Araniko Highway

Araniko Highway
Araniko Highway
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ३४
National Highway 34
	Araniko Highway in red
Route information
	Part of AH42
	Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length	112 km (70 mi)
Major junctions
From	Kathmandu
	Road to Palanchowk at Lamidanda; Road to Jiri 14 km after Dolalghat
To	Kodari; G318 Road
Location
Country	Nepal
Primary; destinations	Dhulikhel, Dolalghat, Lamosangu, Bahrabise
Highway system
	Roads in Nepal;

The Araniko Highway or NH 34^[1] (previously: H03) (Nepali: अरनिको राजमार्ग, Araniko Rajmarga) connects Kathmandu with Kodari, 112 kilometres (70 mi)^[2] northeast of the Kathmandu Valley, on the Nepal-China border. It is among the most dangerous of highways in Nepal due to extremely steep slopes on each side of the road from Barabise onwards; massive landslides and bus plunges^[3] are not uncommon, especially after rains. At the Sino-Nepal Friendship Bridge, it connects with China National Highway 318 to Lhasa, and eventually to Shanghai.^[4]

^ "Statics of National Highway 2020_21" (PDF). Nepal in data. Department of Roads (Nepal). September 22, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ "Statics of National Highway 2022-23". Department of Roads (Nepal). June 4, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "AsiaTravel NEPAL COMBINE". Content.yudu.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
^ Dorje, Gyurme (1999). Tibet Handbook: With Bhutan. Footprint Handbooks. p. 818. ISBN 978-1-900949-33-0.