SADC Regional Trunk Road Network

The Southern African Development Community Regional Trunk Road Network or SADC RTRN is a trans nation road network across Southern Africa. The projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), 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.

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. 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.

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 roads10DRCBangassou – Buta – Kisangani – BukavuRN4, RN3RwandaBukavu – Kigali – RusumoTanzaniaRusumo – Nzega – Dodoma – Morogoro – Dar es SalaamT3, T120AngolaLobito – Kuito – Luena – Lucusse – Lumbala – ChavumaZambiaChavuma – Zambezi – Lusaka – Katete – Chipata – MwamiD239, M8, M9, T4MalawiMwami – Lilongwe – Liwonde – MandimbaM12, M1, M8, M3MozambiqueMandimba – Cuamba – Nampula30AngolaNamibe – Lubango – Menongue – Longa – Dirico – MucussoNamibiaMucusso – Divundu – MohemboBotswanaMohembo – Kaokwe – Gumare – Maun – Nata – Francistown – RamokgebwanaA35, A3, A1ZimbabweRamokgebwana – Plumtree – Bulawayo – Gweru – Harare – Macheke – Nyazura – Mutare – MachipandaA7, A5, A3MozambiqueMachipanda – BeiraEN640NamibiaWalvis Bay – Swakopmund – Karibib – Okahandja – Windhoek – Gobabis – Buitepos/MamunoB2, B1, B6BotswanaBuitepos/Mamuno – Takatshwane – Kang – Sekoma – Kanye – Lobatse – Pioneer GateA2South AfricaPioneer Gate – Rustenburg – Pretoria – Middelburg – Nelspruit – KomatipoortN4MozambiqueKomatipoort – MaputoEN450NamibiaLuderitz – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – Karasburg – NakopB4, B1, B3South AfricaNakop – Upington – Kimberley – Bloemfontein – MaseruN10, N8LesothoMaseru – Thaba Tseko – TaungA2, A5, A3

North–south No.CountryRouteConstituent roads05DRCBukavu – Kabinda – Mbuji-Mayi – Tshilenge – Kananga – Kenge – Madimba – LuvoRN2, RN1, RN15AngolaLuvo – M'banza Congo – N'zeto – Luanda – Maria Teresa – Huambo – Cacula – Lubango – Ondjiva – OshikangoEN120, EN100, EN230, EN354, EN280, EN105NamibiaOshikango – Ondangwa – Tsumeb – Otavi – Otjiwarongo – Okahandja – Windhoek – Rehoboth – Mariental – Keetmanshoop – Grunau – VioolsdrifB1South AfricaVioolsdrif – Springbok – Clanwilliam – Malmesbury – Cape TownN715TanzaniaMutukula – Bukoba – Kasulu – TundumaT4, T3, T9ZambiaNakonde – Mpika – Kapiri Mposhi – Kabwe – Lusaka – Kafue – LivingstoneT2, T1ZimbabweVictoria Falls – KazungulaBotswanaKazungula – Pandamatenga – Nata – Francistown – Palapye – Mahalapye – Gaborone – Lobatse – RamatlabamaA33, A3, A1South AfricaRamatlabama – Vryburg – Kimberley – Three SistersN18, N1225TanzaniaNamanga – Arusha – Dodoma – Iringa – Uyole – KasumuluT2, T5, T1, T10MalawiKasumulu – Mzuzu – Kasungu – Lilongwe – Liwonde – Liwonde – Zomba – Limbe – Blantyre – ZóbueM8, M1, M3, M1, M6MozambiqueZóbue – Tete – Changara – NyamapandaN7, N8ZimbabweNyamapanda – Harare – Chivhu – Mvuma – Masvingo – Rutenga – BeitbridgeA2, A4, A6South AfricaBeitbridge – Pietersburg – Pretoria – Johannesburg – Bloemfontein – Colesberg – Middelburg (EC) – Port ElizabethN1, N9, N10, N235TanzaniaLunga Lunga – Tanga – Segera – Dar es Salaam – Lindi – Mingoyo – Masasi – Nangomba – NegomaneT13, T2, T1, T7, T6MozambiqueNegomane – Nampula – Mocuba – Caia – Inchope – Macia – Maputo – NamaachaR1251, N381, N380, N1, N4, N2SwazilandNamaacha – Simunye – Big Bend – LavumisaMR3, MR7, MR16, MR8South AfricaLavumisa – Richards Bay – DurbanN2

Intermediate roads No.CountryRouteConstituent roads06South AfricaThree Sisters – Beaufort West – Cape TownN107AngolaLobito – Benguela – CaculaEN260, EN28012NamibiaOshikango – Rundu – Divundu – Katima Mulilo – NgomaB10, B8BotswanaNgoma – Kasane – Kazungula – PandamatengaA3316South AfricaColesberg – Three SistersN117TanzaniaTunduma – UyoleT119ZambiaNakonde – ChitipaM14MalawiChitipa – KarongaM2621ZambiaKatete – CassacatizaT6MozambiqueCassacatiza – TeteN922ZambiaKafue – ChirunduT2ZImbabweChirundu – HarareA124ZimbabweVictoria Falls – BulawayoA826ZimbabweRutenga – ChicualacualaMozambiqueChicualacula – MaciaN221, N10127MozambiqueChangara – Catandica – Nova VanduziN728MalawiBlantyre – Nsanje – MarkaM1MozambiqueMarka – Mutarara – Morrumbala – MaboreN300, N32229MalawiLimbe – MilangeM2MozambiqueMilange – MocubaN11, N32131TanzaniaArusha – Korogwe – SegeraT232NamibiaOtjiwarongo – KaribibC3334BotswanaSehitwa – GhanziA336South AfricaRustenburg – Johannesburg – Harrismith – DurbanR24, N1, N12, N3

Branch/link/connecting roads No.CountryRouteConstituent roads231South AfricaWinburg – HarrismithN5322South AfricaPolokwane – Tzaneen – NelspruitR71, R526, R40421BotswanaPalapye – GroblersbrugB140South AfricaGroblersbrug – Mokopane – Middelburg (MP) – Ermelo – OshoekN11, N17SwazilandOshoek – Mbabane – Manzini – Siteki – GobaMR3, MR7MozambiqueGoba – Route 35N3422South AfricaKomatipoort – ManangaR571SwazilandManaga – Mhlume – Route 35MR5, MR24423SwazilandManzini – Big BendMR8425South AfricaJohannesburg – Ermelo – GolelaN17, N2426South AfricaJohannesburg – WitbankN12431MozambiqueMaputo – Ponta do OuroN200South AfricaPonta do Ouro – Manguzi – HluhluweR22516South AfricaGroblershoop – De Aar – MiddelburgN10

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