Editing Karachi (section)

===Road===

{{Main|List of streets in Karachi}}
Karachi is served by a road network estimated to be approximately {{convert|15500|km|abbr=off}} in length,<ref>{{cite news |title=In Karachi, 16,562 more vehicles hit the roads each month |url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/24/city/karachi/in-karachi-16562-more-vehicles-hit-the-roads-each-month/ |access-date=25 November 2016 |work=Pakistan Today |date=24 December 2011 |archive-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126174305/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/24/city/karachi/in-karachi-16562-more-vehicles-hit-the-roads-each-month/ |url-status=live }}</ref> serving approximately 5&nbsp;million vehicles per day.

Karachi is served by 6 Signal-Free Corridors which are designed as urban express roads to permit traffic to transverse large distances without the need to stop at intersections and stoplights. The {{cvt|16|km|mi|frac=2}} Karsaz Road connects [[Pakistan Air Force Museum|PAF Museum]] in central Karachi to [[SITE Town|SITE Industrial Area]]. The Rashid Minhas Road connects [[Surjani Town]] with [[Shah Faisal Town]] over a 20&nbsp;km span. The {{cvt|19|km|mi|frac=2}} University Road connects Karachi's urban centre to the [[Gulistan-e-Johar]] suburb. The {{cvt|18|km|mi|frac=2}} [[Shahrah-e-Faisal]] connects Karachi's [[Saddar Town|Sadar]] area to the [[Jinnah International Airport]]. The {{cvt|18|km|mi|frac=2}} Shahrah-e-Pakistan connects city centre to [[Federal B. Area]]. The {{cvt|18|km|mi|frac=2}} Sher Shah Suri Road connects the city centre to [[Nazimabad]].

The [[Lyari Expressway]] is a 16&nbsp;km [[controlled-access highway]] along the [[Lyari River]]. This toll highway is designed to relieve congestion within the city. To the north of Karachi lies the 39&nbsp;km [[Karachi Northern Bypass]] (M10), which bypasses the city to connect the M-9 Motorway to the [[National Highways of Pakistan|N25]] National Highway. A {{cvt|39|km|mi|frac=2}} Malir Expressway is under construction along the [[Malir River]]. It will link Karachi's [[Defence Housing Authority|DHA]] to Karachi's [[Malir Town]] and terminate at Kathore on the M-9 motorway.

Karachi is the terminus of the [[M-9 motorway (Pakistan)|M-9 motorway]], which connects Karachi to [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]]. The M-9 motorway is part of a larger countrywide motorways network, many of which were built through the [[China Pakistan Economic Corridor]] Project. From Hyderabad, motorways provide high-speed road access to all major Pakistani cities, including [[Peshawar]], [[Islamabad]], [[Lahore]], [[Multan]] and [[Faisalabad]].

Karachi is also the terminus of the [[N-5 National Highway]] which connects the city to the historic medieval capital of Sindh, [[Thatta]]. It offers further connections to northern Pakistan and the Afghan border near [[Torkham border crossing|Torkham]]. The N-25 National Highway connects Karachi to [[Quetta]], the capital of Balochistan. The N-10 National Highway connects Karachi to the emerging port city of [[Gwadar]].