5-590: Alexander Road is a roadway project in Islamabad , Pakistan that will connect Islamabad with the Haripur District . The road and the freshly built Margalla Avenue were both opened by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 20 June 2023, as the Capital Development Authority (CDA) was getting ready to start work. The Alexander Well , a notable well located on the border between Islamabad and Haripur,
10-412: A central reservation (North American English: median). A local-express lane system (also called collector-express or collector-distributor) has more than two roadways, typically two sets of 'local lanes' or 'collector lanes' and also two sets of 'express lanes'. "Cars only" lanes may be physically separated from those open to mixed traffic including trucks and buses. The New Jersey Turnpike ( I-95 ) in
15-668: A width of road on which a vehicle is not restricted by any physical barriers or separation to move laterally. A carriageway generally consists of a number of traffic lanes together with any associated shoulder , but may be a sole lane in width (for example, a highway offramp ). A single carriageway road (North American English: undivided highway) has one carriageway with 1, 2 or more lanes together with any associated footways (North American English: sidewalk) and road verges (North American English: tree belt, parkway, or other regional variants). A dual carriageway road (North American English: divided highway) has two roadways separated by
20-688: Is the name of the road. Although it is frequently called Alexander Road, an official name has not yet been decided. The 7.5 km-long road is intended to extend as far as the Kenthla Area, with potential links to the Haripur Area in the future. An engineer from the CDA claims that the road will be built within the limits of Islamabad and will end at the boundary between Islamabad and Haripur next to Kenthla well . Roadway A carriageway ( British English ) or roadway ( North American English ) consists of
25-707: The United States, uses this design from the Pennsylvania Turnpike to its northern terminus at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee . High-occupancy vehicle lanes may also be physically separated from the remainder of the general traffic lanes as a distinct roadway. Some cities such as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , have many bus-only roadways to alleviate congestion related to public transit buses, despite its very challenging topography which severely limits
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