{{Short description|Major road in Islamabad, Pakistan}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{infobox road | country = PAK | type = E | route = | alternate_name = Islamabad Highway<br>{{Nastaliq|اسلام آباد گزرگاہ}} | length_km = 28 | length_ref = | image = Faisal_Mosque,_Islamabad_III.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_alt = View of Faisal Mosque and Islamabad Expressway | image_notes = | direction_a = North | direction_b = South | terminus_a = Zero Point Interchange | junction = Shakarparian Interchange<br>Faizabad Interchange<br>Sohan Interchange<br>Khanna Interchange<br>Koral Interchange<br>Gulberg Greens Interchange | terminus_b = 30px at T Chowk, Rawat | established = 1968 | history = | maint = Capital Development Authority | ahn = | name = Islamabad Expressway }} thumb|Islamabad Expressway along its designated bike lane on the left The '''Islamabad Expressway''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq| اسلام آباد گزرگاه}}}}), sometimes also referred to as '''Islamabad Highway''', is a major north–south expressway in Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan. The expressway provides quick access between the Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Punjab, connecting the national capital with the N-5 National Highway. It stretches from Zero Point Interchange with the Srinagar Highway in Islamabad to Rawat, Islamabad Capital Territory on the N-5 National Highway.<ref name="Access Islamabad">{{cite web|title=Access Islamabad|url=http://www.visitislamabad.net/islamabad/files/file-detail.asp?var=access|work=Islamabad Guide|publisher=Islamabad Capital Administration, Government of Pakistan|access-date=1 January 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213163914/http://www.visitislamabad.net/islamabad/files/file-detail.asp?var=access|archive-date=13 December 2011}}</ref> The total length of the expressway is {{convert|28|km|sp=}}, with lanes varying from six to ten.
In 2007, the Capital Development Authority proposed to build three new interchanges on the highway at Koral Chowk, Lehtrar Road and Dhok Kala Khan Road to make it signal free.<ref name="Signal Free">{{cite news|title=Islamabad Highway to be signal free|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007%5C10%5C18%5Cstory_18-10-2007_pg7_37|access-date=5 January 2012|newspaper=Daily Times|date=18 October 2007}}</ref> However, expansion work was delayed until 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 May 2014 |title=Islamabad Expressway expansion: Government gives green signal to project |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/712284/islamabad-expressway-expansion-government-gives-green-signal-to-project |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref> The expansion later included a dedicated bike lane on the highway as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2015 |title=Islamabad Expressway to have separate lane for bikers |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/72304-islamabad-expressway-to-have-separate-lane-for-bikers |access-date=6 October 2022 |website=The Express Tribune}}</ref>
==Interchanges and exits== {{RJL|date=November 2021}} {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;" |- ! Exits !! Interchanges |- | Srinagar Highway Serena Hotel, Murree, Muzzaffarabad, Srinagar (East)<br> Islamabad Intn'l Airport, Motorways M1, M2 and N-5/ GT Road (West) || Zero Point Interchange |- | Garden Avenue, Shakarparian (East)<br>Sectors H-8/I-8 (West) || Shakarparian Interchange |- | Rawal Lake, Murree, Muzaffarabad, Srinagar (East)<br> IJP Road (West) || Faizabad Interchange |- | Sohan (East)<br>Rawalpindi-Dhok Kala Khan (West)|| Sohan Interchange |- | Khanna East, Lehtrar, Kotli Sattian (East)<br> Rawalpindi-Khanna West (West) || Khanna Interchange |- | Karaal, Ghouri Town (East)<br> Rawalpindi-Chaklala Cantonment (West), PAF Base Nur Khan (West) || Koral Interchange |- | Gulberg Greens (East)<br> Rawalpindi-Gulbahar (West) || Gulberg Interchange |- | Soan Gardens, PWD Employees Cooperative Housing Society, National Police Foundation O-9 Housing Society (West) || PWD Interchange |- | Naval Anchorage (East) || Naval Interchange |- | Japan Road (East)<br> River Gardens (West) || Japan Road Interchange |- | Kahuta Road, Humak Model Town (West)<br> Sihala, Kahuta, Rawlakot (West) || Sihala Interchange |- | DHA Phase 5 Gate 1 (East)<br> DHA Phase 2 Gate 7 & 8 (West) || DHA North Interchange |- | DHA Expressway (East)<br>DHA Phase 2 Gate 5 (West) || DHA South Interchange |- | N-5 National Highway Rawalpindi (North), <br> Jhelum, Kharian, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Lahore, Multan, Karachi (South) || T Chowk/Rawat Chowk |}
== See also == * Jinnah Avenue * Faizabad Interchange * Seventh Avenue (Islamabad) * Developments in Islamabad * Transport in Islamabad * Expressways of Pakistan
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://cda.gov.pk Capital Development Authority]
{{Territorial Highways of Islamabad Capital Territory}} {{Expressways of Pakistan}} {{Islamabad}}
Category:Highways in Islamabad Capital Territory Category:Highways in Punjab