The history of Freeways in Iran goes back to 55 years ago.^[when?] The first freeway in Iran, Freeway 2 was built before the Iranian Revolution, between Tehran and Karaj. The construction of Tehran-Qom Freeway was started and the studies of many freeways today started before the revolution. Today, Iran has about 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi) of freeway. The total AADT of the system is 144 Million vehicles.^[1]

Numbered List

Freeway 1

Sign	Name	Situation
	Qazvin-Rasht	Completed

Freeway 2

Sign	Name	Situation
	Mashhad Northern Bypass	Completed
	Mashhad-Baghche	Completed
	Mashhad-Molkabad	Under construction
	Baghche-Neyshabur	Planned
	Neyshabur-Semnan	Planned
	Semnan-Garmsar	Under construction
	Qom-Garmsar	Completed
	Tehran Southern Bypass (Ghadir Freeway)	Completed
	Tehran-Karaj	Completed
	Tehran-Karaj (Shohadaye Alborz Freeway)	Completed
	Karaj Northern Bypass	Under construction
	Karaj-Qazvin	Completed
	Qazvin-Zanjan	Completed
	Zanjan-Tabriz	Completed
	Tabriz Southern Bypass	Completed
	Tabriz Western Bypass	Completed
	Tabriz-Bazargan	Under construction

Freeway 3

Sign	Name	Situation
	Tehran-Shomal	Completed on section 1, 4 and one lane of section 2, Under construction on second lane of section 2, Planned on section 3

Freeway 5

Sign	Name	Situation
	Pardis-Tehran	Completed
	Tehran-Saveh	Completed
	Saveh-Salafchegan	Completed
	Qom-Salafchegan-Arak	Under construction
	Arak Northern Bypass Freeway	Completed on one lane, Under construction on second lane
	Arak-Borujerd-Khorramabad	Completed on section 2, 3 & 4, Under construction on section 1
	Khorramabad-Andimeshk	Completed
	Andimeshk-Ahvaz	Under construction
	Ahvaz-Bandar Khomeini	Completed

Freeway 6

Sign	Name	Situation
	Saveh-Hamadan Freeway	Completed
	Hamadan-Kermanshah Freeway	Under construction
	Kermanshah-Khosravi Freeway	Under construction

Freeway 7

Sign	Name	Situation
	Tehran-Qom (Persian Gulf Freeway)	Completed
	Qom-Kashan (Amir Kabir Freeway)	Completed
	Kashan-Natanz	Completed
	Natanz-Esfahan	Completed
	Esfahan Western Bypass	Completed
	Isfahan Eastern Bypass	Completed on section 1 and 2, Under construction on section 3
	Esfahan-Shiraz	Completed on section 1 to 6, Under construction on section 7, Planned on section 8
	Shiraz-Bushehr	Planned
	Bandar Abbas-Shahid Rajaee Port	Completed

Freeway 9

Sign	Name	Situation
	Esfahan-Shahinshahr	Completed

Freeway 16 (Iran)

Sign	Name	Situation
	Tabriz-Urmia	Completed on section 1, 2 and 4, Under construction on section 3, 5 and 6

