Cairo–Cape Town Highway

Trans-African Highway 4
Route information
Major junctions
North end TAH 1 in Cairo, Egypt
Major intersections TAH 6 in Sudan and Ethiopia
TAH 8 in Nairobi, Kenya
TAH 9 in Zambia
South end TAH 3 in Cape Town, South Africa
Location
Highway system
  • Transport in
← TAH 3→ TAH 5

The Cairo–Cape Town Highway is Trans-African Highway 4 in the continental road network developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the African Union. The route has a length of 10,228 km (6,355 mi) and links Cairo in Egypt to Cape Town in South Africa.

The concept originated under the British Empire as part of the proposed Cape to Cairo Road within the Cape to Cairo Red Line of colonial territories. Like the Cape to Cairo Railway, the road was never completed under colonial rule.

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