Faizabad Interchange (Urdu: فیض آباد ادلا بدلی) is a cloverleaf interchange which serves as a junction between Islamabad Highway and Murree Road in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Faizabad Interchange فیض آباد ادلا بدلی | |
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Location | |
Islamabad and Rawalpindi | |
Coordinates | 33°39′52″N 73°5′13″E / 33.66444°N 73.08694°E |
Roads at junction | Murree Road Islamabad Highway |
Construction | |
Type | Cloverleaf interchange |
Opened | January 1998 |
Constructed by NESPAK at a cost of Rs 130 million (£745,000),[1] the interchange was completed in January 1998,[2] making it the first modern cloverleaf interchange in Pakistan.[3] Over 100,000 vehicles use this interchange daily and serves a major entry and exit point to Islamabad and Rawalpindi.[4] The interchange is only a few cloverleaf interchanges in the world where three roads have been joined rather than two, linking the Islamabad Expressway, Murree Road, and the IJP Road.
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edit- ^ List of Major Projects - NESPAK (PDF).
- ^ "Traffic congestion at Faizabad irks commuters". The Nation. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ NESPAK. "Faizabad Interchange". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10.
- ^ "After crackdown on Faizabad dharna: Army called out in Islamabad". The News International. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
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