Faizabad Interchange is the main gateway between the twin Pakistani cities of Rawalpindi & Islamabad. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. ( Urdu: Rāwalpindī) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistan 's capital city of Islamabad, in the province |name = Islamabad|native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = Capital City |total_type It was the first modern highway interchange of Pakistan made during late 1990's to better solve the traffic problem on Murree Road & Islamabad Highway. In the field of Road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically
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History
When Islamabad was built in 1960s, there was just a traffic signal between Rawalpindi & Islamabad at the point where Islamabad Highway and Murree Road intersect each other. The traffic light, also known as traffic signal, stop light, traffic lamp, stop-and-go lights, robot or semaphore, Traffic here had to wait hours to cross this signal due to enormous traffic on the route.
Construction
In 1997, Pakistani Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif ordered the construction of first cloverleaf interchange in Pakistan to provide a signal free passage between these roads. Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif also known as Nawaz Sharif ( Urdu:) (born December 25, 1949 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan The contract was given to NESPAK group of engineers at a cost of Rs. 130 Million and the interchange was completed in January 1998, making it the first modern cloverleaf interchange in Pakistan. Overview Cloverleaf interchanges viewed from overhead or on maps resemble the leaves of a Four-leaf clover.
Usage
Around 48. 000 vehicles use this interchange daily.
Upgradation
In 1999, a new road was planned to be constructed linking a town Pir Wadhai to this interchange. Thus the upgradation took place at this interchange making it the only few of coverleaf interchanges in world where 3 roads join. A common coverleaf interchange is always built between two highways, but Faizabad Interchange is built between three roads, known as Islamabad Highway, Murree Road and Pir Wadhai Road.