Editing Transport in Senegal (section)

==Roads==
{{further ill|List of roads in Senegal|fr|Liste des routes du Sénégal}}
[[File:BaobabDakar.JPG|thumb|right|Route de Corniche, Dakar, 2016]]
[[File:Une charrette transportant de l'eau.jpg|thumb|A horse-drawn cart carrying water near [[Thiès]] ]]
The system of roads in Senegal is extensive by [[West Africa]]n standards, with paved roads reaching each corner of the country and all major towns.

===International highways===
Dakar is the endpoint of three routes in the [[Trans-African Highway network]]. These are as follows:
*[[Cairo-Dakar Highway]] which crosses the edge of the [[Sahara]]
*[[Dakar-Ndjamena Highway]] which links the countries of the [[Sahel]], also called the Trans-Sahelian Highway
*[[Dakar-Lagos Highway]] running along the West African coast and called by the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS) the [[Trans–West African Coastal Highway]] (though ECOWAS considers this route to start in [[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]]).
 
Senegal's road network links closely with those of [[the Gambia]], since the shortest route between south-western districts on the one hand and west-central and north-western districts on the other is through the Gambia.

===Motorways===
The country currently has two ''autoroutes'': {{Interlanguage link|Autoroute A1 (Senegal)|lt=Autoroute A1|fr|Autoroute A1 (Sénégal)}} and {{Interlanguage link|Autoroute A2 (Senegal)|lt=Autoroute A2|fr|Autoroute A2 (Sénégal)}}.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Alfers |first=Duncan |date=2023-09-27 |title=EAIF PROVIDES EUR 46 MILLION TO BRING STRATEGIC ROAD, A1 MOTORWAY, “AUTOROUTE DE L’AVENIR”, TO FINANCIAL CLOSE |url=https://www.eaif.com/eaif-provides-eur-46-million-to-bring-strategic-road-a1-motorway-autoroute-de-lavenir-to-financial-close/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Réalisation : L'Autoroute Ila Touba |url=https://www.sococim.com/lautoroute-ila-touba-0 |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=www.sococim.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=AUTOROUTE DAKAR – SAINT LOUIS |url=https://pfoafrica.com/projets/autoroute-dakar-saint-louis/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=PFO Africa |language=fr-FR}}</ref> A third ''autoroute'', [[Autoroute A3 (Senegal)|Autoroute A3]], is currently being planned.<ref name=":2" />

Autoroute A1 runs from [[Dakar]] to [[M'Bour]] via [[Blaise Diagne International Airport]].<ref name=":2" /> The A1 was built via a [[Public–private partnership|public-private partnership]] between [[France|French]] [[civil engineering]] firm [[Eiffage]] (which has a majority ownership in its [[toll road]] portion), and the Senegalese government.<ref name=":0" />

Autoroute A2 runs from Dakar to [[Touba]], via [[Thiès]].<ref name=":2" />

The planned Autoroute A3 will run from Dakar to [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|Saint-Louis]], and will span about {{Convert|200|km}} in length.<ref name=":2" />

===National roads===
The most important roads in Senegal are prefixed "N" and numbered from 1 to 7:

*[[N1 road (Senegal)|N1]]: [[Dakar]] – [[Mbour]] - [[Fatick]] - [[Kaolack]] – [[Tambacounda]] – [[Kidira]] – ([[Mali]])
*[[N2 road (Senegal)|N2]]: [[Pout, Senegal|Pout]] – [[Thiès]] – [[Louga]] - [[Saint-Louis, Senegal|St-Louis]] – [[Richard Toll]] – [[Ouro Sogui]] – [[Kidira]] - ([[Mali]])
*[[N3 road (Senegal)|N3]]: [[Thiès]] – [[Diourbel]] – [[Touba, Senegal|Touba]] – [[Linguère]] – [[Ouro Sogui]]
*[[N4 road (Senegal)|N4]]:  [[Kaolack]] – ([[Trans-Gambia Highway]]) – [[Bignona]] – [[Ziguinchor]] – ([[Guinea-Bissau]])
*[[N5 road (Senegal)|N5]]: [[Bignona]] – [[Diouloulou]] – ([[Gambia]]) - [[Sokone]] - [[Kaolack]]
*[[N6 road (Senegal)|N6]]: [[Tambacounda]] – [[Vélingara]] - [[Kolda]] – [[Ziguinchor]] – ([[Guinea-Bissau]])
*[[N7 road (Senegal)|N7]]: [[Ouro Sogui]] - [[Tambacounda]] – [[Niokolo-Koba]] – [[Kédougou]] – [[Guinea]]

===Regional roads===
*[[R20 road (Senegal)|R20]], {{Interlanguage link|R21 road (Senegal)|lt=R21|fr|Route régionale 21 (Sénégal)}}, [[R22 road (Senegal)|R22]]
*[[R30 road (Senegal)|R30]], [[R31 road (Senegal)|R31]], {{Interlanguage link|R32 road (Senegal)|lt=R32|fr|Route régionale 32 (Sénégal)}}
*[[R60 road (Senegal)|R60]], [[R61 road (Senegal)|R61]]
*[[R70 road (Senegal)|R70]]

===Major incidents===
* [[Kaffrine bus crash|Kaffrine bus crash (2023)]]