A1 motorway (Tunisia)
Road connecting Tunis and Ben Guerdane / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tunisia's A1 or A-1 motorway is a 659 km road connecting Tunis and Ben Guerdane. In the map shown, the A-1 is in red. The highway was built from Tunis at the north end toward the south and is continuing to be extended to finally reach the Tunisian Libyan border.
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A1 motorway | |
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Route information | |
Length | 659 km (409 mi) |
Existed | 1981–present |
Major junctions | |
North end | Tunis |
South end | Ben Guerdane |
Location | |
Country | Tunisia |
Major cities | Tunis, Ben Arous, Hammam Lif, Hammamet, Enfida, Sousse, El Jem, Sfax, Gabès, Medenine, Ben Guerdane |
Highway system | |
The A-1 is conceived of as part of an international project, sometimes called the Trans-Maghreb[1] or Trans-North Africa Highway[2] or Trans-African Highway 1 that is planned to reach from Cairo to Dakar.
There are three lanes each way from Tunis to Hammamet then two lanes each way from Hammamet to Sfax. It is a toll road part of the way. Road signs are in Arabic and French. The speed limit on Tunisian highways is 110 km/h.