Charruba-Timimi road is an asphalt road in the

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region of eastern

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running from Charruba to Taban, Mechili, and Timimi. It is about long and known in Libya as “Et Terigh El Foghiya” (literally "The Upper Road"). The Mechili-Timimi portion of the road was paved between the years 1975–1980 and the Charruba-At Taban-Mechili segment between the years 1980–1985. This road has shortened the distance between

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and

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from some along the Libyan Coastal Highway, to , and this route has become essential for traffic between the two cities. However, a shorter route between Tobruk and Benghazi along the Charruba- Abyar track measuring some has not yet been paved.

References

*Libyan Planning Ministry, “Al Atlas al Watani lil Jamahiriya…”, Tripoli, 1978. *“Al Atlas at Ta’limi …”, 1984. Roads in Libya Cyrenaica {{Libya-geo-stub