Motorways of Pakistan

Motorways of Pakistan

Pakistan Motorway symbol
System information
Length: 4,266 km (2,651 mi)
Formed: 1997
Highway names
Motorways
  • M-1
  • M-2
  • M-3
  • M-4
  • M-5
  • M-6
  • M-7
  • M-8
  • M-9
  • M-10
  • M-11
  • M-12
  • M-13
  • M-14
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Roads in Pakistan

Motorways of Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستان کی موٹروے‎) are a network of multiple-lane, high-speed, limited-access or controlled-access highways in Pakistan, which are owned, maintained and operated federally by Pakistan's National Highway Authority. The total length of Pakistan's motorways is 872 km as of June 1, 2016. Around 3690 km of motorways are currently under construction at different parts of country. Most of these motorway projects will be completed by 2020.

History

Pakistan's motorways are part of Pakistan's "National Trade Corridor Project",[1] which aims to link Pakistan's three Arabian Sea ports (Karachi Port, Port Bin Qasim and Gwadar Port) to the rest of the country through its national highways and motorways network and further north with Afghanistan, Central Asia and China. The project was planned in 1990. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor project aims to link Gwadar Port and Kashgar (China) using Pakistani motorways, national highways, and expressways.

List of Motorways

Name & Sign Course Length Lanes Completion Year Status Remarks
Peshawar–Islamabad 155 km 6 2007 Operational
Islamabad–Lahore 367 km 6 1997 Operational
Lahore–Abdul Hakeem 230 km 6 2018 Under Construction Construction began in 2015.
Pindi Bhattian–Multan 286 km 4 2018 Sections 1, 2, 5 Operational
Sections 3, 4 Under Construction		 Construction began in 2009.
Multan–Sukkur 387 km 6 April 2019 Under Construction Construction began in May 2016.
Sukkur–Hyderabad 296 km 6 2019 Proposed Construction to begin in 2017.
Dadu–Hub 270 km 4 TBA Proposed Proposed
Ratodero–Gwadar 892 km 2 2017 Partially Operational
Under Construction		 Partially operational.
Hyderabad–Karachi 136 km 6 2017 Under Construction Construction began in March 2015.
Karachi Northern Bypass 57 km 2 2007 Operational Operational since 2007. Proposed 4 lane upgrade.
Sialkot–Lahore 89 km 6 August 2018 Proposed
Swabi-Chakdara 81 km 6 February 2018 Under Construction Under Construction since August 2016
Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan 280 km 4 May 2019 Under Construction Construction began in May 2016

Patrolling and Enforcement

A patrol car of Pakistan's National Highways & Motorway Police on the M-2 Motorway

Pakistan's Motorways are patrolled by Pakistan's National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP), which is responsible for enforcement of traffic and safety laws, security and recovery on the Pakistan Motorway network. The NH&MP use SUVs, cars and heavy motorbikes for patrolling purposes and uses speed cameras for enforcing speed limits.

Emergency runways

The M-1 motorway (Peshawar-Islamabad) and the M-2 motorway (Islamabad-Lahore) each include two emergency runway sections of 9,000 feet (2,700 m) length. The four emergency runway sections become operational by removing removable concrete medians using forklifts. The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has used the M-2 motorway as a runway on two occasions: for the first time in 2000 when it landed an F-7P fighter, a Super Mushak trainer and a C-130 and, again, in 2010. On the last occasion, the PAF used a runway section on the M-2 motorway on 2 April 2010 to land, refuel and take-off two jet fighters, a Mirage III and an F-7P, during its Highmark 2010 exercise.[2]

Network map

Map of Motorways of Pakistan

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.adb.org/Documents/Environment/PAK/40075/40075-PAK-SEIA.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.paf.gov.pk/press_release/uploaded/MOTORWAY-RELEASE02-04-10.pdf

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