Karakoram Highway the lake by small vessels, to be reloaded onto trucks at the other end. In July 2012 Pakistan began constructing a revised route around the lake at a higher elevation with five new tunnels, with total length of 7.12 km, and two new bridges. The work was contracted out to the China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) and was completed in September 2015—see Karakorum Highway Realignment (China-Pakistan Friendship Tunnels) below. At in length, the Pakistani section of the highway starts at Abbottabad, although the N-35 of which KKH is now part, officially starts from Hasan Abdal. The highway meets the
Reconstruction of the Karakoram Highway The planned upgrades to the section between Hasan Abdal and Raikot of the Karakoram Highway over the next many years is officially referred to in Pakistan as the Karakoram Highway Phase 2 project. This is currently a of 2 lane roadway referred to as the N-35. Work is underway to construct a new , six-lane controlled-access highway between Hasan Abdal and Havelian which upon completion will be officially referred to as the E-35 expressway, or Hazara Motorway. North of Havelian, the next of the 2 lane roadway will be upgraded to a four-lane dual carriageway between Havelian and Shinkiari. Groundbreaking