Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

some roads are designated as numbered routes to help with navigation. There is a nationwide

numbering scheme There are many different numbering schemes for assigning nominal numbers to entities. These generally require an agreed set of rules, or a central coordinator. The schemes can be considered to be examples of a primary key of a database management ...

consisting of Inter-Territorial Roads, Territorial Roads and District Roads. Out of a total of 91,440 km of roads in Zambia (2001), 20,117 km were paved and 6,779 km were part of Inter-Territorial Roads or Territorial Roads. 71,323 km of roads were unpaved (Some of the unpaved highways are graded laterite roads). Every Inter-Territorial Road, together with many Territorial Roads and very-few District Roads, are designated as

Toll roads A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or '' toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemente ...

. The tollgates are administered by the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) and the Road Development Agency (RDA). In October 2022, at a symposium was dubbed “Sustainable infrastructure development using cement and concrete technologies"
Road Development Agency (RDA)

Chilanga Cement Chilanga Cement is a company of Zambia. Chilanga is principally a cement company, producing cement and cement clinker. The company also sales aggregates from a quarry it operates in Chilanga. The company is headquartered in Chilanga (Lusaka), Zam ...

, Dangote Limited an
Bari Zambia Limited
signed an agreement to partner on the development of concrete roads across the country. Transport_In_zambia

History

In the 1970s Zambia had one of the best highway networks in sub-Saharan Africa. In 1991 it was estimated by the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) that 80 percent of the road network had deteriorated and out of total road assets valued at US$2.3 billion, US$400 million had been lost due to neglected maintenance. The government introduced a road fund levy on fuel and that together with international aid has improved the highway network. In 2004 the NRFA rated 57% of paved roads in good condition, 22% in fair condition and 21% in poor condition.

Inter-Territorial Roads

Inter-Territotial Roads are the main routes used to connect Zambia with other countries. They are designated with a letter T followed by a number from 1 to 6.

Territorial Roads

Territorial Roads are the main routes connecting different towns of Zambia in areas where there is no Inter-Territorial Road. They are designated with an M followed by a number from 1 to 20.

District Roads

District roads are roads connecting rural areas to the Territorial roads & Inter-Territorial roads. They are designated with a D followed by a two or three digit number.

References

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