National Highway 23 (Nepal)

NH23 is an interprovincial national highway between Bagmati Province and Koshi Province of Nepal. The total length of the highway is 291 kilometres (181 mi). The western section (136 kilometres (85 mi) in Bagmati Province) is completed and the eastern section (155 kilometres (96 mi)) is planned.^[1][2]

National Highway 23
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग २३
NH23 in red
Route information
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length	291 km (181 mi)
History	Under construction
Major junctions
East end	Diktel
Major intersections	Basa, Salleri, Junbesi, Jiri, Bhimeshwar
West end	Khadichaur
Location
Country	Nepal
Provinces	Koshi Province, Bagmati Province
Districts	Khotang, Solukhumbu, Ramechap, Dolakha, Sindhupalchowk
Highway system
Roads in Nepal
← NH22 → NH24

Khadichaur-Mudhe-Charikot, the 55-kilometre road section, is completed.^[3][4] The Charikot-Jiri section is also completed.^[5] According to the Strategic Road Network (SSRN) of DoR, the Jiri-Tamakoshi (37.4 km) section is also completed with black topped road.^[6]

The eastern section of NH-23 (Tamakoshi to Diktel via Pekarnas, Salleri) is not yet completed, and is planned to be constructed in the near future.