Strategic Highway S–1 | |
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Route information | |
Maintained by the Pakistani National Highway Authority | |
Length | 167 km[1] (104 mi) |
Existed | 1982–present |
Major junctions | |
West end | Juglot |
East end | Skardu |
Location | |
Country | Pakistan |
Highway system | |
Strategic Highway 1 (S-1), also known as the Gilgit–Skardu Road (Balti: སྐར་མདོ་གིལགིཏ་རྒྱ་ལམ) or Skardu Road, is a 167-kilometre-long (104 mi) highway in Pakistan that links the cities of Gilgit and Skardu in Gilgit−Baltistan. It was constructed by the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and the Association of Chinese Engineers from 1970 to 1982.