N-5 | |
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قومی شاہراہ 5 | |
Route information | |
Part of , | |
Length: | 1,756 km (1,091 mi) |
Existed: | 1913 – present |
Major junctions | |
South end: | Karachi |
N-110 Gharo Interchange N-55 Kotri Interchange N-305 Sakrand Interchange Tarind Interchange M-4 Shah Shams Tabrez Interchange Bahawalpur Bypass Interchange Lahore Ring Road Thokar Niaz Baig Interchange Lahore Ring Road Niazi Biag Interchange N-60 Shahdara Interchange Lahore Bypass Islamabad Expressway T-Chowk Interchange Kashmir Highway Motorway Interchange N-125 Taxila Interchange N-35 Hasan Abdal Interchange N-45 Nowshera Interchange M-1-N-5 Link Road Interchange Peshawar Ring Road Eastern Interchange Peshawar Ring Road Western Interchange |
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North end: | Torkham |
Highway system | |
Roads in Pakistan |
The N-5 or National Highway 5 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ 5) is a 1756 kmnational highway in Pakistan, which extends from Karachi in Sindh province to Torkham in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. The N-5 is the longest national highway in Pakistan and serves as an important north–south road artery, extending through Hyderabad, Moro and Khairpur in Sindh before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. At Rawalpindi, it turns eastwards and passes through before crossing the Indus River into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to continue through Nowshera and Peshawar before entering the Khyber Pass and reaching the border town of Torkham in the Tribal Areas. Its total length is divided into 1021 km in Punjab, 671 km in Sindh, 127 km in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the remaining 38 km in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). It is managed by the National Highway Authority.