M-5 motorway (Pakistan)

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M-5 motorway
ایم ٥ موٹروے
Multan–Sukkur Motorway
Map
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length392 km[1] (244 mi)
Existed2018; 6 years ago (2018)–present
Major junctions
North end Multan
South end Sukkur
Location
CountryPakistan
Major cities
Highway system
M-4 M-6

The M-5 motorway (Urdu: ایم ٥ موٹروے), also known as Multan–Sukkur Motorway (Urdu: ملتان سکھر موٹروے), is a north–south motorway in Pakistan, which connects Multan with Sukkur. The motorway is a 392 km long,[2] high-speed (120 km/h), controlled-access, six-lane motorway that forms part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.[3][4] It is currently the longest motorway in Pakistan.[5]

  1. ^ "M5 motorway Length". nha.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Sukkur-Multan Motorway (M-5)". National Highway Authority. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ "China's CSCEC to build $2.9bn motorway in Pakistan as part of planned 'corridor'". Global Construction Review. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ^ "A safer, greener motorway in Pakistan". SMEC Foundation. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ Abbas, Ghulam (24 September 2019). "Multan-Sukkur motorway inauguration delayed as China wants grand opening". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 25 September 2022.