N-5 National Highway

N-5
Route information
Part of ,
Length:	1,756 km[1] (1,091 mi)
Existed:	1913 – present
Major junctions
South end:	Karachi (continues as Sharah-e-Faisal)
	N-55 to M-9 N-65 E-5 Lahore Ring Road to M-2 Lahore Bypass Gujranwala Bypass E-3 Gujrat Bypass Islamabad Highway IJP Road to N-75 Kashmir Highway N-35 N-75 M-1 N-45 Peshawar Ring Road
North end:	Torkham
Location
Major cities:	Hyderabad, Multan, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, Peshawar
Highway system
National Highways of Pakistan Motorways of Pakistan

Map of National Highways of Pakistan also indicating N5

The National Highway 05 or the N-5 is Pakistan's longest highway running from the port city of Karachi to the border crossing at Torkham. Its total length is 1756 km^[2] and it runs north from Karachi located in Sindh province to Hyderabad, Moro and Khairpur before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Sheikhupura District, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. At Rawalpindi, it turns eastwards and passes through Attock Khurd before crossing the Indus River into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to continue through Nowshera and Peshawar before entering the Khyber Pass and reaching the border town of Torkham. Its total length is divided into 1021 km in Punjab, 671 km in Sindh, 127 km in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the remaining 38 km in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It is managed by National Highway Authority.

History

Part of the highway was built on the ancient Grand Trunk Road (commonly known as G.T. Road) which came under jurisdiction of the new state after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. Thus developments of this road took place and in 1990s, the road was converted in an international standard highway.

National Highway 5

In Pakistan, the GT Road (traditional route) starts at Pak-India border at Wahgah and ends at ends at Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In early 1990s NHA merged parts of major highways to form National Highways-5. N-5 is the merger of G.T Road (Lahore to Peshawer), Peshawer to Torkham, Multan Road (Lahore to Multan), Rahim Yar Road (Bahawalpur to Rahim Yar Khan) and Karachi road RY Khan to(Sukkur to Karachi were merged to form greater N-5, thus N-5, came into existence. A huge upgrade took place on these routes in mid-1990s and N-5 was converted into a 4 lane, 1819 km long highway. N-5 is now Pakistan's longest and most important highway.

N-5 is known as GT Road from Peshawer to Lahore, Multan road from Lahore to Multan, Bahawalpur Road from Multan till Bahawalpur, Karachi-Lahore-Peshawer (KLP) Road from Bahawalpur till Sadiqabad and in Sindh it is simply known as National Highway. Moreover N-5 being the major artery of Pakistan is also known as Shahrah-e-Pakistan.

Locations

Sindh

Punjab

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

FATA

Images

References

National Highways of Pakistan N-5 N-10 N-15 N-25 N-30 N-35 N-40 N-45 N-50 N-55 N-65 N-70 N-75 N-80 N-85 N-90 N-95 N-105 N-110 N-120 N-125 N-155 N-255 N-305 N-445 N-655 S-1 S-2 S-3