Ninth Avenue (Islamabad)

Road in Islamabad, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

33.40°N 73.3°E / 33.40; 73.3

Nativename
  • نائنتھ ایونیو (Urdu)
  • آغا شاہی ایونیو (Urdu)
Length8 km (5.0 mi)[1]
NorthendKhayaban-e-Iqbal
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Ninth Avenue
Agha Shahi Avenue
Faiz Ahmed Faiz Metrobus Station at Ninth Avenue
Interactive map of Ninth Avenue
Native name
  • نائنتھ ایونیو (Urdu)
  • آغا شاہی ایونیو (Urdu)
Maintained byCapital Development Authority
Length8 km (5.0 mi)[1]
North endKhayaban-e-Iqbal
Major junctions
Peshawar Morr Interchange
South endIJP Road
Construction
Inauguration28 February 2008; 18 years ago (2008-02-28)
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Ninth Avenue also known as Agha Shahi Avenue, named after Pakistani statesman Agha Shahi,[2][3] is a partially signal free road located in Islamabad. It was inaugurated by the then CDA chairman Kamran Lashari on 25 February 2008.[4][5]

Ninth Avenue at night

It starts from the intersection on Khayaban-e-Iqbal (Margalla Road) near Fatima Jinnah Park and ends at the intersection on IJP Road connecting Rawalpindi and Islamabad.[6] It is stretched between sectors 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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