President Inaugurates Key Road Between Tehran and Caspian Sea

Date: 07 July 2023 - 22:08

News ID: ۱۱۶۹۱۴

TEHRAN - President Ebrahim Raisi and senior government officials have opened another section of a costly road project that connects the capital Tehran to the Caspian Sea in the north of the country.
President Raisi and senior government officials were in the mountainous regions in the north of Tehran on Thursday to inaugurate a single traffic line from the Section 2 of Tehran-Shomal Highway.
The 15-kilomter road has cost 67 trillion rials ($134 million) and more than three years to finish. It has 17 tunnels and bridges, including the longest road tunnel in West Asia region with a length of 6.5 kilometers.
The newly-opened highway will shorten the road between Tehran and the city of Chalus on the Caspian Sea coast by 62 kilometers.
On Thursday, Raeisi ordered the start of construction works for section 3 of the highway, a complicated project which is estimated to cost 420 trillion rials ($840 million) and will feature 44 tunnels and 44 bridges along its 54-kilometer path.
Iran’s Mostazafan Foundation, a large charitable organization, is in charge of the works to finish the 121-kilometer Tehran-Shomal Highway.