E35 expressway (Pakistan)

E-35
Hazara Expressway هزاره بزرگراه
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length:	180 km (110 mi)
Major junctions
North end:	Thakot
South end:	Hasan Abdal
Location
Major cities:	Battagram Mansehra Abbottabad Haripur
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

The E35 Expressway or Hazara Expressway (Hindko/Urdu: ہزارہ بزرگراه‎, Pashto: د هزاره بزرگراه‎) is an under-construction 180 kilometer long controlled-access expressway linking Islamabad - Peshawar Motorway M1 in Punjab province with the cities of Haripur, Havelian, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Shinkiari, Battagram, and Thakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The project is divided into 7 packages the first three pakeges from Burhan Interchange to Havalian interchange comprising 60 km is expected to be completed towards the end of 2017. While 2 pakeges from Havalian to Abbotabad, Abbotabad to Manshera, will be completed in April 2018, and remaining 2 sections, Manshera to Battagram and Battagram to Thakot comprising is expected to be completed towards the end of 2019 due to high mountains and difficult terrain in the way. After completion of whole 180km motorway from M1 to Thakot the travel time from Islamabad to Manshera will reduce to 2 hours from 5 hours of now, and from Islamabad to Thakot to 3 hours and 30 minutes from 6 hours and 40 minutes of now.

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

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