Editing Peshawar (section)

=== Road ===

[[File:Phase 3 Chowk.jpg|thumb|New [[Overpass|flyovers]], such as this one near the suburb of [[Hayatabad]], have been constructed in recent years to improve traffic flow.]]
Peshawar's east–west growth axis is centred on the historic [[Grand Trunk Road]] that connects Peshawar to [[Islamabad]] and [[Lahore]]. The road is roughly paralleled by the [[M1 motorway (Pakistan)|M-1 Motorway]] between Peshawar and Islamabad, while the [[M-2 motorway (Pakistan)|M-2 Motorway]] provides an alternate route to Lahore from Islamabad. The Grand Trunk Road also provides access to the Afghan border via the [[Khyber Pass]], with onwards connections to [[Kabul]] and [[Central Asia]] via the [[Salang Pass]].

Peshawar is to be completely encircled by the [[Peshawar Ring Road]] in order to divert traffic away from the city's congested centre. The road is currently under construction, with some portions open to traffic.

The [[Karakoram Highway]] provides access between the Peshawar region and western China, and an alternate route to Central Asia via [[Kashgar]] in the Chinese region of [[Xinjiang]].

The [[Indus Highway]] provides access to points south of Peshawar, with a terminus in the southern port city of [[Karachi]] via [[Dera Ismail Khan]] and northern [[Sindh]]. The {{cvt|1.9|km|mi|1}} [[Kohat Tunnel]] south of Peshawar provides access to the city of [[Kohat]] along the Indus Highway.

==== Motorways ====

Peshawar is connected to [[Islamabad]] and [[Rawalpindi]] by the 155 kilometre long [[M1 motorway (Pakistan)|M-1 Motorway]]. The motorway also links Peshawar to major cities in the province, such as [[Charsadda]] and [[Mardan]]. The M-1 motorway continues onwards to [[Lahore]] as part of the [[M-2 motorway (Pakistan)|M-2 motorway]].

Pakistan's motorway network links Peshawar to Faisalabad by the [[M4 motorway (Pakistan)|M-4 Motorway]], while a new motorway network to [[Karachi]] is being built as part of the [[China Pakistan Economic Corridor]].

The [[E35 expressway (Pakistan)|Hazara Motorway]] is being constructed as part of CPEC, and is providing control-access motorway travel all the way to [[Mansehra]] and [[Thakot]] via the M-1 and Hazara Motorways.