Tabriz–Urmia Freeway

Freeway 16
Freeway 16
16 آزادراه (Persian)
Tabriz–Urmia Freeway; آزادراه تبریز-ارومیه
Tabriz–Urmia
Length	118 km (73 mi)
From	Urmia, West Azerbaijan; Khatam ol-Anbia Expressway; Abuzr Street
Major intersections	Road 21 near Khaseban, East Azerbaijan
From	Near Sahand, East Azerbaijan; Tabriz–Sahand Freeway
Tabriz–Sahand Freeway
Length	19 km (12 mi)
From	Sahand Phase 3, East Azerbaijan
Major intersections	Tabriz–Urmia Freeway towards Urmia; Tashayyo' Blvd., Shahrak-e Andisheh
From	Tabriz, East Azerbaijan; Tabriz Southern Bypass Freeway
Tabriz Second Southern Bypass Freeway
Length	30 km (19 mi)
From	Tabriz, East Azerbaijan; Tabriz Western and Southern Bypass Freeway
Major intersections	Tabriz–Sahand Freeway; Tabriz–Zanjan Freeway
From	Near Basmenj, East Azerbaijan; Tabriz–Tehran Exp'way - Tabriz–Ahar Exp'way
Location
Country	Iran
Provinces	East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan
Major cities	Urmia, West Azerbaijan; Osku, East Azerbaijan; Sahand, East Azerbaijan; Tabriz, East Azerbaijan; Basmenj, East Azerbaijan
Highway system
	Highways in Iran; Freeways;

Tabriz–Urmia Freeway (Persian: آزادراه تبریز-ارومیه) is a partially built freeway project in Northwestern Iran, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan provinces, connecting the two cities of Tabriz and Urmia. It serves as a major link, with the bridge over Urmia Lake, connecting Urmia to the rest of the country via Tabriz and Freeway 2. The project consists of several segments.

Segment 1 connects the city of Urmia to the western shore of Urmia Lake. Segment 2 is the causeway and bridge over the lake. These two segment opened to traffic on 2017. Segment 3 is a segment through the mountainous Islami Island. This segment consists of a 2 km long twin tunnel, and is currently under construction. Segment 4 runs from the start of the swampy territory to the east of Islami Island, running mostly on an embankment, towards Tabriz–Maragheh Expressway. This segment opened to traffic in August 2019. Segment 5 connects the end of Segment 4 at Khaseban to Sahand, connecting to the Tabriz–Sahand Freeway Segment.

Tabriz–Sahand Freeway segment started several years before the finalization of the plans on how the end of Segment 4 will connect to the city of Tabriz, and initially it was not supposed to be part of the Freeway, as the freeway was planned to run on the west of the existing Tabriz–Maragheh Expressway to Tabriz Western Bypass Freeway. However, now this segment will constitute the last stretch of Freeway connecting the two cities.

Segment 6, also functioning as Tabriz Second Southern Bypass Freeway, planned to take over the function of Tabriz Southern Bypass Freeway will run from west to east. Its construction started on the Summer of 2019. It will also serve as a connector from Urmia towards Tehran, bypassing the city of Tabriz