SADC Regional Trunk Road Network
| Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network | |
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| System information | |
| Formed | August 2012 |
| Highway names | |
The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network or SADC RTRN is a trans nation road network across Southern Africa.[1] The projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),[2][3] the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with the Southern African Development Community. They aim to promote trade and alleviate poverty in Africa through highway infrastructure development and the management of road-based trade corridors.[4][5][6]
Background
The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network (SADC RTRN) is a system of numbered roads in Southern Africa. The core of the network is the reference roads, which are major trans-regional routes. East-west oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 0.[7][8] North-south oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 5.[9][10] Intermediate roads connect two reference roads and also have two-digit numbers. Branch, link and connecting roads are less important routes, and are identified with a three-digit number.[11][12][13]
Table of roads
The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network (SADC RTRN) is a system of numbered roads in Southern Africa. The core of the network is the reference roads, which are major trans-regional routes. East-west oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 0. North-south oriented reference roads have a two-digit number with the second digit a 5. Intermediate roads connect two reference roads and also have two-digit numbers. Branch, link and connecting roads are less important routes, and are identified with a three-digit number.
Reference roads
East–west
| No. | Country | Route | Constituent roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | DRC | Bangassou – Buta – Kisangani – Bukavu | RN4, RN3 |
| Rwanda | Bukavu – Kigali – Rusumo | ||
| Tanzania | Rusumo – Nzega – Dodoma – Morogoro – Dar es Salaam | T3, T1 | |
| 20 | Angola | Lobito – Kuito – Luena – Lucusse – Lumbala – Chavuma | |
| Zambia | Chavuma – Zambezi – Lusaka – Katete – Chipata – Mwami | D239, M8, M9, T4 | |
| Malawi | Mwami – Lilongwe – Liwonde – Mandimba | M12, M1, M8, M3 | |
| Mozambique | Mandimba – Cuamba – Nampula | ||
| 30 | Angola | Namibe – Lubango – Menongue – Longa – Dirico – Mucusso | |
| Namibia | Mucusso – Divundu – Mohembo | ||
| Botswana | Mohembo – Kaokwe – Gumare – Maun – Nata – Francistown – Ramokgebwana | A35, A3, A1 | |
| Zimbabwe | Ramokgebwana – Plumtree – Bulawayo – Gweru – Harare – Macheke – Nyazura – Mutare – Machipanda | A7, A5, A3 | |
| Mozambique | Machipanda – Beira | EN6 | |
| 40 | Namibia | Walvis Bay – Swakopmund – Karibib – Okahandja – Windhoek – Gobabis – Buitepos/Mamuno | B2, B1, B6 |
| Botswana | Buitepos/Mamuno – Takatshwane – Kang – Sekoma – Kanye – Lobatse – Pioneer Gate | A2 | |
| South Africa | Pioneer Gate – Rustenburg – Pretoria – Middelburg – Nelspruit – Komatipoort | N4 | |
| Mozambique | Komatipoort – Maputo | EN4 | |
| 50 | Namibia | Luderitz – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – Karasburg – Nakop | B4, B1, B3 |
| South Africa | Nakop – Upington – Kimberley – Bloemfontein – Maseru | N10, N8 | |
| Lesotho | Maseru – Thaba Tseko – Taung | A2, A5, A3 |
North–south
| No. | Country | Route | Constituent roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05 | DRC | Bukavu – Kabinda – Mbuji-Mayi – Tshilenge – Kananga – Kenge – Madimba – Luvo | RN2, RN1, RN15 |
| Angola | Luvo – M'banza Congo – N'zeto – Luanda – Maria Teresa – Huambo – Cacula – Lubango – Ondjiva – Oshikango | EN120, EN100, EN230, EN354, EN280, EN105 | |
| Namibia | Oshikango – Ondangwa – Tsumeb – Otavi – Otjiwarongo – Okahandja – Windhoek – Rehoboth – Mariental – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – Vioolsdrif | B1 | |
