[🇮🇷] Iranian infrastructure developments

[Aryobarzan]

TEHRAN-SHOMAL Freeway​

• Iran's largest Road construction mega project;​
• Connects Capital city to shores of Caspian sea;​
• 150 km of most difficult terrain imaginable passing through mighty Alborz mountain range​
• 45 years to build 52% of the 150 km, 4 lane divided highway done with no estimate to completion for the remaining section.​
• Several $billion dollars spent so far and many more to go.​
• A marvel of Engineering and tunneling and bridge construction including West Asia longest Tunnel 6.5km (Alborz tunnel).​

Note: This mega project will take approximately 10 to 15 years for Western construction companies to finish. IN Iran due to budgeting ,sanction and learning curve on the technical side it has take much much longer...
Of the 4 sections two are under traffic as of this post.

some photos:

section 4 (caspian section the easy part!)

mid sections (2 and 3 non stop mountains and vallies one after the other)

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ther section and alborz tunnel

some videos:

 

[Old School]

TEHRAN-SHOMAL Freeway​

• Iran's largest Road construction mega project;​
• Connects Capital city to shores of Caspian sea;​
• 150 km of most difficult terrain imaginable passing through mighty Alborz mountain range​
• 45 years to build 52% of the 150 km, 4 lane divided highway done with no estimate to completion for the remaining section.​
• Several $billion dollars spent so far and many more to go.​
• A marvel of Engineering and tunneling and bridge construction including West Asia longest Tunnel 6.5km (Alborz tunnel).​

Note: This mega project will take approximately 10 to 15 years for Western construction companies to finish. IN Iran due to budgeting ,sanction and learning curve on the technical side it has take much much longer...
Of the 4 sections two are under traffic as of this post.

some photos:

section 4 (caspian section the easy part!)View attachment 2484View attachment 2485View attachment 2486mid sections (2 and 3 non stop mountains and vallies one after the other)
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OView attachment 2494ther section and alborz tunnel
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Is the Alborz mountain region open to foreign visitors?

 

[Aryobarzan]

Is the Alborz mountain region open to foreign visitors?

As far as I know no restriction..In Iran they just do not like people with Drones..for obvious military reasons..travel to north is completely open and encouraged because it is the vacation land of Iran..

 

[Old School]

As far as I know no restriction..In Iran they just do not like people with Drones..for obvious military reasons..travel to north is completely open and encouraged because it is the vacation land of Iran..

Thank you. Please start something in Persian history. I have been very much interested in the Sassanid period and studied Emperor Khosrow I for the last 20 years. He is very important not only for Persia but the entire world's history to follow until these days.

 

[Aryobarzan]

Thank you. Please start something in Persian history. I have been very much interested in the Sassanid period and studied Emperor Khosrow I for the last 20 years. He is very important not only for Persia but the entire world's history to follow until these days.

Thank you for your suggestion. As a matter of fact I did have such a thread in the old PDF....will start a similar one in here also in the near future