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The public road network
in Mainland Tanzania is classified as:
- National
roads
- District
roads
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; |
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(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; |
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|
| 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 (km)
|
Road Class |
Paved
(km) |
Unpaved
|
Total
|
%Paved |
| Trunk Roads |
5,478 |
7,308 |
12,786 |
43 |
| Regional Roads |
840 |
20,265 |
21,105 |
4 |
| District, Urban, Feeder, Roads |
774 |
51,807 |
52,581 |
1.5 |
| TOTAL |
7,092 |
79,380 |
86,472 |
9 |
Source: TANROADS & PMORALG, 2010. |
