Kanti Highway | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads) | |
Length | 92 km (57 mi) |
Major junctions | |
From | Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Lalitpur |
To | Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, Makwanpur |
Location | |
Country | Nepal |
Highway system | |
Kanti Highway ( Nepali: कन्ती लोक्पथ रोड) is a 92-kilometre-long (57 mi) feeder road under construction in Bagmati Province, Nepal, that connects Lalitpur Metropolitan City to Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City. [1] [2]
The construction on the road started in 1954 by King Mahendra, and the road was initially named Tikabhairab-Hetauda Road. [3] [4] However, in 1962, it was named Kanti Highway after the Queen Kanti of Nepal. [3]
In the late 1990s, the Government of Nepal recognised this road as an alternative highway of Tribhuvan Highway (H02) that connects Kathmandu to Birgunj on the Nepal- India border. [3] [5]