Iran Road Network Additional Information
Road Classification
Classification
Description
Class: (e.g. RN)
Freeway
Class:
Highway
Class:
Main Road
Class:
Access Road
Class:
Inner-town Road
Class:
Suburb Road
Road Inventory
Classification
Administering Agency
Network Length
Freeway
Ministry of Road and Transportation
1,629 km
Highway
Ministry of Road and Transportation
7,516 km
Main Road
Ministry of Road and Transportation
21,402 km
Access Road
Ministry of Road and Transportation
43,174 km
Inner-town Road
Ministry of Road and Transportation
599 km
Suburb Road
Ministry of Road and Transportation
106,638 km
Bridges
Ghotour Bridge is a railway bridge in Khoy County, West Azarbaijan Province, Iran, over the Ghotour
River. It is an arch bridge, was completed in 1970, and has a length of 442.9 m. (1453 ft.) with the
largest span being 223.1 m. (732 ft.) The Veresk bridge (Varisk) in Iran was constructed during the
reign of Reza Shah. It is located in Veresk district of Savad Kooh county, in Mazandaran
province.During World War II, it was known as the Pol-e Piroozi, or the bridge of victory. The bridge
stands at 110 m (360 ft) tall and its arch measures 66 m (217 ft) long. The bridge is serving the TransIranian Railway network in Northern Iran. Band-e Kaisar, Felezi Bridge, Ghari Bridge, Joui Bridge,
Khaju Bridge, Khodaafarin Bridges, Pol Sangi, Qarah Soo Bridge, Shahrestan bridge, Si-o-se Pol, Urmia
Lake Bridge, Vahid Bridge
International Corridors Leading to the Country
Two years ago, Russia, Iran and India signed an agreement in St. Petersburg laying out a vision for a
North-South Transport Corridor. The corridor stretches from ports in India across the Arabian Sea to
the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, where goods then transit Iran and the Caspian Sea to
ports in Russia’s sector of the Caspian. From there, the route stretches along the Volga River via
Moscow to northern Europe.
Officially opened in 2000 by Russian, Iranian and Indian representatives, the transport corridor (ITC)
South - North connects the European community countries via Russia - Iran - India to the South and
Southeast Asia states and the Middle East. ITC is a combined railway - waterway route passing
through: port Mumbai (India) - Arabian sea port Bandar-Abbas (Iran), further through the Iranian soil
to the Caspian port of Enzeli (Iran) – across the Caspian sea to port Olya (Astrakhan, Russia) – by
Volga-Baltic system of the rivers and channels to river ports of Moscow and seaport in Saint
Petersburg (Baltic sea) or port Murmansk (Kola Gulf), and further to the Western Europe.
Main Corridors within the Country (leading to main towns / hubs)