Trans-Sahara Highway
Trans-Sahara Highway is a pan-continental road in Algeria-Nigeria.
- Type: Pan-Continental
- Country: Algeria-Nigeria
- Length: 4,500 km
- Opened: 2010s
Overview
The trans desert route from Algiers across the Sahara through Tamanrasset and In Guezzam to Lagos, proposed since 1962 and now paved for most of its 4,500 km, with final sand threatened sections finished in the 2010s. A desert crossing by tank stops and patience.
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