Reconstruction of the Karakoram Highway the China-Pakistan Friendship Tunnels can be traced to 2013, when China began construction on a bypass of Attabad Lake with a combination of 5 km worth of tunnels, two large bridges, and 78 small bridges to bypass the lake which had been formed after a 2010 earthquake triggered massive landslides. The resulting landslides cut off both the Indus River and Karakoram Highway resulting in the formation of the reservoir. Prior to completion of the bypass, all vehicular traffic had to be loaded onto barges to traverse the new reservoir. Construction of the tunnels began in 2012 and required 36 months
Radial Road 1 It serves the districts of Intramuros and Port Area and meets Roxas Boulevard in Rizal Park. R-1 becomes Roxas Boulevard after intersecting with Padre Burgos Avenue. This section of R-1 in Rizal Park is marked as Kilometer 0. It is a waterfront promenade which leads out of Ermita and Malate in the City of Manila into Pasay and Parañaque. Roxas Boulevard ends at the junction with NAIA Road. Between NAIA Road and Antero Soriano Highway in Kawit, Cavite, R-1 is known as the Manila–Cavite Expressway (also known as Coastal Road or CAVITEx). This tollroad connects Parañaque with Las Piñas and