Editing Transport in Tajikistan (section)

== Highways ==
{{see also|Pamir Highway}} {{section update|date=November 2024}}
[[File:Pamir Highway Route.jpg|thumb|Pamir Highway Route]]
[[File:1229 chineseBridge1.jpg|thumb|right|Chinese workers build a bridge on the road between Dushanbe and Khujand, 2007]]
The total length of roads in the country is 27,800 kilometers, nearly all of which were built before 1991. Automobiles account for more than 90% of the total volume of passenger transportation and more than 80% of domestic freight transportation.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" />

As of 2014 many highway and tunnel construction projects were underway or recently completed. Major projects include rehabilitation of the Dushanbe – Chanak (Uzbek border), Dushanbe – Kulma (Chinese border), Kurgan-Tube – Nizhny Pyanj (Afghan border) highways and construction of tunnels under the mountain passes of [[Anzob Tunnel|Anzob]], Shakhristan, Shar-Shar<ref>[http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/features/2009/09/03/feature-06 Shar-Shar auto tunnel links Tajikistan to China, The 2.3km Shar-Shar car tunnel linking Tajikistan and China opened to traffic on Aug. 30, Siyavush Mekhtan, 2009-09-03]</ref> and Chormazak.<ref>[http://news.tj/en/news/chormaghzak-tunnel-renamed-khatlon-tunnel-and-shar-shar-tunnel-renamed-ozodi-tunnel Chormaghzak Tunnel renamed Khatlon Tunnel and Shar-Shar Tunnel renamed Ozodi Tunnel, 12/02/2014 15:49, Payrav Chorshanbiyev]</ref> These were supported by international donor countries.<ref name="tajikistanmission.ch" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/leighturner/2013/05/07/trade-tunnels-transit-and-training-in-mountainous-tajikistan/|title=Trade, tunnels, transit and training in mountainous Tajikistan &#124; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Blogs|first=Leigh|last=Turner|date=May 7, 2013|accessdate=March 3, 2023}}</ref> [[China]] has invested approximately $720 million for infrastructure improvements in Tajikistan, including the rebuilding, widening and improvement of the road between Dushanbe and Khujand which as of August 2007 is proceeding using equipment, labor, and oversight from China.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav080107a.shtml|title= Tajikistan: A Chines Road to the Future?|publisher=EURASIANET|access-date=2008-06-09 }}</ref>

In mid-2005 construction began on a bridge across the [[Panj River]] to [[Afghanistan]] which was funded by the [[United States]] and opened in August 2007<ref name="CIA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tajikistan/|title=Tajikistan|date=February 28, 2023|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|accessdate=March 3, 2023|via=CIA.gov}}</ref> and plans called for construction of several other bridges ultimately connecting Tajikistan to warm-water ports to the south.<ref name="cp" />

The [[Pakistan-Afghanistan-Tajikistan Highway]], a new {{convert|1300|km|mi}} long road is planned to pass through the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province and Dushanbe and in 2013 Tajikistan announced that all road construction on its side of the border had been completed.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} According to President Zardari of Pakistan, {{Quote|... [the] opening up of road links [is] critical to bringing the countries of the region closer together and for increasing trade and people to people contacts for the economic and social benefits of all countries.<ref name="pak" />}}