A1 highway

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The A1 highway is a major road in Sri Lanka that connects the capital city Colombo with the central city of Kandy, serving as a key route through the country’s hill region.

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Label Occurrences
A1 highway canonical 4

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf highway
road in Sri Lanka
connectsCity Colombo
Kandy
connectsRegion Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Colombo metropolitan region
country Sri Lanka
hasJunctionWith A5 highway (via Kandy)
A6 highway
hasLaneConfiguration mostly two-lane road
hasRouteNumber A1
historicalSignificance one of the earliest major motor roads in Sri Lanka
isMajorRoad true
locatedInProvince Central Province, Sri Lanka
Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Western Province, Sri Lanka
maintainedBy Road Development Authority of Sri Lanka
nearbyRiver Kelani River
Mahaweli River
linked to: Mahaweli Ganga
partOfNetwork Sri Lanka trunk road network
passesThroughCity Kadawatha
Kegalle
Kelaniya
Kiribathgoda
Mawanella
Nittambuwa
Warakapola
passesThroughRegion Sri Lankan hill country
passesThroughTown Peradeniya
roadSurface asphalt
roadType trunk road
servesAs key route between Colombo and Kandy
terminusA Colombo
terminusB Kandy
usedFor freight transport
intercity passenger transport

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kandy hasTransport A1 highway
Mawanella roadConnectivity A1 highway
Kegalle connectedBy A1 highway
Kaduwela roadJunctionOf A1 highway