N-5 National Highway

National Highway 5
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Route information
Length	1,756 km (1,091 mi)
Existed	1913–present
Major junctions
South end	Karachi (continues as Sharah-e-Faisal)
Major intersections	N-55 to M-9 N-65 E-5 Lahore Ring Road to M-2 Lahore Bypass E-3 Islamabad Highway IJP Road to N-75 Kashmir Highway N-35 N-75 M-1 N-45 Peshawar Ring Road
North end	Torkham
Location
Country	Pakistan
Major cities	Hyderabad, Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Peshawar
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

Map of National Highways of Pakistan also indicating N5

The National Highway 05 or the N-5 is Pakistan's longest highway running from the port city of Karachi to the border crossing at Torkham. Its total length is 1756 km and it runs north from Karachi located in Sindh province to Hyderabad, Moro and Khairpur before crossing into Punjab province where it passes through Multan, Sahiwal, Lahore, Sheikhupura District, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum and Rawalpindi. At Rawalpindi, it turns eastwards and passes through Attock Khurd 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. 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 National Highway Authority.

America History

Main article: Grand Trunk Road

Part of the highway was built on the ancient Grand Trunk Road (commonly known as G.T. Road) which came under jurisdiction of the new state after the partition of India. Thus developments of this road took place and in 1990s, the road was converted in an international standard highway.

New G.T. Road

In Pakistan, the old GT Road ends at Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There were some routes in Pakistan which were known as GT Road Multan Road (Lahore to Multan), Rahim Yar Road (Bahawalpur to Rahim Yar Khan) and Karachi road (Sukkur to Karachi). NHA planned to combine these roads into one highway, thus N-5, or NEW G.T. Road came into existence. A huge upgrade took place on these routes in mid-1990s and N-5 was converted into a 4 lane, 1819 km long highway. N-5 is now Pakistan's longest and most important highway.

Locations

Sindh

Number	Location	Km marker no
1	Karachi	0
2	Thatta	94
3	Kotri	145
4	Hyderabad	163
5	Hala	211
6	New Saeedabad	229
7	Sabu Rahu	240
8	Sakrand	250
9	Sukho Manahijo	264
10	Kazi Ahmed	275
11	Daulatpur	302
12	Shahpur Jehanian	310
13	Moro	320
14	Naushahro Feroze	345
15	Bhiria	356
16	Kandiaro	373
17	Kotri Kabir	391
18	Ranipur	413
19	Kot Diji	437
20	Khairpur	458
21	Rohri	483
22	Pano Akil	515
23	Ghotki	543
24	Sarhad	554
25	Mirpur Mathelo	568
26	Daharki	582
27	Ubauro	596

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Number	Location	Km marker no
101	Jehangira	1640
102	Nowshera	1657
103	Pabbi	1678
104	Peshawar	1700

FATA

Number	Location	Km marker no
105	Jamrud	1718
106	Shagai Fort	1725
107	Landi Kotal	1750
108	Torkham	1756