Template:Infobox road Asian Highway 43 (AH43) is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running Template:Convert 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 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
Template:Maplink 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.
- Template:Jct Agra to Madurai
- Template:Jct Madurai to Tiruppuvanam
- Template:Jct Tiruppuvanam to Dhanushkodi
Sri Lanka
The route shares portions of the following Sri Lankan highways:[3]
- [[A14 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A9 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A6 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A10 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]]
- [[A1 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]], The [[E04 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Expressway code (Sri Lanka)]] serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the [[A1 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]] portion.[3]
- [[A2 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]], The [[E01 expressway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Expressway code (Sri Lanka)]] serves as an alternate route for the AH43 on the [[A2 highway (Sri Lanka)|Template:Highway code (Sri Lanka)]] portion.[3] Currently all these roads bear the national highways route signs, but have not yet been installed with AH43 route signs.[3]
Junctions
- India
- Template:Jct Agra
- Template:Jct Gwalior
- Template:Jct Nagpur
- Template:Jct Bangalore
- Template:Jct Krishnagiri
- Sri Lanka
- Template:Jct at Dambulla
See also
References
- ↑ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Template:Webarchive, 2003, page 41
- ↑ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003 Asian Highway Handbook Template:Webarchive, 2003, page 98
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/files/wgm4/Countries/Status/SriLanka.pdfTemplate:Dead link Status Paper on Asian Highway Sri Lanka