East–West Highway

E1031425

highway road transportation infrastructure

The East–West Highway is Nepal’s main longitudinal roadway, running across the Terai region and linking major towns and cities, including Nepalgunj, from the country’s eastern to western borders.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
East–West Highway canonical	4
East-West Highway	1
East–West Highway corridor	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	highway ⓘ road transportation infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mahendra Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects	Nepalgunj NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern border of Nepal ⓘ major cities in Terai ⓘ major towns in Terai ⓘ western border of Nepal ⓘ
connectsTo	feeder roads to hill and mountain regions of Nepal ⓘ
country	Nepal ⓘ
function	main longitudinal roadway of Nepal ⓘ
geographicalSetting	lowland Terai belt ⓘ
importance	primary east–west transport corridor in Nepal ⓘ
locatedIn	Terai region NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy	Department of Roads of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	King Mahendra of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
orientation	east–west ⓘ
partOf	national highway network of Nepal ⓘ
passesThrough	central Nepal ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ western Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	southern plains of Nepal ⓘ
roadType	paved highway ⓘ
roleInEconomy	facilitates trade across Nepal ⓘ supports movement of agricultural products from Terai ⓘ
runsAcross	Terai region of Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nepalgunj → connectedBy → East–West Highway ⓘ

Kohalpur → locatedOn → East–West Highway ⓘ

Rupandehi District → hasTransportInfrastructure → East–West Highway ⓘ

eastern Terai of Nepal → hasTransportCorridor → East–West Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: East–West Highway corridor

Chitwan District → hasTransportInfrastructure → East–West Highway ⓘ

this entity surface form: East-West Highway

Nawalpur District → hasMajorHighway → East–West Highway ⓘ