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<center>''"Tsavo Highway" redirects here. For the campaign level, see [[Tsavo Highway ( | <center>''"Tsavo Highway" redirects here. For the campaign level, see [[Tsavo Highway (level)]].''</center> | ||
[[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]]''', level '' | '''Tsavo Highway'''<ref name="level">'''[[Halo 3]]''', level ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]</ref> is a highway that replaced the old [[Republic of Kenya|Kenyan]] 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 doesn't actually pass through the town of [[Wikipedia:Tsavo|Tsavo]] as is commonly mistaken. <ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', level ''[[The Storm]]</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Roads are the primary communication links to all sectors of the economy and the population. It is widely recognized that an efficient road infrastructure is a prerequisite for economic and social development. In the twenty-first century, roads are referred to by a wide range of names and descriptions - National, Main, Trunk, District, City, Rural, Local, Access etc. However, roads can be broadly categorized according to the Authority primarily responsible for their management as national, district, urban and special purpose roads. National Roads are the main highways of the classified road network comprising Class A, B, C roads and are managed by the Roads Department of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. These roads provide mobility in a national context and the traffic on these roads is usually associated with longer travel distances. Hence design provisions for these roads allow for relatively higher speeds and minimal interference with through traffic i.e. restricted access. Class A are international trunk roads linking international boundaries or terminating at international ports e.g. Malaba-Nairobi-Mombasa Road.{{citation needed}} | Roads are the primary communication links to all sectors of the economy and the population. It is widely recognized that an efficient road infrastructure is a prerequisite for economic and social development. In the twenty-first century, roads are referred to by a wide range of names and descriptions - National, Main, Trunk, District, City, Rural, Local, Access etc. However, roads can be broadly categorized according to the Authority primarily responsible for their management as national, district, urban and special purpose roads. National Roads are the main highways of the classified road network comprising Class A, B, C roads and are managed by the Roads Department of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. These roads provide mobility in a national context and the traffic on these roads is usually associated with longer travel distances. Hence design provisions for these roads allow for relatively higher speeds and minimal interference with through traffic i.e. restricted access. Class A are international trunk roads linking international boundaries or terminating at international ports e.g. Malaba-Nairobi-Mombasa Road. {{citation needed}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Map.JPG|300px|thumb|21<sup>st</sup> century map showing A23 (Tsavo highway) and the locations of Arusha, Voi, Tsavo, and Mombasa]] | [[File:Map.JPG|300px|thumb|21<sup>st</sup> century map showing A23 (Tsavo highway) and the locations of Arusha, Voi, Tsavo, and Mombasa]] | ||
In 1998, Kenya and its Partner States agreed on the East African Road Network Project. The project consists of five major regional road corridors, two are briefly described | In 1998, Kenya and its Partner States agreed on the East African Road Network Project. The project consists of five major regional road corridors, two are briefly described below. The [[Mombasa]] - Malaba - Katuna corridor and its feeder links consisting of the Mombasa - Lunga Lunga - Tanga, the [[Voi]] - Mwatate - Taveta - Holili - Himo, and three other links. The Dar es Salaam - Dodoma - Isaka - Mutukula - Masaka corridor with the feeder links being the Chalinze - Segera - Himo - Moshi - [[Arusha]], the Dar es Salaam - Mtwara - Mbamba Bay and Nzega - Tabora - Mbeya, and one other link.<ref>[http://www.krb.go.ke/index.php/component/content/article/15-road-info/17-east-african-road-network '''Kenya Roads Board''' - ''THE EAST AFRICAN ROAD NETWORK'']</ref> | ||
The A23 resides in the western edge of the Coastal province of Kenya and is part of both the Mombasa - Malaba - Katuna, and the Dar as Salaam - Dodoma - Isaka - Mutukula - Masaka corridors according to modern-day geographical boundaries. In the twenty-first century, the A23 road begins at Voi and passes on to Arusha that is in Tanzania. Smaller towns lying between these population centres are, Maktau, Murka, Taveta, Holili(Tanzania) and Moshi(Tanzania) in that order. There is also a railway that runs the same route. Highway A23 joins directly onto highway A109 at Voi, and connects Nairobi and Mombasa. By the 21st century, this and all other national roads were maintained under the Roads Department of Ministry of Roads and Public Works, affiliated with the Kenya Roads Board.{{citation needed}} | The A23 resides in the western edge of the Coastal province of Kenya and is part of both the Mombasa - Malaba - Katuna, and the Dar as Salaam - Dodoma - Isaka - Mutukula - Masaka corridors according to modern-day geographical boundaries. In the twenty-first century, the A23 road begins at Voi and passes on to Arusha that is in Tanzania. Smaller towns lying between these population centres are, Maktau, Murka, Taveta, Holili(Tanzania) and Moshi(Tanzania) in that order. There is also a railway that runs the same route. Highway A23 joins directly onto highway A109 at Voi, and connects Nairobi and Mombasa. By the 21st century, this and all other national roads were maintained under the Roads Department of Ministry of Roads and Public Works, affiliated with the Kenya Roads Board.{{citation needed}} | ||
