Kanti Highway
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Kanti Highway or NH37 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]
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Kanti Highway | ||||
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राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ३७ | ||||
National Highway 37 | ||||
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Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads) | ||||
Length | 92 km (57 mi) | |||
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From | Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Lalitpur | |||
To | Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, Makwanpur | |||
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Country | Nepal | |||
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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]