China-Nepal Highway

Prayer flags on the Friendship Highway

The China-Nepal Highway (Zhong-Ni gonglu 中 尼 公路), also known as Friendship Highway , is a road connection between Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge on the border with Nepal . There it is connected to Kathmandu , the capital of Nepal, via the Araniko Highway .

The Friendship Highway is 829 km long and at the same time the westernmost section of the national road 318 ; it leads through Doilungdêqên , Xigazê , Sa'gya , Lhazê and Nyalam . Construction began in 1963 and was opened to traffic in 1967. In addition to opening up Tibet, it serves as the main road connection to Nepal and freight to India.

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Commons : Friendship Highway (China-Nepal)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• China-Nepal Highway Fully Re-opens
• Sino-Nepal Friendship Highway (Lhasa - Zhangmu Friendship Bridge-Kathmandu)
• Friendship Bridge (Border) across the Bhotekoshi River
• Qinghai-Tibet Highway (Xining-Golmud-Lhasa)