AH42 explained

Country:	ASIA
Type:	AH
Route:	42
Length Km:	3754
Direction A:	North
Terminus A:	Lanzhou, China
Direction B:	South
Terminus B:	Barhi, India
Junction:	Bakhari, Mehsi, Bihar, India
Countries:	China, Nepal, India
Previous Type:	AH
Previous Route:	41
Next Type:	AH
Next Route:	43

Asian Highway 42 (AH42) is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running from AH5 in Lanzhou, China^[1] to AH1 in Barhi, India.^[2]

It passes through the countries of China, Nepal,^[3] and India. It is the nearest Asian Highway to Mount Everest.

More than half of the route, from Lhasa to Lanzhou in China, is labelled as a "Potential Asian Highway."^[4]

China

It passes through following cities in China

Lanzhou - Xining - Golmud - Lhasa (when complete)

• • At the moment, Golmud - Nagqu uses .

Lhasa - Zhangmu

Nepal

• NH34 (Araniko Highway): Kodari - Kathmandu
• NH41 (Tribhuvan Highway): Kathmandu - Narayangarh (AH2) - Pathlaiya (AH2) - Birganj

India

• Raxaul - Motihari - pipra kothi, Mehsi
• Pipra Kothi - Mehsi - Muzaffarpur
• Muzaffarpur
• Muzaffarpur - Barauni
• Barauni - Barh - Bakhtiarpur
• Bakhtiarpur - Bihar Sharif - Nawada - Barhi

References

1. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 32
2. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 41
3. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook, 2003, page 78
4. China AH map, Asian Highway Database: AH Network in Member Countries