The T4 is a
Trunk road in
Tanzania. The road runs along
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...
in the regions of the Lake Zone in Tanzania. The T4 runs from
Tarime
Tarime is a large town in northwestern Mara Region, Tanzania. The town is the location of the district capital of Tarime District. The main Tanzania-Kenya
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at the Kenyan border all the way through
Mwanza and
Bukoba to the
Ugandan border. The T4 is the only highway in the country that both starts and ends at an International border. The roads as it is approximately . The road is entirely paved.
Route
Mwanza
Between Kigongo and
Busisi
Sengerema District is one of seven districts in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, East Africa. Its administrative headquarter is located in Sengerema town. It is bordered to the north and east by Lake Victoria, to the south by Geita Region and t ...
, the trunk road traverses over the Mwanza gulf. As part of the trunk road there are several scheduled ferries between the two cities. There are about 1,600 vehicles crossing the channel by ferry per day, spending 35 minutes per crossing. Currently under construction is the
Kigongo–Busisi Bridge
The Kigongo–Busisi Bridge, also referred to as the Mwanza Gulf Bridge, is a bridge under construction in Tanzania. When completed as expected in 2024, it will span across the Gulf of Mwanza, linking the areas of Kigongo in the Mwanza Reg ...
(Magufuli Bridge), once complete will connect both sides by road and expand the weight limit of this part of the route.
See also
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Transport in Tanzania
Transport in Tanzania includes road, rail, air and maritime networks. The road network is long, of which is classified as trunk road and as regional road. The rail network consists of of track. Commuter rail service is in Dar es Salaam only. ...
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List of roads in Tanzania
The following is a list of national roads in Tanzania, under the jurisdiction of the ''Tanzania National Roads Agency'' (TANROADS). The list is not exhaustive. As part of the 2007 Roads Act in Tanzania, National roads were classified into two cate ...
References
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Roads in Tanzania