AH42

AH42 or Asian Highway 42 is a route of the Asian Highway Network, running 2346 miles (3,754km) from Lanzhou on AH5 in China [ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf 2003 Asian Highway Handbook] , 2003, page 32] to Barhi on AH1 in India. [ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf 2003 Asian Highway Handbook] , 2003, page 41] .

It passes through the countries of China, Nepal, [ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, [http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/Publications/TIS_pubs/pub_2303/Full%20version.pdf 2003 Asian Highway Handbook] , 2003, page 78] and India. It is the nearest Asian Highway to Mount Everest.

More than half of the route, from Lhasa to Lanzhou in China, is labelled as a "Potential Asian Highway." [China AH map, [http://www.unescap.org/ttdw/common/TIS/AH/maps/China.jpgAsian Highway Database: AH Network in Member Countries] ]

China

It passes through following cities in China
*Lanzhou
*Xining
*Golmud
*Lhasa
*Zhangmu

Nepal

It passes through following cities in Nepal
*Kodari
*Kathmandu
*Narayangarh on AH2
*Pathlayia on AH2
*Birganj

India

The route share a some portion of various Indian National Highways numberred Number 28A, Number 28 and Number 31. Various cities and towns in the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand situated on AH42 are as follows:

NH 28A

Bihar

*Raxaul
*Sagauli
*Pipra Kothi

NH 28

Bihar

*Muzaffarpur
*Barauni

NH 31

Bihar

*Barauni
*Mokameh
*Barh
*Bakhtiarpur
*Bihar Sharif
*Nawada
*Rajauli

Jharkhand

*Kodarama
*Barhi on AH1

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