M-16 motorway (Pakistan)

Swat Expressway سوات بزرگراه
Route information
Maintained by Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority
Length	160 km (99 mi)
Existed	Made partially operative on 03 June, 2019–present
Major junctions
North end	Pul Saokaie, Malakand District
South end	Nowshera
Location
Country	Pakistan
Highway system
Roads in Pakistan

The Swat Expressway (Urdu: سوات بزرگراه, Pashto: د سوات بزرگراه ) is 160-kilometre-long (99 mi) 4-lane provincial expressway in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Route

The expressway stretches from Nowshera to Chakdara in Lower Dir District, passing through Swabi, Mardan, Malakand and Swat districts. The project was inaugurated in August 2016 and partially opened for traffic on 3 June 2019. Upon completion of the expressway, travel time from Nowshera to Chakdara will reduce from three hours to one hour. The Swat expressway was constructed by the Frontier Works Organization at a cost of Rs. 36 billion (US$120 million). The Asian Development Bank and China provided the principal technical and financial assistance for the project, while Saudi Arabia pledged Rs. 3.4 billion (US$12 million). Phase two of the expressway will extend another 79 kilometers to the north and terminate at Fatehpur. On 16 July 2020, ECNEC approves land acquisition for Swat Motorway Phase-II at a cost of Rs20bn.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government allocated Rs. 70 billion (US$240 million) for the extension.

The Swat Expressway should not be confused with the E90 Expressway (Besham–Khwazakhela Expressway) proposed by the National Highway Authority, which also terminates in Swat.

See also

• Provincial Highways of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• E90 Expressway