The history of Freeways in Iran goes back to 55 years ago. 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 of freeway. The total AADT of the system is 144 Million vehicles.
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 Completed on section 2, Under construction on section 1 and 3 Qom-Garmsar Completed Tehran Southern Bypass (Ghadir Freeway) Completed Tehran-Karaj Completed Tehran-Karaj (Shohadaye Alborz Freeway) Completed Karaj Northern Bypass Completed on section 2, 3 and east-west lane of section 4, Under construction on section 1 and west-east line of section 4 Karaj-Qazvin Completed Qazvin-Zanjan Completed Zanjan-Tabriz Completed Tabriz Southern Bypass Completed Tabriz Western Bypass Completed Tabriz-Bazargan Completed one section 1, Under construction on section 2 and 3
Freeway 3 Sign Name Situation Tehran-Shomal Completed on section 1, 2 and 4, Under construction on section 3
Freeway 5 Sign Name Situation Amol-Haraz Planned Haraz-Pardis Under Construction 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-Bisotun Freeway Planned Bisuton-Kermanshah Freeway Under construction Kermanshah Bypass Freeway Under construction Kermanshah-Homeyl Freeway Under construction Homeyl-Khosravi Freeway Planned
Freeway 7 Sign Name Situation Tehran-Qom (Persian Gulf Freeway) Completed Qom-Kashan (Amir Kabir Freeway) Completed Kashan-Natanz Completed Natanz-Isfahan Completed Isfahan Western Bypass Completed Isfahan Eastern Bypass Completed on section 1 and 2, Under construction on section 3 Isfahan-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 Isfahan-Shahinshahr Completed
Freeway 16 Sign Name Situation Tabriz-Urmia Completed on section 1, 2 and 4, Under construction on section 3, 5 and 6 Tabriz-Sahand Completed
Freeway 21 Sign Name Situation Tehran Eastern Bypass (Shahid Shushtari) Completed on section 1, Under construction on section 2.
Freeway 24 Sign Name Situation Maragheh-Hashtrud Completed on section 2, Under construction on section 1 and 3Bonab-MaraghehUnder constructionNaqadeh-BonabPlannedPiranshahr-NaqadehPlannedTamrchin-PiranshahrPlanned
Freeway 51 Sign Name Situation Isfahan-Zarrinshahr (Zobahan Freeway) Completed
Freeway 56 Sign Name Situation Qom Western Bypass Completed on section 1, Under construction on section 2, 3 and connecting section 1 to Tehran-Qom Freeway.
Freeway 96 Sign Name Situation Bandar Mahshahr Northern Bypass Completed on section 1 and 2, Under construction on section 3.
Under construction or planned Sign Name Situation Isfahan Eastern Bypass Completed on section 1 and 2, Under construction on section 3. Karaj Northern Bypass 6.5 km of active route and opening of the rest of the route in Farvardin 1404 (April 2025). Tabriz-Urmia Sections one and two and four are completed, Sections three and five and six are under construction (chance of completion of section 3 in 1405 (2026)) Maragheh-Hashtrud Sections 2 and 3 are active, sections 1, 4, and 5 are under construction. Section 4 is likely to open in last days of 1404 (March 2026). Sirjan-Bandarabbas phase of Sirjan bypass is approved government and others are waiting for to be approved government. Mashhad-Bojnurd-Gorgan phase of Mashhad-Chenaran is under construction (chance of complete in 1404 (2025)), phase of Chenaran-Qochan is to be approved government and phase of Bojnurd-Gorgan is waiting for to be approved government. Kerman-Bandarabbas It is approved government Gorgan-Sari-Rasht phase of Sari-Qaemshahr is under construction (possibly opening in 1407 (2028)). phase of Qaemshahr-Amol and phase of Chaboksar-Sangar are on planned and others are waiting for to be approved government. 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. Parsian-Lamerd It is approved government Shiraz-Bushehr Planned Shiraz-Firuzabad-Jam It is waiting for to be approved government. Tehran-Shomal Freeway Sections 1 and 4 and the western runway of section 2 have been completed. The western runway of section 2 is under operation and its eastern runway is likely to open in the spring of 1404 (2025). The operational operations of section 3 have begun. 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 First days of 1404 (2025)), phase of Baghche-Neishabor is approved government and phase of Neishabor-Semnan is waiting for to be approved government. Karbala freeway Completed on phase of Saveh-Hamedan, phase of Biston-Kermanshah and Kermanshah-Homeyl Under construction, phase of Hamedan-Biston and Kermanshah-Khosravi Planned. Ahvaz-Khorramabad-Arak-Tehran freeway phase of Arak-Borojerd، Band 2 of Arak northern bypass، Salafchegan-Qom under construction. phase of Ahvaz-Andimshak، Arak-Rahjerd and Pardis-Bomehen are on Planned and phase of Rahjerd-Salafchegan and Qom southern bypass are approved government.Qom western bypass freeway Section 1 have been completed in early 2026, The section 2, 3 and the connection of the section 1 to Tehran-Qom Freeway under construction. Isfahan-Shiraz freeway Section 7 of phase of Shiraz-Izadkhast Under construction, phase of Isfahan-Izadkhast is on planned and phase of end of Isfahan western bypass is waiting for to be approved government. Tabriz-Bazargan Freeway The Tabriz-Sufian section has been completed. (The Sufian-Marand expressway will be opened in Esfand 1404 (March 2026)). The Marand-Ivaoghli section is on Planned, and the Ivaoghli-Maku-Bazargan section was approved by the Cabinet. Homeyl-Ilam freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Ahvaz-Isfahan freeway phase of Izeh-Lordegan is on planned and others are waiting for to be approved government. Tehran-Amol freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Charmshahr-Bomehen freeway Planned Tabriz-Ahar-Baku freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Bushehr-Asaloyeh freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Birjand-Baghche freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Salafchegan-Isfahan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Mashhad-Sarakhs freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Qom-Saveh-Takestan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Loushan-Ardabil-Baku freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Hamedan-Sanandaj-Marivan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Sadeh-Yasouj freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Azarshahr-Saghez freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Marand-Jolfa freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Nazarabad-Takestan freeway planned Urumia eastern bypass freeway planned Khoy-Razi freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Mayamei-Jajram-Qochan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Bandare emam-Behbahan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Ahvaz-Khorramshahr-Abadan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Naein-Isfahan freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Sepidan-Shiraz-Jahrom-Lar-Bandare Abbas freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Maragheh-Tamarchin freeway It is waiting for to be approved government. Bandare khamir-Bandare shahid rajaei-Bandarabbas-Minab freeway It is waiting for to be approved government.
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