Editing Transport in Tanzania (section)

===Trunk roads===
[[File:Trunk road Tanzania.jpg|thumb|right|An example of one of the trunk roads.]]
[[File:Trunk road Tanzania, Kilimanjaro.jpg|thumb|right|Trunk road, Kilimanjaro.]]
* [[Dar es Salaam]] and [[Dodoma]] ({{convert|451|km|mi}} entirely paved):<ref name="distances">{{cite web| url = http://www.tanroads.org/oct/Tanzania| title = Road Distance Chart - June 2012.pdf Tanzania Road Distance Chart, TANROADS, June 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The A-7 road links Dar es Salaam and [[Morogoro]]. The B-129 road then connects Morogoro with Dodoma.
* Dar es Salaam and [[Iringa]] ({{convert|492|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> entirely paved): The A-7 road links these cities.
* Dar es Salaam and [[Tanga, Tanzania|Tanga]] ({{convert|354|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> entirely paved): The A-7 road links Dar es Salaam and [[Chalinze]]. The A-14 road then connects Chalinze with Tanga.
* Dar es Salaam and [[Mtwara]] ({{convert|556|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> entirely paved): The B-2 road links these cities.
<ref>[http://allafrica.com/stories/201305170217.html "Tanzania: Ndundu-Somanga Road Project Delay Saga Explained", ''Daily News'', reprinted at allAfrica.com, 17 May 2013]</ref> The remainder of the road to Dar es Salaam is paved. The long [[Mkapa Bridge]] is on this stretch of road, spanning the [[Rufiji River]].
* Tanga and [[Arusha]] ({{convert|435|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> entirely paved): The A-14 road connects Tanga and [[Segera]]. From there, the B-2 road connects Segera with the road's terminus at the Himo Junction. The A-23 road then leads west to [[Moshi, Kilimanjaro|Moshi]] and [[Arusha]].
* Dodoma and [[Mwanza]] on [[Lake Victoria]] ({{convert|701|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> (entirely paved): The B-129 road leads west to [[Manyoni District|Manyoni]], followed by the B-141 road north to [[Singida Urban|Singida]]. From there, the B-3 road leads mostly west to [[Nzega]]. The final stretch is on the B-6 road through [[Shinyanga]] to Mwanza.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://tanroads.org/regional%20roads/Dodoma%20Roads%20Network.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140809073351/http://tanroads.org/regional%20roads/Dodoma%20Roads%20Network.pdf| url-status = usurped| archive-date = August 9, 2014| title = Dodoma Roads Network, TANROADS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://tanroads.org/regional%20roads/Singida%20Roads%20Network.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140809061052/http://tanroads.org/regional%20roads/Singida%20Roads%20Network.pdf| url-status = usurped| archive-date = August 9, 2014| title = Singida Roads Network, TANROADS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://tanroads.org/regional%20roads/Shinyanga%20Roads%20Network.pdf| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140809073803/http://tanroads.org/regional%20roads/Shinyanga%20Roads%20Network.pdf| url-status = usurped| archive-date = August 9, 2014| title = Shinyanga Roads Network, TANROADS}}</ref>
* Dodoma and the border with [[Rwanda]] at [[Rusomo Falls]] ({{convert|1281|km|mi}} (entirely paved): From Nzega in the [[Tabora Region]], the B-3 road leads to the Rwandan border ({{convert|380|km|mi|abbr=on}}).
* Kigoma and the border with [[Burundi]] at [[Manyovu]]: The road is entirely paved.
* Mwanza and [[Musoma]] ({{convert|218|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> entirely paved): The B-6 road connects these cities and then proceeds north to the Kenyan border.
* Arusha and [[Namanga]] on the Kenyan border ({{convert|106|km|mi}}: The A-104 road is entirely paved.
* Iringa and [[Mbeya]] ({{convert|330|km|mi}}<ref name="distances"/> entirely paved): The A-104 road links these cities, with its terminus in [[Tunduma]] on the Zambian border.

Trunk roads in Tanzania were marked by numbers following the two-tier number system with prefixes A- and B-, as is practiced in the rest of East Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eac.int/infrastructure/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=11&Itemid=70|title=East African Community Infrastructure|access-date=5 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324092405/http://www.eac.int/infrastructure/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=11&Itemid=70|archive-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> Following is the list of Tanzanian trunk roads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tanroads.go.tz/uploads/documents/en/1444909370-Trunk%20n%20regional%20road%20map.pdf|title=TANROADS|access-date=5 June 2016}}</ref> Meanwhile, Tanzania has introduced a numbering system for trunk roads using numbers starting with "T"<ref>[http://open_jicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12150512_02.pdf Comprehensive Transport and Trade System Development Master Plan in the United Republic of Tanzania] (2011), Chapter 4 Road Sector, webpage Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA</ref> but so far the "A" designations are visible if at all.
