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The public road network in Mainland Tanzania is classified as:

The National road shall include:

a) A Trunk road which is primarily:
	(i)A national route that links two or more regional headquarters; or
	(ii)An international through route that links regional headquarters and another major or important city or town or major port outside Tanzania

b) A Regional road is a secondary road that connects
	(i) A Trunk road and a district or regional headquarters;
	(ii)A regional headquarters and district headquarters.

The District road shall include:

a) A collector road which is –
	(i) A road linking a district headquarters and a division centre; (ii) A road linking a division centre with any other division centre; (iii) A route linking a division centre with a ward centre; (iv) A road within urban an area carrying through traffic which predominantly originates from and destined out of the town and links with either regional or a trunk road;

b) A feeder road which shall be –
	(i) A road within urban area that links a collector road and other minor road within the vicinity and collects or distributes traffic between residential, industrial and principal business centres of the town; (ii) A village access road linking wards to other wards centres

c) A community road within the village or a road which links a village to a village.

Tanzania Road Network Length

Source:
Road Subsector Maintainance Financing and Strategies for year 2007/2008 to year 2011/2012 by Roads Fund Board, March 2007.