Lowari Tunnel
Lowari Tunnel (Urdu: لواری سرنگ, Lowari Surang) is a 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi) vehicular tunnel under the Lowari Pass of the Hindu Kush mountains, between Dir and Chitral in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is operated by the National Highway Authority and carries traffic on the N-45 National Highway, thus bypassing Lowari Pass. Construction was partly completed by June 2017, By late 2018, the tunnel was open to vehicular traffic for at least ten hours per day.
Lowari Tunnel | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 35°21′0″N 71°48′0″E |
| Status | Fully Functional |
| Route | Dir-Chitral Highway |
| Crosses | Lowari Pass |
| Operation | |
| Work begun | September 2005 |
| Opened | July 2017 |
| Technical | |
| Length | Tunnel 1: 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) Tunnel 2: 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) |
| No. of lanes | 2 |
The total cost of the tunnel was Rs. 26.954 billion (US$93 million). The tunnel is one of the longest tunnels in South Asia, and is the longest in Pakistan, superseding the 3.91 km (2.43 mi) Khojak Tunnel in 2018.
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