{| class="wikitable"
!Road No.
!Length
!Span
!Via
!Status
!Remarks
|-
|A7
|492&nbsp;km
|Dar es Salaam - Iringa
|Chalinze - Morogoro - Mikumi
|Paved
|
|-
|A14
|315&nbsp;km
|Chalinze - Horohoro
|Segera - Tanga
|Paved
|Continues in Kenya up to Mombasa
|-
|A19
|620&nbsp;km
|Masasi - Mbamba Bay
|Tunduru - Songea - Mbinga
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Masasi - Ngomano Road (56&nbsp;km) and Namtumbo - Mbinga (168&nbsp;km)
|-
|[[Arusha–Holili–Taveta–Voi Road|A23]]
|117&nbsp;km
|Arusha - Holili
|Moshi
|Paved
|Continues in Kenya up to Voi
|-
|A104
|1,218&nbsp;km
|Tunduma- Namanga
|Mbeya - Iringa - Dodoma - Kondoa - Arusha
|Paved
|Entirely part of [[Cairo-Cape Town Highway]], recently paved: Dodoma - Babati (257&nbsp;km)
|-
|B1
|263&nbsp;km
|Segera - Himo
|
|Paved
|Connects A14 with A23
|-
|B2
|561&nbsp;km
|Dar es Salaam - Mtwara
|Kilwa - Lindi
|Paved
|Paved 30&nbsp;km road to Kilwa Masoko from Nangurukuru
|-
|B3
|625&nbsp;km
|Singida - Rusumo Falls
|Nzega - Isaka - Kahama
|Paved
|Runs with B6 Nzega - Tinde (42&nbsp;km), Continues as RN3 in Rwanda up to Kigali
|-
|B4
|293&nbsp;km
|Makambako - Songea
|Njombe
|Paved
|
|-
|B5
|120&nbsp;km
|Mingoyo - Masasi
|
|Paved
|Connects B2 to A19
|-
|B6
|1,071&nbsp;km
|Makogolosi - Sirari
|Rungwa - Tabora - Shinyanga - Mwanza
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Nzega - Sirari (524&nbsp;km), Runs with B3 Nzega - Tinde (42&nbsp;km)
|-
|B8
|1,128&nbsp;km
|Kasesha - Mutukula
|Sumbawanga - Mpanda - Kasulu - Biharamulo - Bukoba
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Lusahunga (B3) - Mutukula (287&nbsp;km)
|-
|B129
|388&nbsp;km
|Morogoro - Manyoni
|Dodoma
|Paved
|
|-
|B141
|308&nbsp;km
|Rungwa - SIngida
|Itigi - Manyoni
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Itigi - Singida (160&nbsp;km)
|-
|B143
|151&nbsp;km
|Singida - Babati
|
|Paved
|
|-
|B144
|390&nbsp;km
|Makuyuni - Kukirango
|Karatu - Ngorongoro - Serengeti National Park
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Makuyuni - Ngorongoro (79&nbsp;km), rest can't be paved because it's a National Park
|-
|B163
|230&nbsp;km
|Usagara - Biharamulo
|Sengerema - Geita
|Paved/Unpaved
|Unpaved: Bwanga - Biharamulo (68&nbsp;km), a paved road runs via Chato to go to Bukoba
|-
|B182
|171&nbsp;km
|Nyakasanza - Kyaka
|Kimisi - Burigi Game Reserve - Omurushaka
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Omurushaka - Kyaka (57&nbsp;km), connects B3 to B8
|-
|B182 W
|111&nbsp;km
|Omurushaka - Murongo
|
|Unpaved
|Branches from B182 and runs up to Murongo border crossing with Uganda
|-
|
|173&nbsp;km
|Bulahu - Lamadai
|Bariadi
|Paved/Unpaved
|Paved: Bariadi - Lamadai (72&nbsp;km), marked as trunk road by TANROADS but no number
|-
|
|59&nbsp;km
|Nyakasanza - Kobero
|Ngara - Kabanga
|Paved
|Branches from B3 up to Kobero border crossing with Burundi, continues as RN6 there
|}