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[[File:Highway_2.jpg|250px|thumb|The Tsavo Highway, damaged during the [[Battle of Earth]].]] | [[File:Highway_2.jpg|250px|thumb|The Tsavo Highway, damaged during the [[Battle of Earth]].]] | ||
'''Tsavo Highway'''<ref name="level">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[ | '''Tsavo Highway'''<ref name="level">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[Tsavo Highway]]</ref> is a highway that replaced the old [[Kenya]]n international trunk road [[Wikipedia:A23 road (Kenya)|A23]]. This highway bears the name "[[Tsavo]]" because it bisects the southern part of the [[Wikipedia:Tsavo West National Park|Tsavo West national park]], it does not actually pass through the town of [[Wikipedia:Tsavo|Tsavo]] as is commonly mistaken.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Storm]]</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Tsavo is notable in that it was the site of the most famous instance of man-eating lion attacks in the late 19th century as detailed in the book "Man-Eaters of Tsavo." More than 140 workers perished in the building of the railway. The event was made into the film ''[[Wikipedia:The Ghost and the Darkness|The Ghost and the Darkness]]''. | *Tsavo is notable in that it was the site of the most famous instance of man-eating lion attacks in the late 19th century as detailed in the book "Man-Eaters of Tsavo." More than 140 workers perished in the building of the railway. The event was made into the film ''[[Wikipedia:The Ghost and the Darkness|The Ghost and the Darkness]]''. | ||
*The third [[campaign]] level of ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[ | *The third [[campaign]] level of ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Tsavo Highway]]'', is set at Tsavo Highway. The level takes place on a section of this highway between Maktau and Voi with the [[Crow's Nest]] being located in a hill near the town of Wundanyi. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||