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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 3,024 km (1,879 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end | Agra, Uttar Pradesh | |||
| Template:AHN-AH/Core Nagpur | ||||
| South end | Matara | |||
| Location | ||||
| Countries | India, Sri Lanka | |||
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Asian Highway 43 (AH43) is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running 3,024 kilometres (1,879 mi) from Asian Highway 1 in Agra, India[1] to Matara in Sri Lanka.[2]
Route
It passes through Indian cities of Agra (AH1), Gwalior (AH47), Nagpur (AH46), Hyderabad and Bangalore (AH45, AH47), Madurai. The road briefly ends at Rameswaram before starting in Sri Lanka at Talaimannar and passes through Mannar, Anuradhapura, Dambulla (AH44), Kurunegala, Kandy, Colombo, Galle and Matara.
India
The route shares some portions of various Indian National Highways. The route passes through Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
NH 44 Agra to Madurai
NH 85 Madurai to Tiruppuvanam
NH 87 Tiruppuvanam to Dhanushkodi
Sri Lanka
The route shares portions of the following Sri Lankan highways:[3]
- [[A14 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A9 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A6 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A10 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A1 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]], The [[E04 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Expressway code (Sri Lanka)]] serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the [[A1 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]] portion.[3]
- [[A2 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]], The [[E01 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Expressway code (Sri Lanka)]] serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the [[A2 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]] portion.[3] Currently all these roads bear the national highways route signs, but have not yet been installed with AH43 route signs.[3]
Junctions
- India
- Template:AHN-AH/Core Agra
- Template:AHN-AH/Core Gwalior
- Template:AHN-AH/Core Nagpur
- Template:AHN-AH/Core Bangalore
- Template:AHN-AH/Core Krishnagiri
- Sri Lanka
- Template:AHN-AH/Core at Dambulla
See also
References
- ↑ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 41
- ↑ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 98
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/files/wgm4/Countries/Status/SriLanka.pdf[permanent dead link] Status Paper on Asian Highway Sri Lanka
External links
Treaty on Asian Highways with routes
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