Peshawar Ring Road

Peshawar Ring Road (Urdu: پشاور مداری سڑک‎, Pashto: د پېښور حلقوي سړک‎, also known officially as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway 13) is a 35-kilometre-long (22 mi) orbital highway located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan.[2]

Highway S–13
Peshawar Ring Road
پشاور مداری سڑک
د پېښور حلقوي سړک
Route information
Maintained by Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority
Length45 km[1] (28 mi)
Major junctions
Ring road around Peshawar
 Peshawar-Charsadda Road
M-1 Motorway Interchange
N-5 National Highway Interchange
N-55 National Highway Interchange
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

Route

The ring road serves as a bypass for heavy transport vehicles and facilitates Afghanistan-bound traffic. It also serves as the terminus for the Peshawar-Charsadda Road, Peshawar-Bara Road, Peshawar-Dalazak Road and Jamrud-Warsak Road.

Reconstruction

At a ceremony in Peshawar on 27 April 2010, United States Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson joined President Asif Ali Zardari, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti in inaugurating the 25 kilometres (16 mi) Peshawar Southern Bypass (Southern Ring Road). The U.S.-financed project provided ₨2.1 billion (US$13 million) in upgrades to the road. The US Ambassador stated the road would provide ease traffic between Charsadda and Hayatabad, improve security, and generate greater trade opportunities for the citizens of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas,".[3]

Expansion

The Peshawar Ring Road's northern half is currently bring expanded to Warsak Road, Nasir Bagh and Hayatabad. The 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) Pajjagi-Warsak section is under construction and will be inaugurated in 2018. From Warsak Road, the ring road will be expanded towards Hayatabad, passing through Palosi and Regi villages.

See also

Provincial Highways of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Notes
  1. http://www.pkha.gov.pk/index.php?parentid=29&parentname=Highways%20Network&page=mainbody&childid=55&childname=List%20of%20Highways
  2. http://www.pkha.gov.pk/index.php?parentid=29&parentname=Highways%20Network&page=mainbody&childid=55&childname=List%20of%20Highways
  3. Office of the Spokesman (2010). "U.S. and Pakistan Sign Letter of Intent on Support for Construction of Priority Roads in Pakistan to Aid in Malakand Reconstruction" (Press release). U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
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