B8 road (Namibia)

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B8 road
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Major junctions
West end B1 at Otavi
  Zambia Border at Katima Mulilo
East end A33 Botswana Border at Ngoma
Location
Major cities Otavi, Grootfontein, Rundu, Divundu, Katima Mulilo
Highway system
Transport in Namibia
Crossing the Trans-Caprivi Highway on approach to Katima's Mpacha Airport. Caprivi Highway near Katima aerial.jpg
Crossing the Trans–Caprivi Highway on approach to Katima's Mpacha Airport.

B8 road often known as the Golden Highway [1] is one of the national highways of Namibia. It leads from the B1 at Otavi via Grootfontein and Rundu through the Caprivi Strip to the border town of Katima Mulilo (where there is a road crossing into Zambia) and further on to the Botswana border at Ngoma. It forms the first section of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road.

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References

  1. http://www.namibia-travel-guide.com/bradt_guide.asp?bradt=416>
  2. Labersweiler, Sabine (7 February 2011). "Kapelle in Mile 30 eingeweiht" [Chapel consecrated at Mile 30] (in German). Evangelical Lutheran Provost Brunswick. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012.