Motorways of Pakistan

Motorways of Pakistan
Pakistan Motorway symbol
System information
Length:	4,266 km (2,651 mi)
Formed:	1997
Highway names
System links
National Highways of Pakistan Motorways of 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 1010 km as of feb 4, 2017. Around 3690 km of motorways are currently under construction at different parts of country. Most of these motorway projects will be completed by 2019.

History

Pakistan's motorways are part of Pakistan's "National Trade Corridor Project", 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 December 2015.
	Pindi Bhattian–Multan	309 km	4	2018	Sections 1, 2, 5 Operational Sections 3, 4 Under Construction	Construction began in 2009.
	Multan–Sukkur	387 km	6	2019	Under Construction	Construction began in May 2016.
	Sukkur–Hyderabad	296 km	6	2020	Approved	Land acquisition underway. 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	Partially Operational Under Construction	Section-1 of 75KM Operational. Construction began in March 2015.
	Karachi Northern Bypass	57 km	2	2007	Operational	Operational since 2007. Proposed 4 lane upgrade.
M-11	Sialkot–Lahore	89 km	6	2018	Approved	Land acquisition underway
M-14	Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan	280 km	4	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.

Network map

File:New map of Pakistan motorway issued by NHA.jpg

Map of Motorways of Pakistan

See also

• National Highways of Pakistan
• Expressways of Pakistan
• Speed limits in Pakistan
• Transport in Pakistan
• Mandra Chakwal Road
• Sohawa Chakwal Road

External links

• National Highway Authority
• Pakistan National Highways & Motorway Police