Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Trunk roads in Ghana are classified as N for National routes, R for Regional routes, and IR for Inter-Regional routes. Each road is given a number which is combined with the prefix, for example N1, R40 and IR11, although their informal or traditional names may still be used or heard occasionally: for instance the Accra - Kumasi Road (now part of the N6).
The road starts in the city of Nairobi and takes a general north-westerly direction through Naivasha, Nakuru, Eldoret and Bungoma, to end at Malaba, a distance of approximately 447 kilometres (278 mi) [1] The coordinates of this road in the city of Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County are: 0°30'23.0"N, 35°17'57.0"E (Latitude:0.506389; Longitude:35.299167).
During the 1980s and 1990s, the A8 remained Kenya's primary paved road. In Nairobi, the capital city, the road is remarkably well-developed by African standards, featuring 2x3 lanes and roundabouts. Notably, the section between downtown Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport was expanded to 2x2 lanes as early as 1978.
Nairobi Southern Bypass Highway, which starts at the junction of the Nairobi–Mombasa Road and Likoni Road, approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the city centre. It then stretches to Gitaru, in the town of Kikuyu, in Kiambu County. [4] Nairobi Western Bypass Highway, connects Gitaru, on the Southern Bypass to Ruaka on the Northern ...
The Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway is a road in Kenya, forming a semi-circle through the south-eastern and north-eastern neighbourhoods of the capital city of Nairobi.The road allows traffic from Mombasa, destined for the central parts of Kenya to bypass downtown Nairobi, thereby reducing traffic congestion in the city's central business district.
Nairobi (/ n aɪ ˈ r oʊ b i / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census. [7] [8]
The highway was constructed between 2009, [6] and 2014, [7] as a two-lane, single carriageway road. The work was performed by China Road and Bridge Corporation.Work on this road together with the 32 kilometres (20 mi) Nairobi Eastern Bypass Highway, was budgeted at KSh8.5 billion (US$85 million).
The Ghana road network is 64,323 km and road transportation is the most dominant choice of transportation in Ghana. [19] Road transport infrastructure in Ghana can be used throughout to facilitate the exchange of commodities and enable regular school attendance and fast access to health facilities in Ghana. [19] There has been an increased ...