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The Trans-West African Coastal Highway is a transnational highway project to link 12 West African coastal nations, from Mauritania in the north-west of the region to Nigeria in the east, with feeder roads already existing to two landlocked countries, Mali and Burkina Faso. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. Mauritania (موريتانيا Mūrītāniyā officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali is a Landlocked nation in Western Africa. Burkina Faso (bɚˌkiːnəˈfɑːsoʊ burr-KEE-na FAH-soh) also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a Landlocked nation in West Africa [1]

The eastern end of the highway is Lagos, Nigeria. Lagos ( pron ˈleɪgɒs or /ˈlɑːgoʊs/ overseas is the most populous Conurbation in Nigeria with Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Some organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consider its western end to be Nouakchott, Mauritania, and others such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa consider it to be Dakar, Senegal, giving rise to these alternative names for the road:

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Route and status

Overall length and condition

The length of the route is 4,560 kilometres (2,833 mi) of which 83% or 3,777 km (2,347 mi) has been paved according to African Union (AU) documents,[1] or 4,010 km (2,492 mi) with 3,260 km (2,026 mi) paved, according to African Development Bank (ADB) reports (which do not include the Nouakchott-Dakar section of about 570 km (354 mi)). The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States The African Union (abbreviated AU in English, and UA in its other working languages is a Confederation consisting of 53  African The African Development Bank ( ADB) is a development bank established in 1964 with the intention of promoting economic and social development in Africa. [2] There are about 9 unpaved sections, but some paved sections require reconstruction. All are two-lane highways with the exception of short four-lane highways in the eastern third of the route. The ADB reports published in 2003 say that 32% of the highway is in poor condition, 9% is good and 59% is fair.

Managing authorities

The highway is a project of ECOWAS and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) of the AU, with funding from the African Development Bank. The African Development Bank ( ADB) is a development bank established in 1964 with the intention of promoting economic and social development in Africa. The route is Trans Africa Highway No. 8 (TAH8) in the International Road Federation's list of nine highways which it regards as priorities for a Trans-Africa Highway network. The International Road Federation (IRF is the worldwide platform for all those in the private and public sector and for members of civil society who believe road infrastructure [3]

Route

The cities and countries served, and status of the road are as follows. Information about construction required is from two sources: the ECOWAS website,[4] undated document, and the ADB website, consultancy report date August 2003. [2] Note: 'spur' indicates the city is on a spur off the main alignment of the highway, 'existing' could mean a pre-existing national road has been adopted for the route or a section has been newly constructed.

Notes

  1. Between Monrovia and Abidjan the highway departs from the coastal route and goes as much as 400 km (249 mi) inland. Originally it was planned to follow the coast, and to this end Côte d'Ivoire built a paved road west of Abidjan along its coast to Tabou, near the Liberian border. Tabou is one of the fifty-eight departments of Côte d'Ivoire. However Liberia did not build any paved highways along its coast to Monrovia, and later adopted the inland route. [2]
  2. The eastern third of the route spanning Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin to Lagos is the longest existing section and probably the oldest, and the most used by traffic, to the extent that it became worn out and congested, leading to the need to construct new parallel by-passes along sections in Togo and in south-eastern Ghana. [2]
  3. The longest sections of earth roads needing to be paved, or missing entirely, are in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the last two both still recovering from years of civil war. A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state

Feeder roads and other transnational highways

Bamako, Mali and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (the two landlocked countries of ECOWAS) are already linked to the coastal highway by paved highways to Abidjan, Accra and Lomé. Bamako, population 1690471 (2006 is the Capital and largest city of Mali, and currently estimated to be the fastest growing city in Ouagadougou (ˌwɑgəˈduːguː Mossi wɑgədəgə is the Capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative Lagos is linked via the largest network of paved highways in West Africa, the national road network of Nigeria, with links to the neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa.

The Trans-Sahelian Highway is another ECOWAS project running parallel to the coastal highway linking the Sahelian countries of West Africa from Dakar to Ndjamena, Chad. The Trans-Sahelian Highway or Trans-Sahel Highway is a transnational Highway project to pave, improve and ease border formalities on a highway route through See also Sahel Tunisia, a region of eastern Tunisia. The Sahel or Sahel Belt (from Arabic ساحل sāḥil N'Djamena (ənʤəˈmeɪnə Arabic Niǧāmīnā نجامينا population 721000 (2005 is the Capital city of Chad. Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. [3]

Two other transnational roads are also under development from Lagos to link to the Trans-West African Coastal Highway:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Itai Madamombe (2006): "NEPAD promotes better transport networks". Africa Renewal, Vol. The Trans-African Highway network comprises Transcontinental Road projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for The Trans-Sahara Highway is a transnational Highway project to pave, improve and ease border formalities on an existing trade route across the Sahara Desert The Trans-Sahelian Highway or Trans-Sahel Highway is a transnational Highway project to pave, improve and ease border formalities on a highway route through The Cairo-Dakar Highway is Trans-African Highway 1 in the Transcontinental Road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for 20 No 3 (October 2006), page 14.
  2. ^ a b c d Volume 2: Description of Corridors (PDF). Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links. African Development Bank (2003-08-14). The African Development Bank ( ADB) is a development bank established in 1964 with the intention of promoting economic and social development in Africa. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Retrieved on 2007-07-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France.
  3. ^ a b c Eugene Chukwunwike Onyeka (2006): "Contributions of Surveying in the Development of Regional Infrastructures – An African Perspective." Shaping the Change: XXIII International FIG Congress, German INTERGEO, 8 – 13 October 2006. Munich, Germany.
  4. ^ Achievements of ECOWAS: "Development of Physical Infrastructures for Roads, Telecommunications and Energy". No Date. ECOWAS website retrieved 14 July 2007.
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