Roads in Eritrea

The Railway line Massawa-Asmara between Ghinda and Embatkalla.

The Eritrean highway system is named according to the road classification. The three levels of classification are: primary (P), secondary (S), and tertiary (T). The lowest level road is tertiary and serves local interests. Typically they are improved earth roads which are occasionally paved. During the wet seasons these roads typically become impassable. The next higher level road is a secondary road and typically is a single-layered asphalt road that connects district capitals together and those to the regional capitals. Roads that are considered primary roads are those that are fully asphalted (throughout their entire length) and in general they carry traffic between all the major towns in Eritrea.

Primary Highways of Eritrea

Title	Start point	Intermediate point	End point	Road type
P-1	Asmara	Ghinda	Massawa	Asphalt
P-2	Asmara	Adi Tekelezan	Keren	Asphalt
P-3	Asmara	Adi Keyh	Senafe	Asphalt
P-4	Asmara	Mendefera	Mareb River (border with Ethiopia)	Asphalt
P-5	Keren	Barentu	Tesseney	Asphalt
P-6	Massawa	Tiyo	Asseb	Gravel
P-7	Asseb	n/a	Bure	Asphalt
P-8	Gahtelai	Shebah	She'eb	Asphalt
P-9	Serejeqa	n/a	Shebah	Gravel

total: 4,010 km
paved: 874 km
unpaved: 3,136 km (1996 est.)