Editing Transport in Uganda (section)

== Roadways ==
{{See also|List of roads in Uganda}}
[[File:Y Coetsee Getting stuck Southern Uganda (2013).jpg|thumb|Stuck vehicle in Southern Uganda]]
As of 2017, according to the [[Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda)|Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport]], Uganda had about {{convert|130000|km|0}} of roads, with approximately {{convert|5300|km|0}} (4 percent) paved.<ref name="1R">{{cite web |url=http://www.works.go.ug/key-summary-statistics/ |title=Key Summary Statistics |publisher=[[Ministry of Works and Transport (Uganda)|Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport]] |date=2017 | author=Ministry of Works & Transport | location=Kampala |
access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref> Most paved roads radiate from [[Kampala]], the country's capital and largest city.<ref name="2R">{{cite web|access-date=8 June 2018 |date=2017 | author=DLCA.LogCluster |title=Map of Uganda Showing Main Road Network | publisher=Dlca.logcluster.org | url=http://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/2.3+Uganda+Road+Network;jsessionid=33424C63E9836C9F20970F98F58B9A0F}}</ref>

===International highways===
[[File:A Bridge in Uganda for road transport.jpg|thumb|left|Northern bypass in [[Kampala]]]]
The [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]], part of the [[Trans-African Highway network|Trans-Africa Highway]] and aiming to link [[East Africa]] and [[West Africa]], passes through Uganda. This is complete only eastwards from the [[Uganda]]–[[DR Congo]] border to [[Mombasa]], linking the [[African Great Lakes]] region to the sea. In [[East Africa]], this roadway is part of the [[Northern Corridor]].<ref name="3R">{{cite web|access-date=9 June 2018 | url=http://www.ttcanc.org/page.php?id=11 |title=About the Northern Transportation Corridor | date=2018 |author=NCTTCA |
publisher=[[Northern Corridor|Northern Corridor Transit and Transportation Coordination Authority]] (NCTTCA) | location=Mombasa}}</ref><ref name="4R">{{cite web| url=http://www.swrw.org/images/stories/pdf/Kenya-and-Uganda-Map-NC-Route_29-Feb-2012.pdf |title=Maps of Kenya and Uganda Showing the Northern Corridor Route |author=Safe Way Right Way  | publisher=Safe Way Right Way Organization |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=10 June 2018 |location=Nairobi}}</ref>

It cannot be used to reach West Africa because the route westwards across DR Congo to [[Bangui]] in the [[Central African Republic]] (CAR) is impassable after the [[Second Congo War]] and requires reconstruction. An alternative route (not part of the Trans-African network) to Bangui based on gravel roads and earth roads runs from [[Gulu]] in northern Uganda via [[Nimule]] and [[Juba, South Sudan]] and [[Obo]] in south-east CAR. This is used by trucks but sections are impassable after rain.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

The route has been closed at times during war and conflict in northern Uganda (the [[Lord's Resistance Army]] rebellion) and [[South Sudan]], but up to July 2007 had not been affected by the [[Darfur conflict]] and was the only usable road between East and West Africa. The security situation should be checked with authorities in northern Uganda, [[South Sudan]] and south-eastern CAR before use.<ref name="5R">{{cite web|date=14 October 2011 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/world/africa/barack-obama-sending-100-armed-advisers-to-africa-to-help-fight-lords-resistance-army.html |title=Armed U.S. Advisers to Help Fight African Renegade Group |access-date=9 June 2018 |location=New York City |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Rick Gladstone |first=Thom Shanker}}</ref>