N-5 National Highway (Pakistan)

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N-5 National Highway (Pakistan) is the country’s longest and most important north–south road corridor, linking major cities from Karachi to Peshawar and serving as a key artery for trade and transport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national highway
road
alsoKnownAs N-5
National Highway 5 NERFINISHED
connectsEconomicCenters Faisalabad
Karachi
Lahore
Peshawar
connectsPort Port of Karachi
connectsRegion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
Sindh
connectsTo Grand Trunk Road near Lahore–Rawalpindi section
linked to: G.T. Road, Lahore
country Pakistan
direction north–south
economicRole backbone of Pakistan road transport system
major trade corridor
hasToll yes
importance longest national highway in Pakistan
most heavily used road corridor in Pakistan
improvementFocus widening and rehabilitation
isPartOf Asian Highway Network
Pakistan National Highway network
jurisdiction federal government of Pakistan
laneConfiguration mostly four-lane
length approximately 1819 km
maintainedBy National Highway Authority of Pakistan
northernTerminus Peshawar
openedForTraffic 20th century
passesAlong Indus River corridor
linked to: Indus River basin
passesThroughCity Bahawalpur
Gujranwala
Gujrat
Hyderabad
Jhelum
Lahore
Multan
Nowshera
Rawalpindi
Sukkur
Taxila
routeNumber N-5
safetyConcern high traffic density
road accidents
southernTerminus Karachi
surface paved
upgradedBy National Highway Improvement Program
usedFor freight transport
long-distance passenger transport

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Grand Trunk Road modernSegmentsFormPartOf N-5 National Highway (Pakistan)
Grand Trunk Road modernHighwayOverlap N-5 National Highway (Pakistan)
subject linked to: GT Road
Karachi road network hasComponent National Highway N-5 (Karachi section)
linked to: N-5 National Highway (Pakistan)