AH43

Asian Highway 43 (AH43) is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running 3,024 kilometres (1,879 mi) from Asian Highway 1 in Agra, India[1] to Matara in Sri Lanka.[2]

Asian Highway 43
Route information
Length3,024 km (1,879 mi)
Major junctions
North endAgra, Uttar Pradesh
  Nagpur
South endMatara
Location
CountriesIndia, Sri Lanka
Highway system
Asian Highway Network
← AH1AH43 →

Route

It passes through Indian cities of Agra (AH1), Gwalior (AH47), Nagpur (AH46), Hyderabad and Bangalore (AH45, AH47), Madurai. The road briefly ends at Rameswaram before starting in Sri Lanka at Talaimannar and passes through Mannar, Anuradhapura, Dambulla (AH44), Kurunegala, Kandy, Colombo, Galle and Matara.

India

The route shares some portions of various Indian National Highways. The route passes through Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.

Sri Lanka

The route shares portions of the following Sri Lankan highways:[3]

  •  A14 
  •  A9 
  •  A6 
  •  A10 
  •  A1 , The  E04  serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the  A1  portion.[3]
  •  A2 , The  E01  serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the  A2  portion.[3] Currently all these roads bear the national highways route signs, but have not yet been installed with AH43 route signs.[3]

Junctions
India
Agra
Gwalior
Nagpur
Bangalore
Krishnagiri
Sri Lanka
at Dambulla

See also

References
  1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 41
  2. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, page 98
  3. http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/files/wgm4/Countries/Status/SriLanka.pdf%5B%5D Status Paper on Asian Highway Sri Lanka

Treaty on Asian Highways with routes

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