Tribhuvan Rajmarg

Highway H2 in Nepal
Tribhuvan Rajmarg त्रिभूवन राजपथ
Basic data
Operator:	Department of Roads
Start of the street:	Kathmandu ( 27 ° 42 ′  N , 85 ° 19 ′  E )
End of street:	Birganj ( 26 ° 59 ′  N , 84 ° 51 ′  E )
Overall length:	158 km
Province:	Bagmati Narayani
Tribhuvan Rajmarg between Bhainse and Daman
Course of the road Bagmati Kathmandu Ring road around Kathmandu Chandragiri W to Pokhara Naubise Narayani Thaha O after Bhimphedi Western rapti W to Bharatpur Hetauda Gadhimai O to Nijgadh Gadhimai O to Kalaiya Birganj Sirsiya ===  India Further on   Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap map

The Tribhuvan Rajmarg ( Nepali त्रिभूवन राजपथ ; English Tribhuvan Highway ) is a highway in Nepal that connects the city of Birganj , located in the south on the Indian border, with the centrally located capital Kathmandu . It was built with Indian help in 1956, was the country's first trunk road and connected Kathmandu with the outside world.

The 158 km long overland road runs from Birganj in a northerly direction. The Mahendra Rajmarg meets the highway when coming from the east and runs together for a while to the north. At Hetauda , the Mahendra Rajmarg branches off to the west. The Tribhuvan Rajmarg continues its course north and crosses the mountain ranges of the Front Himalayas . The trunk road passes Thaha and Naubise . Later she turns to the east. The Prithvi Rajmarg meets the Tribhuvan Rajmarg coming from the west. This eventually reaches the greater Kathmandu area. The Tribhuvan Rajmarg forms a section of the Asian highway AH42 .

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