Ninth Avenue (Islamabad) Explained

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.

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  1. News: Billions wasted on faulty road projects. 6 January 2012. Weekly Pulse. 4 February 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20130123080421/http://www.weeklypulse.org/details.aspx?contentID=168&storylist=16. 23 January 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Rahmat . Kamran . 2008-05-03 . What’s in a name? A road to fame! . 2022-08-02 . . en.
  3. Web site: Shafi . Kamran . 2008-04-01 . Why, pray, Agha Shahi Avenue? . 2022-10-05 . . en.
  4. News: First signal-free road linking twin cities opened. 6 January 2012. The News. 25 February 2008.
  5. Web site: Mussadaq . Maha . 2010-04-18 . Oh dear! — a pretty sight may be but not comfortable living . 2022-08-02 . . en.
  6. News: ‘Confusing road signs’ on Ninth Avenue irk motorists. 6 January 2012. The News. 17 April 2009.