Chitral–Shandur Road (also known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Highway S-2) is a
provincial highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or ...
which extends from
Chitral
Chitral () is a city situated on the Kunar River, Chitral River in northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before ...
in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...
province to
Shandur in
Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative units of Pakistan, administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has b ...
province, Pakistan. Originally several separate roads, the Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority merged them together to form one continuous road.
Route
Chitral–Mastuj Road
The road starts from the town of Chitral and continues alongside the river (
Chitral River) to the north pole. It crosses the old chew pul (chew bridge) and goes along with various number of villages of the lower chitral. These villages (small towns) include Denin, Moroi, Kari, Istangol, Baranis, Reshun, Zait,
Kuragh, Charun, Junalikoch,
Booni (across the river), Parwak,
Mastuj
Mastuj () is a tehsil and a valley in Upper Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Mastuj is the principal settlement. It is located at 36°17'0N 72°31'0E with an altitude of 2359 metres (7742 feet). There are ruins of ...
. From Mastuj the road splits in to two. Continuing to the north pole will take to
Yarkhun road which ends to the last valley of
Broghil
Sarhad, also known as Sarhad-e Broghil or Sarhad-e Wakhan, is a river valley in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan.
Sarhad lies at an altitude of on the Wakhan River, at a point where the river broadens into a wide plain. ...
. While taking the south pole, it takes the travellers through the valley of Laspur starting from the village Harchin, gaht, Balim, Sor-Laspur and then Shandur Top (The pologround situated in the highest altitude). From Shandur the road continues to enter the valley of
Gilgit Baltistan
Gilgit (; Shina: ; ) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the ...
and the villages of
Ghizer valley.
Mastuj-Shandur Road
See also
Provincial Highways of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Notes
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Highways in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa