{
  "name": "BP Highway",
  "slug": "bp-highway",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/bp-highway/",
  "summary": "Japan's twenty-year mountain road drops off the Dhulikhel ridge to the Sunkoshi, then climbs over the fort at Sindhuli Gadhi and unwinds to Sindhulimadi in a stack of one-bus-wide hairpins.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "NH13"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Nepal",
    "region": "Bagmati Province",
    "start": {
      "name": "Dhulikhel",
      "lat": 27.62075,
      "lon": 85.553299
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Sindhulimadi",
      "lat": 27.212984,
      "lon": 85.915531
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 75.9,
    "lengthKm": 122.1,
    "driveMinutes": 167,
    "corners": 320,
    "hairpins": 53,
    "maxGradientPercent": 10,
    "summitMetres": 1617.1,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "demanding",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 7
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "autumn",
      "winter"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Hairpin bends one bus wide",
    "Places where two vehicles can barely pass",
    "Monsoon landslides on the Kavre section",
    "Rebuilding works between Bhakundebesi and Nepalthok"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "valley",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Dhulikhel",
    "Nepalthok",
    "Khurkot",
    "Sindhuli Gadhi",
    "Dhungre Bhanjyang",
    "Pipal Bhanjyang"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 1696
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-11"
}