Arunachal Frontier Highway

Arunachal Frontier Highway
Route information
Length1,748 km (1,086 mi)
Major junctions
West endBomdila in West Kameng district
East endVijaynagar in Changlang district
Location
CountryIndia
StatesArunachal Pradesh
Major citiesNafra, Sarli, Huri, Mechuka, Tuting, Hunli, Hayuliang, Hawai, Miao, Kharsang,
Highway system

Arunachal Frontier Highway, officially notified as the National Highway-913 and also called Bomdila-Vijaynagar Highway, connecting Bomdila in northwest to VijaynagarQ in southeast including 800 km greenfield section and network of new tunnels & bridges, is mostly lntermediate-lane and in some sections 2-lane paved-shoulder under-construction national highway along the India-Tibet border in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The 1,748 km-long (1,086 mi) highway itself will cost 27,000 crore (equivalent to 290 billion or US$3.4 billion in 2023) and total cost including 6 additional inter-corridors is 40,000 crore (equivalent to 420 billion or US$5.0 billion in 2023).

In some places, this highway will run as close as 20 km from the LAC. To be constructed by MoRTH in 9 packages, all packages will be approved by the end of FY 2024-25 (March 2025) and construction will be completed in 2 years by 31 March 2027. Of the total route, 800km is greenfield, rest brownfield will be upgraded and tunnels will be built. This highway in the north & east Arunachal along the China border would complement the Trans-Arunachal Highway (through the middle of Arunachal) and the Arunachal East-West Corridor (in south Arunachal in foothills along the Assam border) as major highways spanning the whole state, pursuing the Look East connectivity policy.