A1 motorway (Tunisia)

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A1 motorway
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Route information
Length659 km (409 mi)
Existed1981–present
Major junctions
North end Tunis
South end Ben Guerdane
Location
Country Tunisia
Major cities Tunis, Ben Arous, Hammam Lif, Hammamet, Enfida, Sousse, El Jem, Sfax, Gabès, Medenine, Ben Guerdane
Highway system

Tunisia's A1 or A-1 motorway is a 659 km road connecting Tunis and Ben Guerdane. In the map shown, the A-1 is in red. The highway was built from Tunis at the north end toward the south and is continuing to be extended to finally reach the Tunisian Libyan border.

Contents

The A-1 is conceived of as part of an international project, sometimes called the Trans-Maghreb [1] or Trans-North Africa Highway [2] or Trans-African Highway 1 that is planned to reach from Cairo to Dakar.

There are three lanes each way from Tunis to Hammamet then two lanes each way from Hammamet to Sfax. It is a toll road part of the way. Road signs are in Arabic and French. The speed limit on Tunisian highways is 110 km/h.

History

The first section connected Tunis to Turki (near Grombalia) in 1981. It was extended to Hammamet in 1986, to Enfidha in 1994, and to Sfax in 2008 and to Gabes in 2019. [3]

Further construction

The extension to Gabes took a long time: progress slowed after the Tunisian revolution of 2011 [2] and the European Investment Bank provided with some financial support for extensions, starting in 2014. [4] [5]

In January 2023, advancement of the remaining 182 km from Gabès to Medenine, Ben Gardane, and to Ras Jedir on the Libyan border was estimated to be 90% completed at cost of 550 million dinars, with already 5 interchanges, 4 toll stations, 4 restop areas, and 107 hydraulic structures already built on the Gabes-Medenine section. Opening is planned for the end of May 2023. [6]

Distances, rest areas, and exits

The planned route from Tunis to the Libyan frontier is 573 km:

There are service areas at Grombalia, Sidi Khelifa, Borjine, and El Jem.

Exits and interchanges are, in order: the interchange between A1 and Olympic City November 7th, Hammam Lif, Mornag, Grombalia, Turki, Hammamet-Nord, Golf Hammamet, Hammamet, Hammamet-Sud, Bouficha, Enfidha, Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport, Hergla, Sidi Bou Ali, Kalâa Kebira, Sousse, Sousse city center, M'saken, Jemmel, Kerker, El Jem, El Hencha, and Sfax-Nord

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References

  1. ↑ Trans-Maghreb Highway at Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa web site
  2. 1 2 Frédéric Dubessy. Jigsaw of Trans-North Africa Highway nears completion. 21 May 2013
  3. ↑ webmanagercenter.com; Bessais, Raja (2019-05-31). "Sfax : Ouverture de l'autoroute Sfax-Gabès dans les deux sens". Webmanagercenter (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
  4. ↑ Khaled Boumiza. Tunis: Resumption of construction of the national liaison 1 / A1 via Borj Cedria. African Manager. 26 Feb 2014. (in French)
  5. ↑ Tunisia: EUR 250 million (TND 554 million) lent for road infrastructure and SMEs. European Investment Bank news release 23 Feb 2016
  6. ↑ TAP, La Presse avec (2022-08-06). "L'autouroute Gabès-Medenine sera ouverte à la circulation au cours du 1er trimestre de 2023". La Presse de Tunisie (in French). Retrieved 2023-01-22.


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