (7,331.61 mi)[4]

E-W (Mahendra) Highway NH01 at Kakarbhitta