Freeway 2 in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

consists of two separate sections, one in northwestern Iran and one in northeastern Iran.

Western Section

The western section of Freeway 2 runs from the capital city

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quru River valley in Iran's historic Azerbaijan region between long ridges of vo ...

in northwestern

. This

freeway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms ...

is an important transit road that connects

's industrial zones to Tabriz and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

. The section between

and

Karaj Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a satellite city of Tehran. Although the county hosts a population around 1.97 million, as recorded in the 2016 census, most of the county is rugged mountain. The urb ...

is one of the busiest sections in Iran with

AADT Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a ...

of 217084. Karaj-

Qazvin Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the ...

has an

of 79606.

Gallery

Image:Road2East.jpg,

Freeway A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms ...

sign

East East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

Image:Road2West.jpg,

sign

West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some ...

Image:Tehran-Karaj Freeway, Apadana, آزادراه تهران-کرج، دی86 - panoramio.jpg, Tehran-Karaj File:Road35-Freeway2.jpg, Exit to Zanjan File:Road35-Freeway2-1.jpg, 2 km to Exit to Zanjan File:Road35-Freeway2-2.jpg, Ramp to Freeway from Road 32 File:Road35-Freeway2-3.jpg, Road 35 File:Road35-Freeway2-4.jpg, Junction of Road 35 File:GuriGol1.JPG, Forest next to Gori Lake, close to

on the side of Freeway 2W.

Eastern Section

The eastern section of Freeway 2 starts from

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province and has a po ...

and ends in Baghcheh. There is a project under construction to connect this

Tehran Southern bypass Section (Ghadir Freeway)

References

Iran Road Maintenance & Transportation Organization

Road management center of Iran

Ministry of Roads & Urban Development of Iran
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