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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.
In September 2020, Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar approved Rs. 50 billion Rawalpindi Ring Road project enabling easy connection of western sectors including B17 of Islamabad to connect to Rawalpindi. [8] A new project launched by Ch. Qamar Zaman and Ch. Saad is known as New City Paradise. The developers are New City Wah.
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.
Rawalpindi Ring Road is a 39 km Ring Road on which construction started in 2024. It will start from Banth on N-5 and terminate on Thalian on M-2. It will have five interchanges. Heavy vehicles would be bound to use the Ring Road hence reducing traffic on the existing Peshawar Road.
M-13 will connect Rawalpindi to Kharian. The 117 km (73 mi) long motorway will have 8 interchanges, 2 service areas, 26 bridges, including one spanning River Jhelum , and two twin-tube tunnels of 1.3 km (0.81 mi) and 0.6 km (0.37 mi) respectively to cross the Salt Range between Dina and Sohawa . [ 2 ]
The road is an alternative to the Srinagar Highway, and provides easy access of the tenth and eleventh sectors of Islamabad to the N-5 National Highway. This road is a crucial section of the larger Rawalpindi Ring Road project as it connects the town of Sangjani (on the N-5 National Highway) to the town of Barakahu (on the Murree Expressway).
The N-5 is the longest national highway in Pakistan and serves as an important north–south road artery, starting from Karachi and extending through Hyderabad, Moro and Sukkur in Sindh before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lalamusa, Kharian, Jhelum and Rawalpindi.
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.