Ninth Avenue | |
Alternate Name: | Agha Shahi Avenue |
Maint: | Capital Development Authority |
Length Km: | 8 |
Length Ref: | [1] |
Country: | Pakistan |
Direction A: | North |
Terminus A: | Khayaban-e-Iqbal |
Junction: | Peshawar Morr Interchange |
Direction B: | South |
Terminus B: | IJP Road |
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] 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.