R15 (Jordan)
| R15 in Jordan | |
| 15th | |
| Basic data | |
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| Start of the street: |
Nasib ( 32 ° 30 ′ N , 36 ° 11 ′ E ) |
| End of street: |
Aqaba ( 29 ° 21 ′ N , 34 ° 58 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 410 km |
| of which in operation: | 410 km |
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Map with all coordinates: The Route 15 , known as the Desert Highway is a highway in Jordan . The road is a north-south stretch from the border with Syria via Amman to Aqaba in the south. The entire route has four lanes and it is the most important road in the country. Route 15 is 410 kilometers long.
Street description
Route 15 begins on the border with Syria north of al-Mafraq . The border crossing is extensively developed and on the Syrian side the road continues as the M5 to Damascus . The four-lane road leads south through a dry landscape. The street leads around the respective centers of the places. In al-Mafraq the 10 is crossed and in Zarqa the 30 . The Amman bypass begins at Zarqa. This part has been developed as a six-lane motorway. The section is 37 km long and it is the only real highway in Jordan. South of Amman, the road continues on its old route and runs past Amman Airport , which is south of the city.
Further south, the area is very sparsely populated, with only a few small villages along the way. The road still has four lanes, but it is not a fully-fledged motorway, although it functions as one in a way. It crosses the occasional back roads, the most important connections to the different areas. In the southern desert it crosses the 50 and the 60 , Route 15 runs parallel to the 65 . The only big city in the desert is Maʿan , where there is the possibility to switch to the 5 , which then leads to Saudi Arabia. The road then continues south to the city of Aqaba, the southernmost city of Jordan. The street used to lead to the center of the city, but the new two-lane building runs east of the city. The old route into the city is listed as 80 .
history
Route 15 is the main route for through traffic in Jordan and has therefore been expanded to include four lanes since the 1970s or 1980s. The road is not a real highway as shown on many maps. In the southern desert in particular, there are practically no connections, so this part between the sparse intersections cannot be called a motorway. In 2011, the Amman Bypass was opened. This is the first full highway from Jordan and is 37 kilometers long. This means that through traffic will no longer pass through Amman. The old trail has been numbered twice as 25 .