| South Africa | Vioolsdrif – Springbok – Clanwilliam – Malmesbury – Cape Town | N7 | |
| 15 | Tanzania | Mutukula – Bukoba – Kasulu – Tunduma | T4, T3, T9 |
| Zambia | Nakonde – Mpika – Kapiri Mposhi – Kabwe – Lusaka – Kafue – Livingstone | T2, T1 | |
| Zimbabwe | Victoria Falls – Kazungula | ||
| Botswana | Kazungula – Pandamatenga – Nata – Francistown – Palapye – Mahalapye – Gaborone – Lobatse – Ramatlabama | A33, A3, A1 | |
| South Africa | Ramatlabama – Vryburg – Kimberley – Three Sisters | N18, N12 | |
| 25 | Tanzania | Namanga – Arusha – Dodoma – Iringa – Uyole – Kasumulu | T2, T5, T1, T10 |
| Malawi | Kasumulu – Mzuzu – Kasungu – Lilongwe – Liwonde – Liwonde – Zomba – Limbe – Blantyre – Zóbue | M8, M1, M3, M1, M6 | |
| Mozambique | Zóbue – Tete – Changara – Nyamapanda | N7, N8 | |
| Zimbabwe | Nyamapanda – Harare – Chivhu – Mvuma – Masvingo – Rutenga – Beitbridge | A2, A4 | |
| South Africa | Beitbridge – Pietersburg – Pretoria – Johannesburg – Bloemfontein – Colesberg – Middelburg (EC) – Port Elizabeth | N1, N9, N10, N2 | |
| 35 | Tanzania | Lunga Lunga – Tanga – Segera – Dar es Salaam – Lindi – Mingoyo – Masasi – Nangomba – Negomane | T13, T2, T1, T7, T6 |
| Mozambique | Negomane – Nampula – Mocuba – Caia – Inchope – Macia – Maputo – Namaacha | R1251, N381, N380, N1, N4, N2 | |
| Swaziland | Namaacha – Simunye – Big Bend – Lavumisa | MR3, MR7, MR16, MR8 | |
| South Africa | Lavumisa – Richards Bay – Durban | N2 |
Intermediate roads
| No. | Country | Route | Constituent roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 | South Africa | Three Sisters – Beaufort West – Cape Town | N1 |
| 07 | Angola | Lobito – Benguela – Cacula | EN260, EN280 |
| 12 | Namibia | Oshikango – Rundu – Divundu – Katima Mulilo – Ngoma | B10, B8 |
| Botswana | Ngoma – Kasane – Kazungula – Pandamatenga | A33 | |
| 16 | South Africa | Colesberg – Three Sisters | N1 |
| 17 | Tanzania | Tunduma – Uyole | T1 |
| 19 | Zambia | Nakonde – Chitipa | M14 |
| Malawi | Chitipa – Karonga | M26 | |
| 21 | Zambia | Katete – Cassacatiza | T6 |
| Mozambique | Cassacatiza – Tete | N9 | |
| 22 | Zambia | Kafue – Chirundu | T2 |
| ZImbabwe | Chirundu – Harare | A1 | |
| 24 | Zimbabwe | Victoria Falls – Bulawayo | A8 |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | Rutenga – Chicualacuala | |
| Mozambique | Chicualacula – Macia | N221, N101 | |
| 27 | Mozambique | Changara – Catandica – Nova Vanduzi | N7 |
| 28 | Malawi | Blantyre – Nsanje – Marka | M1 |
| Mozambique | Marka – Mutarara – Morrumbala – Mabore | N300, N322 | |
| 29 | Malawi | Limbe – Milange | M2 |
| Mozambique | Milange – Mocuba | N11, N321 | |
| 31 | Tanzania | Arusha – Korogwe – Segera | T2 |
| 32 | Namibia | Otjiwarongo – Karibib | C33 |
| 34 | Botswana | Sehitwa – Ghanzi | A3 |
| 36 | South Africa | Rustenburg – Johannesburg – Harrismith – Durban | R24, N1, N12, N3 |
Branch/link/connecting roads
| No. | Country | Route | Constituent roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | South Africa | Winburg – Harrismith | N5 |
| 322 | South Africa | Polokwane – Tzaneen – Nelspruit | R71, R526, R40 |
| 421 | Botswana | Palapye – Groblersbrug | B140 |
| South Africa | Groblersbrug – Mokopane – Middelburg (MP) – Ermelo – Oshoek | N11, N17 | |
| Swaziland | Oshoek – Mbabane – Manzini – Siteki – Goba | MR3, MR7 | |
| Mozambique | Goba – Route 35 | N3 | |
| 422 | South Africa | Komatipoort – Mananga | R571 |
| Swaziland | Managa – Mhlume – Route 35 | MR5, MR24 | |
| 423 | Swaziland | Manzini – Big Bend | MR8 |
| 425 | South Africa | Johannesburg – Ermelo – Golela | N17, N2 |
| 426 | South Africa | Johannesburg – Witbank | N12 |
| 431 | Mozambique | Maputo – Ponta do Ouro | N200 |
| South Africa | Ponta do Ouro – Manguzi – Hluhluwe | R22 | |
| 516 | South Africa | Groblershoop – De Aar – Middelburg | N10 |
See also
- Other intercontinental highway systems:
- Trans-African Railway
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