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|---|---|
| قومی شاہراہ ٤٥ | |
| Nowshera-Chitral Highway | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by NHA | |
| Length | 309 km (192 mi) |
| Major junctions | |
| North end | Chitral |
| South end | Nowshera |
| Location | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Highway system | |
The National Highway 45 (Urdu: قومی شاہراہ ۴۵), also known as the N-45 or the Nowshera-Chitral Highway, is one of the National Highways of Pakistan, running from Nowshera District to the town of Chitral via Dir in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is a two-lane highway with a total length of 309 km.[1][2] It is maintained and operated by the National Highway Authority.[3][4]
A tunnel on the highway, Lowari Tunnel reduced 14-hour drive from Chitral to Peshawar by 7 hours. It also reduced the time and effort it takes moving from Chitral to southern parts of Pakistan in winter season when Lowari Top is closed due to snow and people of Chitral have to travel from Afghanistan and then enter back in Pakistan.
- ^ "N-45 (Nowshera - Chitral)". National Highway Authority. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Natioanal Highway 45 (Nowshera-Chitral) N-45". National Highway Authority. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "NHA-Road-Network-Maps" (PDF). National Highway Authority (Pakistan). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ admin (24 July 2014). "Nowshera-Chitral road improvement to complete by March". Chitral Today. Retrieved 18 April 2022.