AH43 explained

Country:ASIA
Type:AH
Route:43
Length Km:3024
Direction A:North
Terminus A:Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Direction B:South
Terminus B:Matara
Junction: Nagpur
Countries:India, Sri Lanka
Previous Type:AH
Previous Route:42
Next Type:AH
Next Route:44

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

Route

It passes through Indian cities of Agra (AH1), Gwalior (AH47), Sagar, Nagpur (AH46), Hyderabad, Chikkaballapur 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]

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, 2003, page 41
    2. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 98
    3. http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/files/wgm4/Countries/Status/SriLanka.pdf{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Status Paper on Asian Highway Sri Lanka

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