North Bank Road
The North Bank Road or Main North Bank Road ( German Norduferstraße ), from July 2007 with the official name July 22nd Highway , is a trunk road in the West African state of Gambia .
description
The Gambia is a long, narrow state and follows the course of the Gambia River in West Africa from east to west for about 480 kilometers . There is a strip of land on either side that is 6 to 26 kilometers wide. The river used to be the main route of transport in this area. Until the mid-1980s, there was a larger passenger ferry , the Lady Chilel Jawara , which sailed the river. When it sank, long-distance traffic shifted completely to South Bank Road.
The North Bank Road, starting from Barra on the coast with a ferry connection to the capital Banjul , connects the important cities on the northern bank of the Gambia River to the largest city Basse Santa Su in the east.
The North Bank Road is now completely paved up to the small ferry terminal Lamin Koto near Janjanbureh . On July 27, 2007, the Farafenni-Lamin Koto section, which was completed in September 2006, was inaugurated by Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy and named July 22nd Highway . The 440 million Dalasi (around 12.6 million euros) project was financed by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and the Arab Fund for Development .
It is now in significantly better condition than the South Bank Road , which has been considered very difficult to drive since 2003. Alternatively, long-distance traffic in Gambia runs from Banjul and Kombo-St. Mary Area now partly on Norduferstraße. In addition, it is accepted that you have to cross the river twice with a ferry. The renovation of South Bank Road has already started in parts.
course
The main cities on the road are:
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North Bank Region
- Barra , a main road (N5) goes north from Barra to Senegal . Here connection via the ferry connection Banjul – Barra to Banjul.
- Essau
- Berending
- Chamen
- Ndugu Kebbeh
- Kuntaya
- Munyagen
- Dasilameh
- Kerewan Bridge
- Kerevan
- Saba
- Gunjur
- Bani
- Well Kunda with a turnoff to Salikenne
- No Kunda
- Illiassa
- Farafenni here the Trans-Gambia Highway , known in Senegal as the Transgambienne or N 4 , crosses the North Bank Road . The Trans-Gambia Highway connects northern Senegal with the southern Senegalese Casamance with the help of a ferry service between Farafenni and Soma on the south bank . It has long been planned that a bridge will cross the river here. That is how long a river ferry has to maintain the north-south connection.
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Central River Region
- Kau-ur
- Nope
- Panchang
- barrel
- Nyanga Bantang , this is a road to Kerr Batch .
- Wassu nearby is Kuntaur .
- Jarumeh Koto
- Lamin Koto near Janjanbureh where North Bank Road meets South Bank Road.
- Karantaba
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Upper River Region
- Chamoi Bunda
- Bantunding
- Badja Kunda
- Sutokoba
- Brifu
- Fatoto here joins the North Bank Road with the South Bank Road about ten kilometers before the end of the country.
Individual evidence
- ↑ July 22nd Highway Formerly Opened ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) The Gambia Journal , July 27, 2007
