A1 road (Botswana)

The A1 highway in Botswana is a road that runs from the Zimbabwean border near Ramokgwebana through Francistown, Mahalapye, Palapye, Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana) and Lobatse, to Ramatlabama at the border with South Africa. Crossing the Ramokgwebana River into Zimbabwe, it continues as the A7 to Bulawayo. On the South African end it continues as the N18 to Mahikeng.

A1 highway
Major junctions
North end	A7 A7 near the Ramokgwebana border with Zimbabwe
Major intersections	A3 in Francistown A14 in Palapye A12 in Gaborone A10 in Gaborone A2 in Lobatse
South end	N18 at the Ramatlabama border with South Africa
Location
Country	Botswana
Major cities	Lobatse, Palapye, Mahalapye, Francistown, Gaborone
Highway system
Transport in Botswana
→ A2

Road signs on A1

Decisions were made to install a toll point along that road in 2007.^[1]

A section of the highway between Phakalane and Gaborone is used for the Gaborone City Marathon.^[2]

The entire A1 road is part of Trans-African Highway Network no. 4 (Cairo-Cape Town Highway), which links Cairo with Cape Town.

References

1. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/29/36791933.pdf (in French)
2. "Gaborone City Marathon". Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2010.

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