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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 .
Rawalpindi Ring Road also known as Rawalpindi–Islamabad Ring Road, is a 38.3 kilometer orbital highway in Pakistan between the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. [1] Work on the highway started in March 2022, [ 2 ] it is currently under construction, upon completion the highway will have six lanes.
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.
M-2 Motorway is 367 km long and connects Islamabad with Lahore, [1] whereas M-1 Motorway connects Islamabad with Peshawar and is 155 km long. [1] Islamabad is linked to its twin city Rawalpindi through the Faizabad Interchange, the first cloverleaf interchange in Pakistan, with a daily traffic volume of about 48,000 vehicles (2011). [2]
Kharian - Rawalpindi: 117 6 2025 Under Construction M-14 Motorway: Islamabad–D.I Khan: 285 4 2022 Operational Construction began in May 2016. M-15 Motorway: Hasan Abdal–Thakot: 180 6-4-2 2020 Operational Also called Hazara Motorway. Construction began in 2016 M-16 Motorway: Swabi – Chakdara: 160 4 2020 Operational Also called Swat Motorway.
Lahore Sialkot Motorway is first portion of M-11 which will run parallel to M-2 from Lahore to Islamabad. In next phase of M-12, its extension from Sialkot To Kharian (via Gujrat) is under construction and final phase M-13 will be Kharian to Rawalpindi. It is link to M2 Motorway via Rawalpindi Ring Road.
The whole stretch of the M-1 consists of six lanes, with a number of rest stops along the route. The M-1 has 14 interchanges - at Airport Link Road, Islamabad, AWT/ Sanjiani/ Paswal, Burma Bhatar, Burhan (Hassan Abadal/ Kamra), Hazara Expressway (E-35), Ghazi, Chachh, Sawabi, Rashakai, Charsadda, the Peshawar Northern Bypass and Peshawar Ring Road.
The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is a 48.1 km (29.9 mi) bus rapid transit system operating in the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area. The Metrobus network's first phase was opened on 4 June 2015, and stretches 22.5 kilometres between Pak Secretariat , in Islamabad , and Saddar in Rawalpindi.