Postal Highway

Postal Highway (NH05) (previously: H17) (Nepali: हुलाकी राजमार्ग) runs across the Terai region of Nepal, from Bhadrapur, Jhapa in the east to Dodhara, Kanchanpur in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is the oldest highway in Nepal constructed by Juddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana to aid transportation and facilitate postal services throughout the nation.^[1]

Postal Highway
राष्ट्रिय राजमार्ग ०५
Hulaki Rajmarg, Padma Road
Postal Highway (NH05) in red
Route information
Maintained by MoPIT (Department of Roads)
Length	1,792.42 km (1,113.76 mi)
Existed	1930s–present
History	constructing
Major junctions
East end	Bhadrapur
Major intersections	Biratnagar, Rajbiraj, Siraha, Janakpur, Malangwa, Gaur, Birgunj, Parasi, Bhairahawa, Taulihawa, Nepalganj, Gulariya, Dhangadhi
West end	Dodhara
Location
Country	Nepal
Highway system
Roads in Nepal
← NH04 → NH06

The highway is a two-lane road which connects 20 districts of the Terai frontier and 83% of the road construction had been completed by November 2020. Hulaki rajmarga nirdeshanalaya, department of roads is a government office related to any things on this project.^[2]