Kathmandu Ring Road ( ne, काठमाडौं चक्रपथ) is an eight-lane

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circling around the cities of

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and Lalitpur. The total length of the Ring Road is . It has a right of way of 62m (with 31m on either side of the center line).

Route

The road connects major places like Kalanki, Satdobato, Gwarko, Balkumari,

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, Tinkune,

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, Chabhil, Sukedhara, Maharajganj, Basundhara,

Samakhushi Samakhushi is an urban city in Nepal located within Kathmandu. It is roughly 10 minutes from Golkopakha, Thamel Thamel ( ne, ठमेल) is a commercial neighborhood located in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Thamel has been the centre ...

, Gongabu,

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, and

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History

In 2018, A section of was expanded eight-lanes in cooperation of the

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. To ease traffic congestion at Kalanki, Nepal's first

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was constructed in 2018. In 2019, Ring Road served as a sporting venue for

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at the

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Expansion

The government has decided to expedite construction of the proposed 71.93 km Outer Ring Road that is supposed to encircle most of the urban areas in Kathmandu Valley. The

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(DPR) was prepared in 2008.

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History

Expansion

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