Lagos–Mombasa Highway
The Lagos–Mombasa Highway (also known as the Mombasa-Lagos Highway) or TAH 8 is Trans-African Highway 8 and is the principal road route between West and East Africa. It has a length of 6,259 km (3,889 mi) and is contiguous with the Dakar-Lagos Highway with which it will form (when complete) the longest east-west crossing of the continent for a total distance of 10,269 km (6,381 mi). Its main importance at the moment is connecting West Africa with Southern Africa via Yaoundé and Gabon because the section through the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unpaved and difficult.
Trans-African Highway 8 | ||||
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| Length | 10,269 km (6,381 mi) | |||
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| West end | TAH 2 and TAH 7 in Lagos, Nigeria | |||
| TAH 3 Yaoundé, Cameroon TAH 4 in Nairobi, Kenya | ||||
| East end | Mombasa | |||
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