Tajikistan Road Network Additional Information
Road Development
China has invested approximately US$720 million in infrastructure improvements in Tajikistan,
including the rebuilding, widening and improvement of the road between Dushanbe and Khujand,
which began in August 2007 with equipment, labor, and oversight from China.
• In mid-2005 construction began on a bridge across the Panj River to Afghanistan which was funded
by the United States and opened in August 2007. Plans called for construction of several other
bridges ultimately connecting Tajikistan to warm-water ports to the south.
• The Government of Tajikistan awarded the implementation, management and maintenance of the
road from Dushanbe to Chanak (Sughd) to a private-sector company, Innovative Road Solutions
(registered in the British Virgin Islands and managed by Tajik citizens). This project covers 354 km,
with three tunnels, 24 galleries and 39 bridges
• Toll fees have a big impact on transport activities because the Dushanbe-Chanak road is the only
route to a WFP sub-office which handles some 20% of the total activities in the country. Starting 20th
May 2010, commercial transport companies contracted by WFP pay the very high toll fees of
approximately US$ 0.34/km
• WFP expects the transport companies will seek to transfer part or all of the new expenses to WFP.
WFP office vehicles are also required to pay US$0.05/km. The WFP approached the Prime Minister,
the Minister of Transport and IRS to seek a waiver for the movement of humanitarian goods.
However, the Government of Tajikistan and IRS declined and the Minister of Transport stated he had
no authority in the matter.
Road Classification
Classification
Description
Class: M-34
Border of Uzbekistan – Khujand – Dushanbe (365km)
Class: A-384
Border of Uzbekistan – Dushanbe – Nijniy Pyandj – Afghanistan (262km)
Class: A-384
Border of Kyrgyzstan – Karamik – Dushanbe – Nijniy Pyandj – Afghanistan (567km)
Class: M-41
Border of Kyrgyzstan – Murghab – Khorog – Ishkoshim – Afghanistan (602km)
Route Nationale (bitumen), Route Nationale (gravel), Route District (gravel),
Unclassified Route, Urban Routes etc
Road Inventory
Classification
Administering Agency
Network Length
Dushanbe – Chanak
Company Innovative Road Solutions
354km
Bridges
• There are two bridges connecting with Afghanistan one in Tem and another in Nijniy Pyandj.
• The Tem was built in 2002 and Nijniy Pyandj bridge was built on 2007. The 135 m long suspension
bridge has a single track 3.5 m wide and a carrying capacity of 25 mt. It carries both commercial and
passenger traffic and represents a permanent overland link between the two countries Tajikistan and
Afghanistan.