National road in Bangladesh
The road network of Bangladesh consists of national highways (designated by a number preceded by "N"), regional highways (R numbers) and zilla or district roads (Z numbers) which are maintained by Roads and Highways Department, as well as Upazila Roads, Union Roads, and Village Roads which are maintained by Local Government Engineering Department.The total length of roads in Bangladesh used to 27,600km in 2006 and it increased to almost 15 folds in 2022. The total length is more than 375,000 km in 2023.[1]
Expressways
Approved
- Rampura–Demra Expressway
- Dhaka–Chittagong Expressway[2]
- Chittagong–Cox’s Bazar Expressway[3]
Proposed/Planned
- Gabtoli–Nabinagar–Paturia Expressway[4]
- Tamabil–Gundum Expressway
- Gobrakura–Payra port Expressway
- Kotalipara–Mongla Port Expressway
- Burimari–Bhomra Expressway
- Banglabandha–Jaldhaka Expressway
- Joypurhat–Tamabil Expressway
- Sonamashjid–Brahmanbaria Expressway
- Benapole–Laksam Expressway
Roads and highways
List of regional roads
List of zilla (district) roads
Major bridges in Bangladesh
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Highways in Bangladesh.
References
- ^ "Bangladesh moves forward with US$735 million highways programme". World Highways. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ "Move on to revive Dhaka-Ctg expressway". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Chattogram-Cox's Bazar expressway: Work likely to start this year". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Bangladesh seeks Japanese investment to upgrade Nabinagar-Manikganj-Paturia road to expressway". The Business Standard. 24 February 2021.