M6 motorway (Pakistan)

M-6
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority
Length: 296 km (184 mi)
Existed: 2016 – present
Major junctions
North end: Sukkur (M5)
South end: Hyderabad (M9)
Location
Major cities:
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

The M6 (Urdu: موٹروے 6‎) is a proposed north-south motorway in Pakistan, which will connect Sukkur to Hyderabad. The motorway is 296 km long motorway will become a vital link to connecting Karachi to Peshawar.[1] The motorway will cost approximately $1.7 billion to build.[2] The motorway project will require the construction of several interchanges, and 25 bridges on the Indus river and irrigation canals.[3]

The project is being built as part of the larger Eastern Alignment of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In August 2016, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif formally approved the project, although contracts for construction are to be announced at a later date.[4]

Route

At its southern terminus, the M6 motorway will connect to the M9 motorway at Jamshoro for onward connections to Karachi. The route will then course towards the northeast, and connect to the N55 Indus Highway via an interchange. It will continue to course towards the northeast to connect to the city of Hyderabad, via an intersection with the N-5 National Highway. From there the road will course towards the north towards the cities of Matiari, Tando Adam, Shahdadpur and Nawabshah in central Sindh. It will then continue northwards towards Khairpur, and finally course northeast again towards the city of Rohri, which lies across the Indus River from Sukkur in northern Sindh province. From Rohri, a controlled access motorway will continue onwards towards Multan and Islamabad.

Financing

Construction of the motorway is to cost an estimated $1.7 billion.[5] While the government of China has extended low interest concessionary loans to cover large portions of CPEC infrastructure projects,[6] the government of Pakistan in July 2016 decided to allow international bidding for the project, citing difficulty meeting Pakistan's required financial contributions for utilization of concessionary Chinese loans.[7] Chinese and South Korean companies have reportedly shown early interest in the project.[8]

Interchanges

Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway

M-6

Interchange Junction Location
Jamshoro 1 M-9 Jamshoro
N-55 2 Jamshoro Sehwan Rd
Hyderabad 3 N-5
Matiari 4 Tando Allah Yar Rd
Oderolal 5 khyber Rd
Tando Adam 6 Bhit Shah Rd
Shahdadpur 7 Hala Rd
Nawabshah 8 Sakrand Rd
Daur 9 Qazi Ahmed Rd
Padiadan 10
Bhiria Road 11
Mehrabpur 12
Gadeji 13 N-5
Larkana Khairpur Rd 14
Khairpur 15 Pir Jo Goth Rd
Rohri 16 Junction M-5

References

  1. ↑ "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Karachi-Lahore motorway: Stakeholders unhappy with environment impact report". The Express Tribune. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "PM approves construction of Hyderabad-Sukkur motorway". ARY News. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Butt, Naveed (3 September 2015). "ECONOMIC CORRIDOR: CHINA TO EXTEND ASSISTANCE AT 1.6 PERCENT INTEREST RATE". Business Recorder. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Hyderabad-Sukkur section: China, S Korea lobbying for M-6 motorway". The Express Tribune. 28 July 2016.


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