Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road

Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi ; Development Road
	Namibia: Zambia: T1 T2 T3 Democratic Republic of the Congo: N1 ; ;
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Basic data
Operator:	Road Authority of Namibia Road Authority of Zambia Road Authority of the DR Congo ; ;
Overall length:	2600 km
of which in operation:	2600 km
Regions :	various
	Aerial view of the highway (here with Mpacha / Katima Mulilo airport in the background)

The Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road (previously Trans-Caprivi Corridor or until 2004 Trans-Caprivi-Highway ) has been the name of a network of trunk roads between Walvis Bay on the Namibian Atlantic coast and Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2010 .

The trunk road network is being marketed by the Walvis Bay Corridor Group , specifically to increase the use of the Walvis Bay port .

history

The corridor was named after the Namibian region of Caprivi ( Zambezi since August 2013 ) and after the Caprivi Strip , through which the most important section of the route runs. Caprivi, with the capital Katima Mulilo, was difficult to reach by land from western and central Namibia until the road was completed in 1999. The largest natural obstacles are the Okavango and the Cuando , whose rivers cross the Caprivi Strip from north to south. These rivers are now spanned by the Bagani Bridge and the Congola Bridge. They are each the only river crossings over hundreds of kilometers. Since the completion of the Katima Mulilo Bridge over the Zambezi River , Namibia has had a good direct connection to the Central African neighboring country Zambia , while Zambia has had quick road access to the overseas port in Walvis Bay.

construction

The entire Trans-Caprivi Corridor comprises a road network of around 2600 kilometers.

Namibia

The Trans-Caprivi Corridor has a length of about 1390 kilometers in Namibia.

National road B2 - between the port of Walvis Bay and Karibib
Main road C33 - between Karibib and Otjiwarongo
National road B1 - between Otjiwarongo and Otavi
National road B8 - between Otavi and the Katima Mulilo bridge

Zambia

In Zambia, the corridor is around 1160 kilometers long.

T1 - border with Namibia to Lusaka
T2 - Ndola to Lusaka
T3 - border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Ndola

Democratic Republic of Congo

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Trans-Caprivi Corridor is around 100 kilometers long and leads from Lubumbashi via the N1 to Kasumbalesa and to the border with Zambia.

Web links

Official site for Corridor - Walvis Bay Corridor Group (English)

Individual evidence

^ Trans-Caprivi Corridor. Walvis Bay Corridor Group, date unknown ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 27, 2014. @1@ 2

↑ Walvis Bay Corridor Group examines safety study on roads. Namibia Press Agency, April 12, 2017.

[1] Trans-Caprivi Corridor. Walvis Bay Corridor Group, date unknown ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 27, 2014. @1@ 2

[2] Walvis Bay Corridor Group examines safety study on roads. Namibia Press Agency, April 12, 2017.