Hemmat-Karaj Freeway to be inaugurated Tuesday

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Managing Director of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company of Iran Kheirollah Khademi said on Mon. that Hemmat-Karaj Freeway will come on stream on March 17 in the presence of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami.

With the inauguration of this freeway, Tehran and Karaj will gain access to two more freeways, he added.

The project started some 10 years ago, the deputy roads minister noted.

He put the cost of the construction of the first lot of this freeway, extending as long as 5.5 km, at $2.6 million.

Stretching as long as 14.5 km, Hemmat-Karaj Freeway starts from the end of Shahid Kharrazi Highway in District 22 Municipality of Tehran and ends at the beginning of Chalous Road.

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