S-1 Strategic Highway

Strategic Highway S–1
Route information
Maintained by the Pakistani National Highway Authority
Length167 km[1] (104 mi)
Existed1982–present
Major junctions
West endJuglot
East endSkardu
Location
CountryPakistan
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.

  1. ^ "Dare to drive the Gilgit-Skardu Road".