Asian Highway: Current Status and Challenges

Roads and Highway Department, Roads Division, Ministry of Communication Contents Background of AH AH Network in Bangladesh Banglabandh a

Tamabi l

Benapol e

Dhaka

Mongla Chittaon g Teknaf Asian Highway 1

Tamabil Mawa 53 km 0 km Tamabi Sylhet Charjanajat l 39 km 29 km

Sherpur Bhanga

45 km km 37 km

35 Mirpur Bhatiapara 61 km 3 km

Benapol Sarial Kalna FG e 47 km 24 km Nashingdi Narail 38 km 32 km

Katchpur Jessore 10 km 38 km

Dhaka (S) Benapole

Total 491 km Asian Highway 2

Banglabandha Tamabil Kaliakoir 53 km 50 km Tamabi Sylhet Elenga l 39 km 40 km

Sherpur Hatikamrul 61 km 56 km

Sarail Bogra

47 km km 34 km

20 Narshingdi Gobindagonj 38 km 71 km

Katchpur Ranjgpur 10 km 67 km

Dhaka (S) Beldanga 20 km 76 km Panchagar Dhaka (N) h 22 km 56 km Joydevpur Banglabandha

Total 512 km Asian Highway 41

Teknaf Dhaka (N) Jhenaidah 87 km 22 km 45 km

Cox’s Bazar Joydevpur Jessore 92 km 20 km 62 km

Keranirhat Kaliakoir Khulna 49 km 50 km 43 km

Chittagong Elenga Mongla

88 km km 40 km Total 754 km 20 Feni Hatikamrul 63 km 51 km

Moinamoti Banpara

Moinamoti km

43 km 23 km 42

Daudkandi Dasuria Mongla 26 km 9 km Chittagong Katchpur Paksey 10 km 31 km Dhaka (S) Kushtia Teknaf Asian Highway Road Classification Status of Asian Highway 1

Status Sections Class km Projects Tamabil Sylhet II 53 FS & DD ongoing Tamabi Sylhet Sherpur II 39 FS & DD ongoing l Sherpur Mirpur II 45 FS & DD ongoing Mirpur Sarail II 61 FS & DD ongoing Sarail Narhsingdi II 47 FS & DD ongoing Narhsingdi Katchpur II 38 FS & DD ongoing Katchpur Dhaka (S) II 10 upgraded Dhaka (S) Mawa II 35 DD ongoing Mawa Charjanajat Below III 0 Missing Link Charjanajat Bhanga II 29 DD ongoing Bhanga Bhatiapara II 37 To be upgraded Bhatiapara Kalna FG Below III 3 Missing Link Kalna FG Narail III, Below III 24 To be upgraded Narail Jessore III 32 To be upgraded Jessore Benapol II 38 To be upgraded

Benapol e Status of Asian Highway 2

Banglabandha

Tamabi l STATUS Sections Class km Projects Dhaka (South) Dhaka (North) I 20 Developed Dhaka (North) Joydevpur I 22 Developed Joydevpur Kaliakoir II 20 SASEC Project ongoing Kariakoir Elenga II 50 SASEC Project ongoing Elenga Hatikamrul II 40 DD ongoing Hatikamrul Bogra II 56 FS & DD ongoing Bogra Gonbindaganj II 34 FS & DD ongoing Gonbindaganj Rangpur II 71 FS & DD ongoing Rangpur Beldanga II 67 To be developed Beldanga Panchagarh II 76 To be developed Panchagarh Banglabandha II 56 Developed as Class II Status of Asian Highway 41

Status Sections km Class Status Teknaf Cox's Bazar 87 II FS and DD ongoing Cox's Bazar Keranirhat 92 II FS and DD ongoing Keranirhat Chittagong 49 II FS and DD ongoing Chittagong Feni 88 II Upgrading ongoing Feni Moinamoti 63 II Upgrading ongoing Moinamoti Daudkandi 43 II Upgrading ongoing Daudkandi Katchpur 26 I Upgraded to 4‐lane Hatikamrul Banpara 51 II FS & DD ongoing Banpara Dasuria 23 II To be upgraded Dasuria Paksey 9 II To be upgraded Paksey Kushtia 31 II To be upgraded Kushtia Jhenaidah 42 II To be upgraded Jhenaidah Jessore 45 II FS ongoing Jessore Khulna 62 II FS ongoing Khulna Mongla 43 II FS and DD ongoing

Mongla

Chittagong

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