Freeway 51

Sign	Name	Situation
	Esfahan-Zarrinshahr (Zobahan Freeway)	Completed

Freeways under construction

Sign	Name	Situation
1	Esfahan Eastern Bypass	Completed on section 1 and 2, Under construction on section 3 and will be complete in year 1402 (2023).
2	Karaj Northern bypass	Under Construction and chance of complete in Mordad 1402 (August 2023).
3	Tabriz-Urmia	Sections one and two and four are completed, Sections three and five and six are under construction.
4	Maragheh-Hashtrud	Under construction and chance of completion of section 2 and 3 in Last days of 1401 (2023).
5	Sirjan-Bandarabbas	phase of Sirjan bypass is approved government and others are waiting for to be approved government.
6	Mashhad-Bojnurd-Gorgan	phase of Mashhad-Chenaran is under construction (chance of complete in Khordad 1402 (June 2023)), phase of Chenaran-Qochan is to be approved government and phase of Bojnurd-Gorgan is waiting for to be approved government.
7	Kerman-Bandarabbas	It is approved government
8	Gorgan-Sari-Rasht	phase of Sari-Qaemshahr is under construction. phase of Qaemshahr-Amol and phase of Chaboksar-Sangar are on planned and others are waiting for to be approved government.
9	Natanz-Sirjan	phase of Natanz-Ardakan is on planned, phase of Ardakan-Anar is approved government and phase of Anar-Sirjan is waiting for to be approved government.
10	Parsian-Lamerd	It is approved government
11	Shiraz-Bushehr	Planned
12	Shiraz-Firuzabad-Jam	It is waiting for to be approved government.
13	Tehran-Shomal Freeway	Completed on section 1 and 4, Under construction on section 2 (chance of complete in last days of 1401 (2023)), Planned on section 3
14	Rasht-Qazvin Freeway	Just phase of Manjil-Roudbar is under construction (chance of completion in last days of 1401 (2023)).
15	Haram ta Haram freeway	Completed on phase of Mashhad-Baghche and phase of Qom-Garmsar, phase of Mashhad-Malekabad and phase of Semnan-Garmsar Under construction (chance of complete phase of Semnan-Garmsar in Last days of 1402 (2024)), phase of Baghche-Neishabor is approved government and phase of Neishabor-Semnan is waiting for to be approved government.
16	Karbala freeway	Completed on phase of Saveh-Hamedan, phase of Biston-Kermanshah and Kermanshah-Hameil Under construction (chance of complete phase of Kermanshah-Hameil in year 1403 (2024)), phase of Hamedan-Biston and Kermanshah-Khosravi Planned.
17	Ahvaz-Khorramabad-Arak-Tehran freeway	phase of Arak-Borojerd (chance of complete in year 1401 (2022))، Band 2 of Arak northern bypass، Salafchegan-Qom، Qom western bypass Under construction (chance of complete phase of Salafchegan-Qom and Qom western bypass in year 1402 (2023)). phase of Ahvaz-Andimshak، Arak-Rahjerd and Pardis-Bomehen are on Planned and phase of Rahjerd-Salafchegan and Qom southern bypass are approved government.
18	Isfahan-Shiraz freeway	Section 1 to 6 of phase of Shiraz-Izadkhast Under construction (chance of complete in Last days of Mehr 1402 (October 2023)), phase of Isfahan-Izadkhast is on planned and phase of end of Isfahan western bypass is waiting for to be approved government.
19	Tabriz-Bazargan Freeway	phase of Tabriz-Marand Under construction (40 km of Tabriz-Marand Freeway complete in First days of Aban 1401 (October 2022)), phase of Marand-Iuoghlei is on planned, phase of Iuoghlei-Makou-Bazargan are approved government.
20	Hameil-Ilam freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
21	Ahvaz-Isfahan freeway	phase of Izeh-Lordegan is on planned and others are waiting for to be approved government.
22	Tehran-Amol freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
23	Charmshahr-Bomehen freeway	Planned
24	Tabriz-Ahar-Baku freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
25	Bushehr-Asaloyeh freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
26	Birjand-Baghche freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
27	Salafchegan-Isfahan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
28	Mashhad-Sarakhs freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
29	Qom-Saveh-Takestan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
30	Loushan-Ardabil-Baku freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
31	Hamedan-Sanandaj-Marivan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
32	Sadeh-Yasouj freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
33	Azarshahr-Saghez freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
34	Marand-Jolfa freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
35	Nazarabad-Takestan freeway	planned
36	Urumia eastern bypass freeway	planned
37	Khoy-Razi freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
38	Mayamei-Jajram-Qochan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
39	Bandare emam-Behbahan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
40	Ahvaz-Khorramshahr-Abadan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
41	Naein-Isfahan freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
42	Sepidan-Shiraz-Jahrom-Lar-Bandare Abbas freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
43	Maragheh-Tamarchin freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.
44	Bandare khamir-Bandare shahid rajaei-Bandarabbas-Minab freeway	It is waiting for to be approved government.

Roads and Highways in Iran

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