SV. 2326

'''SV. 2326''' was a major United Nations Space Command highway in Mombasa, Africa.

The SV. 2326 passes through Old Mombasa and ends in New Mombasa's city centre, and is a significant conduit of civilian traffic. It's most spectacular feature in the Mombasa district was a special cantilever cable-stayed bridge bridge stretching over Kilindini channel that is located South-West of Mombasa island. The Kilindini bridge, as it is named, was the first of its type to be built. When Mombasa reached its zenith in economic status capable of comparing to Dubai, the City decided to design a bridge that would prove their ingenuity to the world. The cantilever bridge has already existed for some time, but this bridge used the concept in a whole new way. Some features of this bridge are, it uses two spars, the deck is arced and extradosed, the cable connectivity is the harp-arrangement. By the 26th century, the bridge has become a relic of old times gone by.

Because of lack of space to erect new buildings, it was decided to reclaim the land occupied by the highway. This was done by enclosing the highway completely within a type of overland tunnel, this allowed for the construction of numerous buildings ontop of the tunnel. This gives the illusion from most perspectives that the highway is subterranean, but it is entirely above ground, although not everywhere above sea level. It featured in most parts, a four-lane highway constructed of prefabricated sections that consist of a polymer and concrete mixture. The SV. 2326 featured a large number of heavy, impregnable gates that can be closed off by the Superintendent in the case of emergency for example, ceiling collapse, fire, flooding, etc. Typically, there was a raised sidestrip to one side of each section that allowed for passage un-interfered with traffic in the main lanes. The Kilindini bridge has a similar structure to the enclosed sections of SV. 2326 but with slight additions, like built-in road blocks that are remotely activated, again, by the Superindendent.

History
During the First Battle of Earth, the Covenant attacked SV. 2326, and indiscriminately destroyed a large number of civilian transports and vehicles, including cars, trucks, and buses, holding the critical highway as a major chokepoint against attacking forces and a major conduit of transportation to assist their occupation efforts of Mombasa. The Covenant positioned over a dozen Ghost assault vehicles, four Banshees, and three Wraiths, several Shielded Plasma Cannons, along with a large number of infantry, including Elites, Drones, Jackals, and Grunts, to hold the SV. 2326. There was a UNSC effort to rally scattered defenders across the city and retake it, with a major objective of launching an assault on the city center and boarding the Covenant Assault Carrier there in an attempt to capture or kill the Prophet of Regret, a major Covenant religious leader. SPARTAN-117, who was spearheading the attempt, was forced to assault the SV. 2326 to reach the city center, and almost singlehandedly retook the highway, with occasional Marine reinforcements arriving from side entrances in Warthogs. SV. 2326 took a considerable amount of structural damage that caused debris to litter the driving surface. As a result of this, high-speed vehicles that crossed their path during the assault would inadvertently run over the debris and occasionally be propelled several meters (or yards) into the air. In the middle of his attack, the Covenant attempted to regroup, reinforcing their positions with several Shadow transports, but were ultimately unsuccessful. Meanwhile, a Covenant Scarab walker tore a path from Old Mombasa to New Mombasa above SV. 2326, stepping over it, and decimating a Marine platoon that was sent to destroy it. SPARTAN-117 was eventually able to retake the Old Mombasa segment on SV. 2326, despite significant Covenant resistance and ambushes. Upon reaching the bridge that bridged the two segments of SV. 2326, he re-joined the sole survivors of the entire Marine platoon, and was reinforced by a M808B Scorpion Tank that was air-dropped by a Pelican Dropship under the command of Sergeant Major Avery J. Johnson.

Later, Covenant air forces in the forms of Banshees and Phantoms attempted to impede SPARTAN-117's advance, but nevertheless, together with the two surviving members of the former Marine platoon, SPARTAN-117 was able to liberate two Marines pinned down by Covenant vehicles in the center of the SV. 2326's bridge, and later in the short New Mombasa segment of the SV. 2326, SPARTAN-117 was again reinforced by a Marine Warthog with a pair of Marines, and shortly afterwards, the last vestiges of Covenant resistance on SV. 2326 collapsed, and the UNSC was given a direct shot for New Mombasa's city center.