E35 expressway (Pakistan)

E-35
Hazara Expressway
هزاره بزرگراه
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length: 110 km[1] (70 mi)
Major junctions
North end: Shinkiari
South end: Hasan Abdal
Location
Major cities: Mansehra
Abbottabad
Haripur
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

The E35 Expressway or Hazara Expressway (Urdu: هزاره بزرگراه‎, Hindko: هزاره بزرگراه, Pashto: د ہزارہ بزرگراه‎) is an under-construction 110 kilometer long controlled-access expressway linking Attock District (Hassan Abdal) in Punjab province with the cities of Haripur, Havelian, Abbottabad and Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The project is expected to be completed towards the end of 2017 and will reduce to travel time from between Rawalpindi-Islamabad to Mansehra from 4 hours to 1 hour.

The expressway is not being financed by the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, but will instead be financed by the Asian Development Bank,[2] along with a $90.7 million grant from the United Kingdom.[3]

Route

Hassan Abdal-Havelian section

The 110 km long, 6 lane expressway, will begin its route at its southernmost portion - the Burhan Interchange which will be located to the west of Hasan Abdal near the village of Koliya on the banks of the Haro River in northern Punjab province. The route tracks northeast, and crosses the Haro River. The Jharikass Interchange will be located immediately east of the river, where the expressway will intersect with the N-35 National Highway. The expressway will continue eastwards, where it will connect to Haripur Road via the Hattar Interchange near the town of Kot Najibullah. From there it will continue towards east to N-125 National Highway, which it will connect via the Chechiyan Interchange, 6 miles south of Haripur - thus serving as a bypass and alternative route to the N-35 National Highway which courses directly through the city of Haripur. The expressway will further continue eastwards for 2 miles before turning northeast towards the town of Shah Maqsood, where the Shah Maqsood Interchange will connect the expressway, for a second time, with the N-35 National Highway. From there the highway will run roughly parallel to the N-35 National Highway as it travels northeast towards the city of Havelian. At the confluence of the Dor River and the Salhad Nalah, the Havelian Interchange will connect the expressway with the N-35 National Highway for direct access to the heart of Havelian.

Havelian-Thakot section

The expressway will then course northwards along the N-35 National Highway towards Abbottabad, Mansehra, and Shinkiari, ending at Thakot.

Hassan Abdal-Havelian section

The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the construction of the project on November 29, 2014.[4][5][6] The first phase of the project would cost PKR 33 billion and will include the 60-kilometre-long (37 mi), six-lane, fenced portion of the expressway from Hassan Abdal to Havelian.[7][8]

Packages one and two comprising a 39.61 stretch of road between Burhan and Serai Saleh were awarded to the Chinese firm Gezhouba Group.[9]

Havelian-Thakot section

The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inaugurated the Havelian-Thakot section of the expressway in Mansehra on April 28, 2016. [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://nha.gov.pk/wp-content/themes/nha/images/map-full.jpg
  2. ↑ "Asian Bank, UK to co-finance $327m in economic corridor". Daily Times (Pakistan). 1 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan, ADB sign $178m agreement for M-4 section". The Express Tribune (Pakistan). 23 October 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Nawaz hits out at PTI during groundbreaking ceremony of Hazara Motorway". Dawn (Pakistan). November 29, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ "PM Nawaz Sharif inaugurates the Hazara Motorway project". The Nation. November 29, 2014. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "PM to perform ground-breaking ceremony of Hazara Motorway". Daily Times. Pakistan. November 28, 2014. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  7. ↑ "PM Nawaz to inaugurate Hazara Motorway tomorrow". The Express Tribune. November 28, 2014. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Pm To Open Hazara Motorway Construction On 29th". Pakistan Observer. November 28, 2014. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ http://downloads.nha.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_nhadocs&view=document&layout=detail&cid[]=1999
  10. ↑ "Nawaz inaugurates Rs144bn Havelian-Thakot Motorway in Mansehra". Dawn (Pakistan). April 28, 2016. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.

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