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

Main article: Grand Trunk Road

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

Number	Location	Km marker no
1	Karachi	00
2	Thatta	94
3	Kotri	145
4	Hyderabad	163
5	Hala	211
6	New Saeedabad	229
7	Sabu Rahu	240
8	Sakrand	250
9	Sukho Manahijo	264
10	Kazi Ahmed	275
11	Daulatpur	302
12	Shahpur Jehanian	310
13	Moro	320
14	Naushahro Feroze	345
15	Bhiria	356
16	Kandiaro	373
17	Kotri Kabir	391
18	Ranipur	413
19	Kot Diji	437
20	Khairpur	458
21	Rohri	483
22	Pano Akil	515
23	Ghotki	543
24	Sarhad	554
25	Mirpur Mathelo	568
26	Daharki	582
27	Ubauro	596

Punjab

Number	Location	Km marker no
28	Kot Sabzal	612
29	Sanjarpur	620
30	Sadiqabad	637
31	Rahim Yar Khan	655
32	Shaikh Wahan	677
33	Mianwali Quraishan	687
34	Sardar Garh	693
35	Zahir Pir	707
36	Fatehpur Kamal	719
37	Khan Bela	734
38	Tarinda Muhammad Panah	756
39	Ahmadpur East	792
40	Deran	794
41	Nurpur Nauranga	814
42	Khanqah Sharif	829
43	Bahawalpur	844
44	Lodhran	860
45	Shah Naal	872
46	Jella Arian	883
47	Basti Maluk	896
48	Lar	915
49	Multan	937
50	Khanewal	980
51	Musa Virk	1020
52	Mian Channu	1026
53	Harappa	1082
54	Sahiwal	1102
55	Qadirabad	1114
56	Okara	1134
57	Renala Khurd	1151
58	Akhtarabad	1161
59	Wan Radha Ram	1168
60	Pattoki	1180
61	Bhai Pheru	1204
62	Manga	1220
63	Chung	1239
64	Lahore	1260
65	Kala Shah Kaku	1272
66	Muridke	1287^[3]
67	Kamoke	1307
68	Eimanabad Mord	1316
69	Gujranwala	1328
70	Ghakhar	1347
71	Wazirabad	1362
72	Gujrat	1380
73	Lala Musa	1397
74	Kharian	1412
75	Sarai Alamgir	1426
76	Jhelum	1432
77	Dina	1448
78	Sohawa	1473
79	Gujar Khan	1491
80	Mandra	1505
81	Rawat	1522
82	Islamabad, (Federal Area) Islamabad Highway Junction, Defence Housing Authority,Bahria Town	1524
83	Rawalpindi	1540
84	Islamabad, (Federal Area) Road junction to Islamabad Main City, Tarnol, Link to New Gandhara Intn'l Airport, Sangjani, CDA New Sectors	1551
85	John Nicholson's oblisk	1565
86	Taxila	1569
87	Wah Cantt	1579
88	Hasan Abdal	1585
89	Burhan	1595
90	Sanjwal Cantt	1601.012
91	Lawrencepur	1602
92	Hattian	1609
93	Kamra	1611
98	Goundal	1618
99	Haji Shah	1619
100	Attock Khurd	1621

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Number	Location	Km marker no
101	Jehangira	1640
102	Nowshera	1657
103	Pabbi	1678
104	Peshawar	1700

FATA

Number	Location	Km marker no
105	Jamrud	1718
106	Shagai Fort	1725
107	Torkham	1756

Images

References

↑ http://www.nha.gov.pk/OLDSITE/FAQ/Faq.asp
↑ National Highway Authority
↑ N5 National Highway National Highway Authority. Retrieved 20 January 2012.

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

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