Beira–Lobito Highway

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Trans-African Highway 9 shield
Trans-African Highway 9
Route information
Length3,523 km (2,189 mi)
Major junctions
East endBeira, Mozambique
Major intersections TAH 4 in Zambia
TAH 3 in Alto Hama, Angola
West endLobito, Angola
Location
Highway system
← TAH 8 

The

Trans-African Highway 9 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union. The route has a length of 3,523 km (2,189 mi) crossing Angola, the most southerly part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and central Mozambique
.

The route links mining areas of

DR Congo, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
have affected development of the highway in the past, most recently in DR Congo and Angola.

The route is also served by a rail link running parallel to it for much of its length except between

Benguela Railway, temporarily stopped operations before resuming in March 2018.[1]

Between

Cairo-Cape Town Highway
.

When complete the highway will be the southernmost of the Trans-African network's east-west crossings of the continent.

Route

The entire route from Lobito to Beira is 3523 kilometres.

Angola

It starts in

Tripoli-Cape Town Highway
(Trans-African Highway 3). The Angolan section is 1160 kilometres.

DR Congo

From Dilolo, it goes eastwards as the N39 route, through

Republic of Zambia and the border town of Kasumbalesa (Zambia)
. The DR Congo section is 830 kilometres.

Zambia

From Kasumbalesa, it goes southwards as the

Cairo-Cape Town Highway
(Trans-African Highway 4). The Zambian section is 610 kilometres.

Zimbabwe

From Chirundu, it goes south-east as the

Republic of Mozambique and the border town of Machipanda
. The Zimbabwean section is 625 kilometres.

Mozambique

From Machipanda, it goes eastwards as the N6 route, through Manica and Chimoio, to end in the city of Beira. The Mozambican section is 300 kilometres.

Developments

In 2023, the governments of

DR Congo and Angola agreed to declare the section of the route from Ndola in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, through DR Congo and Angola to Lobito as a trade corridor (the Lobito Corridor) in order to link the landlocked Copperbelt Region with its closest ocean (the Atlantic Ocean) for trade,[2] as Zambia and DR Congo are two large producers of both copper and cobalt.[2] They are mainly looking to develop the Lobito Atlantic Railway that is parallel to this road.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Empresa Archived 19 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Caminho de Ferro de Benguela-E.P.. 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Angola, Zambia, Congo Set Up Joint Agency to Manage Key Trade Corridor". Bloomberg.com. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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