33°24′N73°18′E / 33.40°N 73.3°E
Agha Shahi Avenue | |
![]() Faiz Ahmed Faiz Metrobus Station at Ninth Avenue | |
Native name | |
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Maintained by | Capital Development Authority |
Length | 8 km (5.0 mi) [1] |
North end | Khayaban-e-Iqbal |
Major junctions | Peshawar Morr Interchange |
South end | IJP Road |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 28 February 2008 |
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. [1]
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