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Beira–Lobito Highway

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African Development Bank/United Nations Economic Commission For Africa: "Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links: Volume 2: Description of Corridors".
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When complete the highway will be the southernmost of the Trans-African network's east-west crossings of the continent.
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The route is also served by a rail link running parallel to it for much of its length except between
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south-eastwards. It is the N1 route for the remainder of the DR Congo section, through Likasi and
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have affected development of the highway in the past, most recently in DR Congo and Angola.
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From Machipanda, it goes eastwards as the N6 route, through
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The entire route from Lobito to Beira is 3523 kilometres.
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From Dilolo, it goes eastwards as the N39 route, through
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Region, where it crosses the near borderline into the
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Retrieved 14 July 2007. 663: 524:(A3 highway) south-east to the city of 18: 253:and agricultural production areas of 7: 690: 688: 686: 837:Trans–West African Coastal Highway 725:Michelin Motoring and Tourist Map: 592:) in order to link the landlocked 51:3,523 km (2,189 mi) 14: 584:, through DR Congo and Angola to 222:, the most southerly part of the 945: 928: 911: 894: 878: 861: 844: 827: 810: 793: 776: 636: 622: 400:), where it becomes part of the 396:, to the town of Guba (north of 370:Democratic Republic of the Congo 241:The route links mining areas of 224:Democratic Republic of the Congo 160: 93: 80: 34: 23: 612:that is parallel to this road. 456:, where it becomes part of the 206:network being developed by the 1: 978:Trans-African Highway network 762:Trans-African Highway network 652:Trans-African Highway network 452:Region and reach the town of 596:with its closest ocean (the 564:In 2023, the governments of 516:(A1 highway) to the city of 492:. From Kapiri Mposhi to the 372:(DR Congo) and the town of 994: 820:N'Djamena–Djibouti Highway 202:9 in the transcontinental 938:Tripoli–Cape Town Highway 892: 588:as a trade corridor (the 382:Tripoli-Cape Town Highway 153: 140: 126: 33: 676:19 February 2019 at the 552:, to end in the city of 408:, to the border town of 212:African Development Bank 955:Cairo–Cape Town Highway 610:Lobito Atlantic Railway 532:and the border town of 502:Cairo-Cape Town Highway 488:and the border town of 476:, where it crosses the 420:and the border town of 364:, where it crosses the 323:Cairo-Cape Town Highway 29:Trans-African Highway 9 803:Trans-Sahelian Highway 530:Republic of Mozambique 410:Kasumbalesa (DR Congo) 854:Lagos–Mombasa Highway 362:Luau, Moxico Province 200:Trans-African Highway 921:Trans-Sahara Highway 871:Beira–Lobito Highway 486:Republic of Zimbabwe 422:Kasumbalesa (Zambia) 368:Borderline into the 786:Cairo–Dakar Highway 582:Copperbelt Province 490:Chirundu (Zimbabwe) 76:Major intersections 418:Republic of Zambia 965: 964: 594:Copperbelt Region 474:Chirundu (Zambia) 181: 180: 177: 176: 43:Route information 985: 958: 949: 948: 941: 932: 931: 924: 915: 914: 898: 887: 882: 881: 874: 865: 864: 857: 848: 847: 840: 831: 830: 823: 814: 813: 806: 797: 796: 789: 780: 779: 755: 748: 741: 732: 711: 710: 708: 707: 692: 681: 668: 646: 644:Transport portal 641: 640: 632: 627: 626: 625: 462:Great North Road 308:Benguela Railway 279:. 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Index

Trans-African Highway 9 shield

Beira
Mozambique
TAH 4
Zambia
TAH 3
Alto Hama
Angola
Lobito
Angola
Transport in
TAH 8
Beira
Lobito
Trans-African Highway
road
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Development Bank
African Union
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
DR Congo
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Angola
Zambia

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