Chalus Road


Road 59
جاده 59
Chalous road - Siyahbishe - panoramio.jpg
Route information
Length160 km (99 mi)
Major junctions
FromKaraj, Alborz
Freeway 2
Major intersections Tehran-Shomal Freeway
ToChalus, Mazandaran
Road 22 (Chalus Ring Road)
Location
CountryIran
ProvincesAlborz, Mazandaran
Highway system

Chalus Road (Persian: جاده چالوس), officially known as “Road 59”[1] is one of the most popular and busiest roads in Iran, which begins in Alborz Province and connecting Karaj and Tehran to Chalus on the Caspian Sea coasts. Chalus road is also important for many people of Greater Tehran to go to popular tourist attractions in the Northern Iran on weekends and holidays.[2] There is a tunnel in the road that is called Kandovan, which was built in four years from 1935 to 1939.

  1. ^ "نقشه راه‌های ایران با بزرگنمایی بی‌نهایت" (PDF). مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2019-11-02.
  2. ^ "Chalus Road – Karaj". Travital. 2015-03-23.