M4 motorway (Pakistan)

M-4
Route information
Maintained by National Highway Authority, Government of Pakistan
Length:	233 km (145 mi)
Existed:	19 August 2009 – present
Major junctions
North end:	Faisalabad
	N5
South end:	Multan
Location
Major cities:	Gojra, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Shorkot, Abdul Hakeem, Khanewal
Highway system
National Highways of Pakistan Motorways of Pakistan

The M4 is an under-construction motorway in Punjab province, Pakistan. It will be a 233 km long, 4-lane (with capacity to increase to 6-lanes) access controlled motorway with 8 junctions (interchanges). Upon completion, it would connect the M3 with the M5 and the cities of Faisalabad and Multan.

Route

The M4 will begin at the termination of the M3 at the Sargodha Road Interchange on the northern outskirts of Faisalabad. It will continue on a southwest course connecting the cities of Faisalabad, Gojra, Toba Tek Singh, Shorkot, Abdul Hakeem, Khanewal and Multan. Once at Khanewal, it will merge onto the N5 temporarily until the M5 is complete.

The M4 will have four sections:

(i) Faisalabad-Gojra [58 km] (Completed and Opened for public traffic)

(ii) Gojra-Shorkot [62 km] (Under Construction)

(iii) Shorkot-Din Pur-Khanewal [64 km] (Under Construction)

(iv) Khanewal-Multan [45 km] (Opened for public traffic)

whereas two large bridges will be constructed on the River Ravi and Sadhnai Canal.

History

Construction began on 19 August 2009 with the ground-breaking ceremony performed by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani. Construction is expected to take three years to complete but due to political instability and security reasons it is still undercontruction. The M4 will be constructed in four stages: (i) Faisalabad-Gojra (58 km), (ii) Gojra-Shorkot (62 km), (iii) Shorkot-Din Pur-Khanewal (64 km) and (iv) Khanewal-Multan (45 km), whereas two large bridges will be constructed on the River Ravi and Shadhnai Channel. Estimated cost is USD 601 million.

The M-4 Motorway will have four sections.

FIRST Faisalabad-Gojra’s 58-kilometre section has been opened for traffic since March 2015. The project was completed by obtaining a loan of $170 million from the ADB.

Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in October 2015 signed a loan agreement of $178 million for construction of the SECOND Gojra-Shorkot 62-kilometer section of the M-4 Motorway is under construction since November 2015. The United Kingdom will also fund road construction and would provide $90.7 million as a grant. The government will invest the counterpart share of $46 million, bringing the total cost of the second section of project to $315 million. The Gojra-Shorkot section of 62 km will be completed by 2019.

The rest of the sections are Shorkot-Din Pur-Khanewal (64 km) pending construction,

FOURTH section Khanewal-Multan (45 km) is opened for traffic since 21st november 2015

Once the M-4 is completed, it will link the southern parts of Punjab with the north through already established networks of motorways. The M-4 Motorway will extend the already completed M-1, M-2 and M-3 motorways southward and shorten the distance between Multan and the twin cities of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.

Junctions and interchanges

M4 Motorway

Southbound exits	Junction	Northbound exits
To Gojra Sammundari and N-5	1	To Jhang
To Toba Tek Singh and N-5	2	To
To Khanewal at N-5	3	To N5 and Multan
To Multan at N-5 LMQ Road	4	To
To Moza Tataypur	5	To Multan
To Vihari	6	To Multan
To Bahawalpur and Lodhran at N-5 Ismail Shah Wala	7	To N5 and Multan

The M4 will have a total of 8 interchanges (exit/entry points).

Names of Interchanges

Construction of Faisalabad to Gojra section is completed

Three interchanges are on Faisalabad to Gojra section

1- Aminpur interchange.

2- Chiraghabad interchange.

3- Gojra Interchange.

See also

• Motorways of Pakistan
• National Highways of Pakistan
• Transport in Pakistan
• National Highway Authority