Ratna Highway Explained

Country:NPL
Type:H
Route:12
Alternate Name:Ratna Highway
Image Notes:Ratna Highway South of Kohalpur
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:Ratna Highway in red
Length Km:113.08
Terminus B:Birendranagar, Nepal
Terminus A:Nepalganj, Nepal
Next Type:H
Next Route:13
Next Dab:H13 (Nepal)
Previous Type:H
Previous Route:11
Previous Dab:H11 (Nepal)

Ratna Highway (previously H12) (Nepali: रत्न राजमार्ग ) is now a part of NH58 together with Karnali Highway.

Ratna Highway was a highway in western Nepal that crosses the districts of Banke and Surkhet in a south to north direction.The 113.08 km highway starts at Nepalgunj, where it depicts a continuation of National Highway 927 of India and runs towards the North, where it crosses Mahendra Highway at Kohalpur. The highway continues north and leaves the Terai Plains, crosses Babai River and terminates in Birendranagar, from where Karnali Highway continues northwards.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ::..DoR || Road Statistics ..:: . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160709181819/http://www.dor.gov.np/national_highways.php . 2016-07-09 .
  2. Web site: Existing Highway and Proposed Extension . Department of Roads Nepal . 1 June 2018.