Korangi Causeway to Shut Down After Mega Expressway Opens

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has confirmed that the Korangi Causeway Road will be permanently closed once the Shahrah-e-Bhutto (Malir Expressway) is complete.

This announcement came during a progress review meeting on the 39-kilometer-long high-speed corridor that will connect DHA and Korangi to Hyderabad. The expressway is expected to be fully operational up to Kathore and the motorway by December 2025.

The chief minister was briefed that the first phase from Korangi Causeway to Quaidabad is 99% complete and already open. The second phase, from Quaidabad to Kathore, is 65% finished. The Jam Sadiq Interchange is 73% complete, with delays caused by ongoing Yellow Line construction. Other key interchanges are progressing steadily: EBM and Shah Faisal are finished, Quaidabad is 99% complete, and Memon Goth is at 28%. A 4-kilometer elevated stretch near Sammo Goth, along the Malir riverbed, is nearly halfway done.

Work on the new Korangi Causeway Bridge has reached 80% completion. Once operational, the existing road will be closed permanently. The chief minister stressed that the entire expressway must open to traffic up to Kathore by December 2025.

He also instructed the PPP Unit to complete a new 21-kilometer link road by July 2025, which will connect to the motorway and serve industrial zones and Education City. The new interchange connecting this link road is nearly ready, and the existing route will be shut down once the new road is active.

The Bhutto Highway, once completed, is expected to ease congestion and improve access between Karachi’s southern districts and the national motorway network.