Chalus Road ( fa, جاده چالوس)
or Kandovan Road (), also known as the Road 59 is an important road for people of
Tehran
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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 ...
, many of whom drive to popular tourist attractions in the north of
Iran
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on weekends and for holidays.
This road is one of the busiest in Iran.
There is a tunnel in this road that is called Kandovan. The Kandovan tunnel was built in four years from 1935 to 1939.
References
External links
Chalus Road، Tishineh
Roads in Iran
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