Ninth Avenue (Islamabad)

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Coordinates: 33°24′N 73°18′E / 33.40°N 73.3°E / 33.40; 73.3

Ninth Avenue
9th Avenue and Faiz Ahmed Faiz Metro Bus Station.jpg
9th Avenue and Faiz Ahmed Faiz MetroBus Station
Length 8 km[1] (5 mi)
North end Khayaban-e-Iqbal
Major
junctions		 Peshawar Morr Interchange
South end IJP Road
Construction
Inauguration 25 February 2008

Ninth Avenue also known as Agha Shahi Avenue, named after Pakistani statesman Agha Shahi, is a partially signal free road located in Islamabad. It was inaugurated by the then CDA chairman Kamran Lashari on 25 February 2008.[2] It starts from the intersection on Khayaban-e-Iqbal (Marghalla Road) near Fatima Jinnah Park and ends at intersection on IJP Road connecting Rawalpindi and Islamabad.[3] It is stretched between Sector F-8, G-8, H-8, I-8 and F-9, G-9, H-9, I-9. Ninth Avenue was built at a cost of PKR 1,686.373 million.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Billions wasted on faulty road projects". Weekly Pulse. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. ^ "First signal-free road linking twin cities opened". The News. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. ^ "'Confusing road signs' on Ninth Avenue irk motorists". The News. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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