National Highways of Pakistan

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National highways and motorways link all major cities in Pakistan and are undergoing rapid expansion to cater to the fast growing surface transportation needs of this rapidly emerging economy.

The National Highway Authority (NHA) was established in 1991, through an Act of the Pakistani Parliament. The NHA plans, develops, operates, repairs and maintains national highways and strategic roads specially entrusted to it by the Federal Government, by a Provincial Government or by another authority. The total length of federalized roads under NHA now stands at 5487.5 miles (8780km): this accounts for 3% of the Pakistani road network and 75% of the commercial road traffic in Pakistan.

1 Highways
2 Motorways in Pakistan
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Highways

Hwy	Route	km [miles]
N5	Karachi-Thatta-Hyderabad-Moro-Multan-Sahiwal-Lahore-Jhelum-Rawalpindi-Peshawar-Torkham (Grand Trunk Road)	1819 [1137]
N10	Lyari-Gwadar-Gabd (Makran Coastal Highway)	653 [408]
N15	Mansehra-Naran-Jhalkhand	240 [150]
N25	Karachi-Bela-Khuzdar-Kalat-Quetta-Chaman (RCD Highway)	813 [508]
N35	Hasan Abdal-Abbottabad-Thakot-Gilgit-Khunjerab (Karakoram Highway, KKH)	806 [504]
N40	Lakpass-Naukundi-Taftan	610 [381]
N45	Nowshera-Dir-Chitral	309 [193]
N50	Kuchlack-Zhob-Dera Ismail Khan	531 [332]
N55	Kotri-Shikarpur-Dera Ghazi Khan-Kohat-Peshawar (Indus Highway)	1264 [790]
N65	Sukkur-Sibi-Saryab	385 [241]
N70	Qila Saifullah-Loralai-Dera Ghazi Khan-Multan	447 [279]
N75	Islamabad-Satra Mile-Lower Topa (Murree)-Kohala (Murree Expressway)	90 [56]
N80	Tarnol-Kohat	144 [90]
S1	Gilgit-Skardu	167 [140]
S2	Kohala-Muzaffarabad	40 [25]

[edit] Motorways in Pakistan

Main article: Pakistan Motorways

There are ten motorways in Pakistan, out of which only the M2 and M3 have been completed. The M1 and part of the M8 and M10 are under construction and are scheduled to be completed in 2007.