List of motorways and highways of Pakistan

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Islamabad interchange, connecting the M1 and M2 motorways
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Islamabad interchange, connecting the M1 and M2 motorways
Coastal Highway N10 winding through the mud hills of Makran along the Arabian Sea
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Coastal Highway N10 winding through the mud hills of Makran along the Arabian Sea

This list includes the major highways formally designated by the National Highway Authority of Pakistan as a "National Highway" or "Motorway".

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[edit] Motorways

Inaguration of Pakistan Motorway

Pakistan Motorways project was proposed and Inagurated by then prime minister Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at M2 Islamabad in November 1997. Only the M2 and M3 have been completed. The M1 and part of the M8 are under construction and are scheduled to be completed in 2007.

  • M1 is from Islamabad to Peshawar. It is a 155 km access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes.
  • M2 is from Lahore to Islamabad. It is a 367 km access-controlled motorway with 6 lanes. It was completed in November 1997.
  • M3 is from Pindi Bhattian to Faisalabad. It is a 53 km access-controlled motorway with 4 lanes, which, in future, can be increased to 6 lanes. It was completed in 2004.
  • M4 is from Faisalabad to Multan with a total length of 200 km. It has 4 lanes, which, in future, can be increased to 6 lanes.
  • M5 is from Multan to Dera Ghazi Khan with a total length of 65 km and 4 lanes, which, in future, can be increased to 6 lanes.
  • M6 is from Dera Ghazi Khan to Ratodero with a total length of 450 km and 4 lanes, which, in future, can be increased to 6 lanes.
  • M7 is from Kakkar via Dureji to Karachi with a total length of 303 km and 2 lanes.
  • M8 is from Gwadar to Ratodero with a total length of 1072 km and 2 lanes.
  • M9 is from Karachi to Hyderabad with a length of 136 Km and 6 lanes.
  • M10 is the Karachi Northern Bypass, which has a total length of 56 km and 6 lanes.

[edit] Highways

Hwy Route km
N5 Karachi-Thatta-Hyderabad-Moro-Multan-Sahiwal-Lahore-Jhelum-Rawalpindi-Peshawar-Torkham (Grand Trunk Road) 1819
N10 Lyari-Gwadar-Gabd (Makran Coastal Highway) 653
N15 Mansehra-Naran-Jhalkhand 240
N25 Karachi-Bela-Khuzdar-Kalat-Quetta-Chaman (RCD Highway) 813
N35 Hasan Abdal-Abbottabad-Thakot-Gilgit-Khunjerab (Karakoram Highway, KKH) 806
N40 Lakpass-Naukundi-Taftan 610
N45 Nowshera-Dir-Chitral 309
N50 Kuchlack-Zhob-Dera Ismail Khan 531
N55 Kotri-Shikarpur-Dera Ghazi Khan-Kohat-Peshawar (Indus Highway) 1264
N65 Sukkur-Sibi-Saryab 385
N70 Qila Saifullah-Loralai-Dera Ghazi Khan-Multan 447
N75 Islamabad-Satra Mile-Lower Topa (Murree)-Kohala (Murree Expressway) 90
N80 Tarnol-Kohat 144
S1 Gilgit-Skardu 167
S2 Kohala-Muzaffarabad 40

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