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'''Tsavo Highway'''<ref name="level">'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign 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 does not actually pass through the town of [[Wikipedia:Tsavo|Tsavo]] as is commonly mistaken.<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level, ''[[The Storm]]</ref>

On [[2552#October|October 2552]], when the [[New Mombasa Orbital Elevator]] collapsed, debris including support rings and cables rained down on the highway, damaging it at multiple points. Later in the [[Battle of Earth]], the [[Covenant Loyalist]] invaders occupied and barricaded the highway with [[Wraith]] tanks, [[Brute Chopper]]s, and infantry formations, thereby denying access both to and from Voi; at least from the west. However, [[John-117]] and the [[UNSC Marine Corps]] assaulted the highway, retaking it and reaching Voi.<ref name="level"/>

*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]]'', ''[[Tsavo Highway (Level)|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 (Base)|Crow's Nest]] being located in a hill near the town of Wundanyi.

File:H3_E3_Tsavo_Highway_Road.jpg|The [[United Nations Space Command]] charges the [[Covenant Loyalist]]-held Tsavo Highway.

File:Kenya Panorama.jpg|Panorama of the Highway and its surroundings.