M4 motorway (Pakistan)
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| Maintained by National Highway Authority, Government of Pakistan | |
| Length: | 233 km (145 mi) |
| Existed: | 19 August 2009 – present |
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| North end: | Faisalabad |
| N5 | |
| South end: | Multan |
| Location | |
| Major cities: | Khanewal |
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| Motorways of Pakistan | |
The M4 is an under-construction [1] motorway in Punjab province, Pakistan. It will be a 233 km long, 4-lane (with capacity to increase to 6-lanes) access controlled motorway with 8 interchanges. Upon completion, it would connect the M3 with the M5 and the cities of Faisalabad and Multan.
Route
The M4 will begin at the termination of the M3 at the Sargodha Road Interchange on the northern outskirts of Faisalabad. It will continue on a southwest course connecting the cities of Faisalabad, Gojra, Toba Tek Singh, Shorkot, Abdul Hakeem, Khanewal and Multan. Once at Khanewal, it will merge onto the N5 temporarily until the M5 is complete.
The M4 will have four sections:
(i) Faisalabad-Gojra 58 km
(Completed and Opened for public traffic)
(ii) Gojra-Shorkot 62 km
(Under Construction)
(iii) Shorkot-Din Pur-Khanewal 64 km
(Construction pending)
(iv) Khanewal-Multan 45 km
(Opened for public traffic)
whereas two large bridges will be constructed on the River Ravi and Sadhnai Canal.
History
Construction began on 19 August 2009 with the ground-breaking ceremony performed by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani. Construction is expected to take three years to complete but due to political instability and security reasons it is still undercontruction. The M4 will be constructed in four stages:
(i) Faisalabad-Gojra (58 km),
(ii) Gojra-Shorkot (62 km),
(iii) Shorkot-Din Pur-Khanewal (64 km)
(iv) Khanewal-Multan (45 km),
whereas two large bridges will be constructed on the River Ravi and Shadhnai Channel. Estimated cost is USD 601 million.
The M-4 Motorway will have four sections.
FIRST Faisalabad-Gojra’s 58-kilometre section has been opened for traffic since March 2015. The project was completed by obtaining a loan of $170 million from the ADB.
Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in October 2015 signed a loan agreement of $178 million for construction of the SECOND Gojra-Shorkot 62-kilometer section of the M-4 Motorway is under construction since November 2015. The United Kingdom will also fund road construction and would provide $90.7 million as a grant. The government will invest the counterpart share of $46 million, bringing the total cost of the second section of project to $315 million. The Gojra-Shorkot section of 62 km will be completed by 2017.
The rest of the sections are Shorkot-Din Pur-Khanewal (64 km) pending construction,
FOURTH section Khanewal-Multan (45 km) is opened for traffic since 21st November 2015.
Once the M-4 is completed, it will link the southern parts of Punjab with the north through already established networks of motorways. The M-4 Motorway will extend the already completed M-1, M-2 and M-3 motorways southward and shorten the distance between Multan and the twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.[2]
Faisalabad Khanewal Motorway
Interchanges
1. Faisaabad Aminpur Road
2. Painsara Jhang Road
3. Gojra Jhang Road
4. Toba Tek Singh Jhang Road
5. Toba Tek Singh Warriam Wala Road
6. Shorkot Cantt Shorkot City Road
7. Bagar Abdul Hakim Road
8. Makhdoompur Kabirwala Road
9. Kabirwala Khanewal Road
10. Khanewal Multan Road
See also
- Motorways of Pakistan
- National Highways of Pakistan
- Transport in Pakistan
- National Highway Authority
References
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