SADC Regional Trunk Road Network

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Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network
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FormedAugust 2012;12 years ago (August 2012)
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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]

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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.CountryRouteConstituent roads
10 DRCBangassou – Buta – Kisangani – BukavuRN4, RN3
RwandaBukavu – Kigali – Rusumo
TanzaniaRusumo – Nzega – Dodoma – Morogoro – Dar es SalaamT3, T1
20 AngolaLobito – Kuito – Luena – Lucusse – Lumbala – Chavuma
ZambiaChavuma – Zambezi – Lusaka – Katete – Chipata – MwamiD239, M8, M9, T4
MalawiMwami – Lilongwe – Liwonde – MandimbaM12, M1, M8, M3
MozambiqueMandimba – Cuamba – Nampula
30 AngolaNamibe – Lubango – Menongue – Longa – Dirico – Mucusso
NamibiaMucusso – Divundu – Mohembo
BotswanaMohembo – Kaokwe – Gumare – Maun – Nata – Francistown – RamokgebwanaA35, A3, A1
ZimbabweRamokgebwana – Plumtree – Bulawayo – Gweru – Harare – Macheke – Nyazura – Mutare – MachipandaA7, A5, A3
MozambiqueMachipanda – BeiraEN6
40 NamibiaWalvis Bay – Swakopmund – Karibib – Okahandja – Windhoek – Gobabis – Buitepos/MamunoB2, B1, B6
BotswanaBuitepos/Mamuno – Takatshwane – Kang – Sekoma – Kanye – Lobatse – Pioneer GateA2
South AfricaPioneer Gate – Rustenburg – Pretoria – Middelburg – Nelspruit – KomatipoortN4
MozambiqueKomatipoort – MaputoEN4
50 NamibiaLuderitz – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – Karasburg – NakopB4, B1, B3
South AfricaNakop – Upington – Kimberley – Bloemfontein – MaseruN10, N8
LesothoMaseru – Thaba Tseko – TaungA2, A5, A3

North–south

No.CountryRouteConstituent roads
05 DRCBukavu – Kabinda – Mbuji-Mayi – Tshilenge – Kananga – Kenge – Madimba – LuvoRN2, RN1, RN15
AngolaLuvo – M'banza Congo – N'zeto – Luanda – Maria Teresa – Huambo – Cacula – Lubango – Ondjiva – OshikangoEN120, EN100, EN230, EN354, EN280, EN105
NamibiaOshikango – Ondangwa – Tsumeb – Otavi – Otjiwarongo – Okahandja – Windhoek – Rehoboth – Mariental – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – VioolsdrifB1
South AfricaVioolsdrif – Springbok – Clanwilliam – Malmesbury – Cape TownN7
15 TanzaniaMutukula – Bukoba – Kasulu – TundumaT4, T3, T9
ZambiaNakonde – Mpika – Kapiri Mposhi – Kabwe – Lusaka – Kafue – LivingstoneT2, T1
ZimbabweVictoria Falls – Kazungula
BotswanaKazungula – Pandamatenga – Nata – Francistown – Palapye – Mahalapye – Gaborone – Lobatse – RamatlabamaA33, A3, A1
South AfricaRamatlabama – Vryburg – Kimberley – Three SistersN18, N12
25 TanzaniaNamanga – Arusha – Dodoma – Iringa – Uyole – KasumuluT2, T5, T1, T10
MalawiKasumulu – Mzuzu – Kasungu – Lilongwe – Liwonde – Liwonde – Zomba – Limbe – Blantyre – ZóbueM8, M1, M3, M1, M6
MozambiqueZóbue – Tete – Changara – NyamapandaN7, N8
ZimbabweNyamapanda – Harare – Chivhu – Mvuma – Masvingo – Rutenga – BeitbridgeA2, A4, A6
South AfricaBeitbridge – Pietersburg – Pretoria – Johannesburg – Bloemfontein – Colesberg – Middelburg (EC) – Port ElizabethN1, N9, N10, N2
35 TanzaniaLunga Lunga – Tanga – Segera – Dar es Salaam – Lindi – Mingoyo – Masasi – Nangomba – NegomaneT13, T2, T1, T7, T6
MozambiqueNegomane – Nampula – Mocuba – Caia – Inchope – Macia – Maputo – NamaachaR1251, N381, N380, N1, N4, N2
SwazilandNamaacha – Simunye – Big Bend – LavumisaMR3, MR7, MR16, MR8
South AfricaLavumisa – Richards Bay – DurbanN2

Intermediate roads

No.CountryRouteConstituent roads
06South AfricaThree Sisters – Beaufort West – Cape TownN1
07AngolaLobito – Benguela – CaculaEN260, EN280
12NamibiaOshikango – Rundu – Divundu – Katima Mulilo – NgomaB10, B8
BotswanaNgoma – Kasane – Kazungula – PandamatengaA33
16South AfricaColesberg – Three SistersN1
17TanzaniaTunduma – UyoleT1
19ZambiaNakonde – ChitipaM14
MalawiChitipa – KarongaM26
21ZambiaKatete – CassacatizaT6
MozambiqueCassacatiza – TeteN9
22ZambiaKafue – ChirunduT2
ZImbabweChirundu – HarareA1
24ZimbabweVictoria Falls – BulawayoA8
26ZimbabweRutenga – Chicualacuala
MozambiqueChicualacula – MaciaN221, N101
27MozambiqueChangara – Catandica – Nova VanduziN7
28MalawiBlantyre – Nsanje – MarkaM1
MozambiqueMarka – Mutarara – Morrumbala – MaboreN300, N322
29MalawiLimbe – MilangeM2
MozambiqueMilange – MocubaN11, N321
31TanzaniaArusha – Korogwe – SegeraT2
32NamibiaOtjiwarongo – KaribibC33
34BotswanaSehitwa – GhanziA3
36South AfricaRustenburg – Johannesburg – Harrismith – DurbanR24, N1, N12, N3

Branch/link/connecting roads

No.CountryRouteConstituent roads
231South AfricaWinburg – HarrismithN5
322South AfricaPolokwane – Tzaneen – NelspruitR71, R526, R40
421BotswanaPalapye – GroblersbrugB140
South AfricaGroblersbrug – Mokopane – Middelburg (MP) – Ermelo – OshoekN11, N17
SwazilandOshoek – Mbabane – Manzini – Siteki – GobaMR3, MR7
MozambiqueGoba – Route 35N3
422South AfricaKomatipoort – ManangaR571
SwazilandManaga – Mhlume – Route 35MR5, MR24
423SwazilandManzini – Big BendMR8
425South AfricaJohannesburg – Ermelo – GolelaN17, N2
426South AfricaJohannesburg – WitbankN12
431MozambiqueMaputo – Ponta do OuroN200
South AfricaPonta do Ouro – Manguzi – HluhluweR22
516South AfricaGroblershoop – De Aar – MiddelburgN10


See also

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