Roads in Kenya

According to the Kenya Roads Board, Kenya has 160,886 kilometers (99,970 mi) of roads.

Classification

They are currently classified into the following categories:

Class	Description	Purpose	Roads	Paved	Unpaved	Total (in km)
A	International Trunk Roads	Link centres of international importance and cross international boundaries or terminate at international ports or airports.	A1, A2, A3, A4, A14, A23, A104, A109	2,772	816	3,588
B	National Trunk Roads	Link nationally important centres (e.g. Provincial headquarters).	B1, B3, B8	1,489	1,156	2,645
C	Primary Roads	Link provincially important centres to each other or to higher class roads (e.g. District headquarters).	C107, C111, C115	2,693	5,164	7,857
D	Secondary Roads	Link locally important centres to each other, or to more important centres or to a higher class road (e.g. divisional headquarters).		1,238	9,483	10,721
E	Minor Roads	Any link to a minor centre.		577	26,071	26,649
SPR	Special Purpose Roads	Government Roads (G) Settlement Roads (L) Rural Access Roads (R) Sugar Roads (S) Tea Roads (T) Wheat Roads (W)		100	10,376	10,476
U	Unclassified Roads	All other public roads and streets		2,318	96,623	98,941
All	Total	All public roads and streets		11,187	149,689	160,876

International highways

Two routes in the Trans-African Highway network pass through Kenya and the capital, Nairobi:

• The Cairo-Cape Town Highway, Trans-African Highway 4, linking North Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. From Nairobi southwards this is one of the most heavily used routes in the network, and includes one of the longest complete paved sections. However, it still has missing links to the north and it is not practical to travel to Cairo without off-road vehicles. This part will be completed as part of the LAPSSET project.
• The Lagos-Mombasa Highway, Trans-African Highway 8, links East Africa and West Africa. It is only complete between the Ugandan–DR Congo border and Mombasa, linking the African Great Lakes region to the sea. It is also named the 'Trans-African Highway'.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

Further reading

• Conover, Ted (2010). "The Road Is Very Unfair". The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 118–163. ISBN 978-1-4000-4244-9.

External links

• Getting around in Kenya from Lonely Planet
• "Study on Matatu". Thredbo. Institute of Transport Studies, University of Sydney Business School. 1999. Retrieved 2 May 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
• "Our Turn To Eat: The Political Economy of Roads in Kenya" (PDF). R4D (Research for Development). UK Department for International Development. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
• Kenya on maplandia.com

Regulators

The following Kenyan state corporations are involved in the regulation of transport:

• Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA)
• Kenya Roads Board
• National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA)
• Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA)