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Maintained by National Highway Authority: Length: 155 km [1] (96 mi) Existed: 2007–present: Major junctions; West end: PRR Peshawar: Kernal Sher Khan Interchange Hazara Interchange Burhan Interchange Hakla Interchange: East end: Islamabad–Rawalpindi: Location; Country: Pakistan: Highway system; Roads in Pakistan
At the confluence of the Dor River and the Salhad Nalah, the Havelian Interchange connects the motorway with the N-35 National Highway for direct access to Havelian. The next phase extends the motorway further north to Abbottabad via the 1.7 km Shimla tunnel and continues on to Manshera, Battagram and terminate at Thakot to rejoin the N-35.
The 285-kilometre-long (177 mi) motorway is a part of the Western Alignment of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, [2] [3] and offers high speed road connections between the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and the southern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province around Dera Ismail Khan.
The KKH spans the 806-kilometre-long (501 mi) distance between the China–Pakistan border and the town of Hasan Abdal. At Burhan Interchange near Hasan Abdal, the existing M1 motorway will intersect the N-35 at the Shah Maqsood Interchange. From there, access onwards to Islamabad and Lahore continues as part of the existing M1 and M2 motorways.
Islamabad, Islamabad Highway Junction, Defence Housing Authority, Bahria Town (Islamabad Capital Territory) 1524 85 Rawalpindi: 1540 86 Islamabad, Road junction to Islamabad Main City, Tarnol, Link to New Gandhara Intn'l Airport, Sangjani, CDA New Sectors (Islamabad Capital Territory) 1551 87 John Nicholson's obelisk: 1565 88 Taxila: 1569 89 ...
Once past the Salt Range, the M-2 turns north and ends just west of Rawalpindi at the junction between the Islamabad Link Road and M-1. It then continues on to eventually become the M-1 motorway, linking Islamabad and Rawalpindi with Peshawar .
The Islamabad Capital Territory has five major types of roadways i.e. expressway(s), highway(s), avenues, khayabans, and roads. The Capital Development Authority's Engineering Wing, under the Ministry of Transportation, maintains over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of roadways organised into various classifications which crisscross the territory (mainly Islamabad).
M-2 motorway in the Salt Range M-2 motorway exit to Sargodha. Pakistan's motorways are an important 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. [2]