Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The original Great North Road of Zambia consisted of three current routes, namely the T1 road, T2 road and M1 road, from Livingstone, through Choma, Lusaka, Kabwe, Serenje, Mpika and Kasama, to Mbala. But today, Zambia's Great North Road is formed by only one route, which is the T2 road from Lusaka, through Kabwe, Serenje and Mpika, to Nakonde.
In the past, the M1 road from Mpika northwards, through Kasama, to Mbala and Mpulungu was known as Zambia's Great North Road. Then, the name Great North Road was given to the T2 road from Mpika north-east to the Tanzania Border at Nakonde, probably due to the fact that it is part of the Cape to Cairo Road. [9] [8] So, the M1 road is now ...
T2 road (Zambia) Tanzania - Mpika - Kabwe - Lusaka - Zimbabwe: 1155 km part of the route is known as the Great North Road. T3 road (Zambia) Kapiri Mposhi - Ndola - Kitwe - Chingola - Congo: 263 km T4 road (Zambia) Lusaka - Petauke - Katete - Chipata - Malawi: 595 km T5 road (Zambia) Chingola - Solwezi - Mwinilunga - Angola: 545 km T6 road ...
The M1 road was part of the original Great North Road of Zambia, which ran first as the T2 road from Lusaka (Capital City of Zambia) northwards, continuing by a right turn at Kapiri Mposhi, via a left turn in Mpika to become the M1 road, to Mbala. [4] [5] But today, The M1 route from Mpika to Mbala is referred to as the Old Great North Road.
Kapiri Mposhi is a Zambian town and the seat of the Kapiri Mposhi District in Central Province.Located north of Lusaka, it stands on the Great North Road and is significant for the railway connection between the Zambia Railways line from Kitwe to Lusaka and the western terminus (New Kapiri Mposhi) of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority from Dar es Salaam since 1976.
In Zambia, the Great North Road crosses the Kapiri Mposhi and Nakonde areas. The distance between Nakonde and Kapiri Mposhi is approximately 832 km. Within Tanzania, the Tanzam Highway connects with four major routes: in Chalinze, the main road to Tanga and to Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Nairobi
From Lusaka, Zambia's Great North Road continues the route to Tanzania as the T2 road. This route from Lusaka to Taznania is also known as the Tanzam Highway . In Tanzania there are a number of roads could be deemed to be part of the route; the clear definitions and markings that are characteristic of the Pan-African Highway do not apply here.
Nakonde sits directly across Tunduma, in Tanzania's Songwe Region, separated by the international border between Zambia and Tanzania.It is located on the Great North Road, about 990 kilometres (615 mi), north-east of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia.