Beira–Lobito Highway

The Beira- Lobito Highway No. 9 of the Trans - African highways that are of the Economic Commission for Africa ( UNECA ), the African Development Bank ( ADB ) and the African Union to develop. The route has a length of 3,523 miles and runs through Angola, the southern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique the middle.

In the southeastern half of the road is mostly finished, as it uses paved national roads in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The western half, however, who performs most of Angola and the People's Republic Congo, consists of mud runs and formerly paved roads, urgently need to be redeveloped.

The route connects mining areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and agricultural areas in Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe with the ports of Lobito on the Atlantic Ocean and Beira on the Indian Ocean. Civil wars in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe and Mozambique have hindered in the past the development of this highway, most recently in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, both of which are engaged in the reconstruction.

The road route is accompanied on the largest part of their path of a railway line, with the exception of the line from Kafue to Harare. However, this was also damaged by civil war action, so its western half, the Benguela railway, is not currently being operated.

Between Kapiri Mposhi and Kafue in Zambia Itineraries History corresponds to the Cairo - Gaborone ( Cape Town ) Highways ( TAH 4).

When it is ready, this is the most southern trunk road of the Trans -African Highway network that pervades the continent from east to west. In addition, offer regional highways that were built by the Southern African Development Community, already well-functioning and continuous paved alternatives, in particular the Trans Caprivi Highway from the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia on the south, a connecting Botswana and South Africa to the port of Maputo in southern Mozambique.

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  • African Development Bank / United Nations Economic Commission For Africa: " Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links: Volume 2: Description of Corridors". ( Version 29 February 2008 at the Internet Archive ) August 14, 2003 (English, PDF file, 8 kB)
  • Michelin Motoring and Tourist Map: "Africa North and West ". Michelin Travel Publications, Paris ( 2000) ( English)

Cairo -Dakar Highway | Algiers- Lagos Highway | Tripoli - Windhoek ( Cape Town ) Highway | Cairo - Gaborone ( Cape Town ) Highway | Dakar - N'Djamena - Highway | N'Djamena - Djibouti Highway | Dakar Lagos Highway | Lagos - Mombasa Highway | Beira- Lobito Highway

  • Trans - African Highways
  • Traffic (Angola)
  • Road in the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Road in Zambia
  • Traffic (Zimbabwe )
  • Traffic (Mozambique )
  • Building in Mozambique
Beira, Mozambique Trans-African Highway network Cairo – Cape Town Highway Trans-Caprivi-Highway Cairo–Dakar Highway Trans-Sahara Highway Trans–West African Coastal Highway Lagos–Mombasa Highway
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