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Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway

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North end:
  
Fateh Jang

Length
  
280 km

South end:
  
Dera Ismail Khan

Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway

The Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway (Urdu: ہکلہ–ڈیره اسماعیل خان موٹروے‎), formally known as the Brahma Bahtar–Yarik Motorway, is a four-lane North-South motorway currently under-construction in Pakistan. The 280-kilometre-long (170 mi) motorway is being developed as part of the Western Alignment of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor. The expressway / motorway includes provision of 11 interchanges, 19 flyovers (6 lanes), 15 bridges (4 lane), 74 underpasses, 259 culverts, and three major bridges (6 lane); one at River Sawan, one at River Indus and third at River Koram.The expressway will have 100m wide right of way (ROW) to convert the four (04) lane facility to six (06) lanes in future.

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Route

Groundbreaking ceremony took place in May 2016. The four-lane controlled access motorway will extend from the Hakla Interchange on the M1 Motorway, near Fateh Jang in Punjab, to Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

From Hakla, Fateh Jang, the motorway will extend in a southwestern direction passing the towns of Pindi Gheb, Tarap, and Mianwali. The route will transverse the Sindh Sagar Doab region, and cross the Indus River near Mianwali before entering into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The motorway will continue on wards before terminating near the town of Yarik, just north of Dera Ismail Khan.

At the southern terminus of the new Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan motorway, the N50 National Highway will also be upgraded between Dera Ismail Khan-Zhob and between Zhob-Quetta.

Construction

Pakistan's executive committee of the National Economic Council approved construction of this section of roadway in April 2016. while construction commenced in May 2016. Construction is expected to be completed in 02 years by July-2018.

Construction is to proceed in five phases:

  • Phase 1: Yarik-Wanda Mir Alam section (Contract has been awarded to M/s NLC)
  • Phase 2: Wanda Mir Alam-Beruli section
  • Phase 3: 55-kilometre (34 mi) Beruli-Tarap section (Contract has been awarded to M/s FWO)
  • Phase 4: 62-kilometre (39 mi) Tarap-Pindi Gheb section (Contract has been awarded to M/s Limak-ZKB JV)
  • Phase 5: 63 kilometres (39 mi) Pindi Gheb-Hakla Interchange section
  • The construction work has been started on the three packages (i.e 1, 3 & 4) simultaneously.

    References

    Hakla–Dera Ismail Khan Motorway Wikipedia