N7 (Bangladesh)

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National Highway 7

Dhaka–Khulna Highway
Daulatdia–Mongla Highway
Khulna–Mongla Road

Route information

Part of

Length:

252 km^[1] (157 mi)

Major junctions

Daulatdia end:

Daulatdia Ferry Terminal

Mongla end:

Port of Mongla

Highway system

Roads in Bangladesh

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The N7 is a Bangladeshi national highway connecting the Daulatdia Ferry Terminal, on the south bank of the Padma River near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, with the Port of Mongla in Bagerhat District. It serves some of the largest cities and towns in southwestern Bangladesh, including Faridpur, Magura, Jhenaidah, Jessore, and Khulna.^[1] The highway is known along various stretches as the Dhaka–Khulna Highway, the Jessore-Khulna Highway, and the Khulna-Mongla Highway.

Southwestern Bangladesh is laced with numerous rivers and streams, which results in N7 having the most bridges and culverts of any highway in the national system.^[2] It is limited to two lanes of traffic for most of its length.

Route description

The northern terminus of N7 is the Daulatdia Ferry Terminal, on the south bank of the Padma River.^[2] Although sometimes called the Dhaka—Khulna Highway, the city of Dhaka lies across the river and 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the end of the road. Long delays waiting to cross the river fuel the prostitution that makes Daulatdia the largest brothel in Bangladesh, and one of the largest in the world.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Beginning at the ferry terminal, N7 goes southwest for 14 km before it turns southeast and parallels the river as far as the junction with N803 just west of Faridpur. Skirting the city, the highway turns west to Magura where N702 splits off. N7 continues west from Magura to Jhenaidah, a stretch that is the second deadliest in the national highway network.^[1] It makes a three-quarters loop around the north and west sides of Jhenaidah, with N704 splitting off at Arappur and N703 going into the center of the city, before N7 turns south to Jessore. The segment between Jhenaidah and Jessore is the busiest one on the highway.^[2] At Palbari, just north of Jessore, N708 branches off. In Jessore N7 is rejoined by N702, and N706 splits off. Just south of Jessore, N707 merges at Murali.

N7 continues southeast, passing through Khulna, the largest city on the highway and the administrative headquarters of Khulna Division. N709 is a bypass that takes off from Phultala, north of Khulna, and rejoins south of the city at Kudir Battala, crossing the Rupsha River by bridge instead of, as the main road does, by ferry. The southern terminus of N7 is Bangladesh's second busiest seaport, the Port of Mongla, at the junction of the Mongla and Pasur Rivers.^[2]

Junction list

Division	Location	Destinations	Notes
Dhaka Division	Daulatdia Ferry Terminal		Ferry connects to N5 at Paturia Port
Dhaka Division	Goalchamot, Faridpur	N803 N803
Khulna Division	Magura	N702 N702 – Jessore
	Arappur	N704 N704 – Kushtia
	Jhenaidah	N703 N703
	Palbari	N707 N707, N708 N708
	Jessore	N702 N702 – Magura N706 N706 – Indian border
	Murali	N707 N707
	Phultala	N709 N709 – Khulna Bypass
	Khulna	Ferry
	Kudir Battala	N709 N709 – Khulna Bypass
	Port of Mongla

References

1 2 3 "Road Master Plan" (PDF). Bangladesh Roads and Highways Department. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
1 2 3 4 Sharkia, S.; Haque, M. N.; Bhuiya, M. S. K. (21 August 2015). "Structural condition assessment of bridges and culverts in national highway N7" (PDF). IABSE-JSCE Joint Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-III. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. pp. 427–430. ISBN 978-984-33-9313-5.
↑ Hammond, Claudia (9 January 2008). "'I'm just here for survival'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
↑ Jackman, Christine (26 October 2013). "Daughters of the brothel". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
↑ Rashid, Tania (4 February 2014). Sex, Slavery, and Drugs in Bangladesh (Television production). Vice News. 0:47 minutes in minutes in. Retrieved 11 February 2016. This is Daulatdia, the largest brothel in Bangladesh ... Daulatdia sits between a major railway station and a ferry terminal. Its location ensures a booming trade.

National Highways in Bangladesh

Major National Highways	N1 Dhaka–Chittagong Highway N2 Dhaka–Sylhet Highway N3 Dhaka–Mymensingh Highway N4 Joydevpur–Jamalpur Highway N5 Dhaka–Banglabandh Highway N6 Kashinathpur–Rajshahi Highway N7 Daulatdia–Mongla Highway N8 Dhaka–Patuakhali Highway

Other national highways	N102 N103 N104 N105 N106 N107 N108 N109 N110 N101 N204 N205 N206 N207 N208 N209 N301 N302 N309 N401 N403 N404 N405 N501 N502 N503 N504 N505 N506 N507 N508 N509 N510 N511 N513 N514 N515 N516 N517 N518 N602 N603 N604 N702 N703 N704 N705 N706 N707 N708 N709 N711 N802 N803 N804 N805 N806 N809

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