AH43 (Asia)

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Asian Highway 43

Route information
Length3,024 km (1,879 mi)
Major junctions
North endAgra, Uttar Pradesh
Major intersections AH 46 Nagpur
South endMatara
Location
CountriesIndia, Sri Lanka
Highway system
AH 42 AH 44

Asian Highway 43 (AH43) is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running 3,024 kilometers (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), Sagar, Nagpur (AH46), Hyderabad, Chikkaballapur 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

Map of Asian Highway AH43 in red

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.

Sri Lanka

The route shares portions of the following Sri Lankan highways:[3]

  • A14
  • A9
  • A6
  • A10
  • A1, The E04 serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the A1 portion.[3]
  • A2, The E01 serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the A2 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
AH 1 Agra
AH 47 Gwalior
AH 46 Nagpur
AH 43 Bangalore
AH 45 Krishnagiri
Sri Lanka
AH 44 at Dambulla

See also

References

  1. ^ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 41
  2. ^ 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. ^ a b c d http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/files/wgm4/Countries/Status/SriLanka.pdf[permanent dead link] Status Paper on Asian Highway Sri Lanka

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