Editing Transport in Algeria (section)

== Highways ==
[[File:La vue la plus spectaculaire depuis l'autoroute Est Ouest Bouira Algérie.jpg|thumb|East-West Highway near [[Bouïra]]]]
[[File:Autoroute est ouest ghomri.JPG|thumb|East-West Highway near [[Relizane]]]]
[[File:CAM01570.jpg|thumb|Aerial tramway in Algiers]]

Due to extensive investment the motorway network in Algeria is expanding, along with other kinds of infrastructure. The country plans to link all of its major ports and cities with its highway network, as well as linking the country to all of its neighbors, with the aim of boosting economic activity and trade.

Currently{{As of when|date=February 2025}} Algeria has over {{cvt|96,000|km|mi}} of paved roads including {{cvt|2,318|km|mi}} of expressways (six-lane highways), as well as {{cvt|29,000|km|mi}} of unpaved roads, for a total road system of about {{cvt|127,000|km|mi}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtp.gov.dz/?p=786|title=Consistance du partinoine routier|date=10 January 2020 |publisher=Ministère des travaux publics}}</ref>

===Regional highways===
Algeria has two major roads in the [[Trans-African Highway network]], including the [[Trans-Sahara Highway]], which traverses the country from north to south, and eventually continues into Niger and Nigeria, linking Algiers to [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. The country has also constructed the [[Algeria East-West Highway|East–west highway]], which crosses the entirety of the country's north along the east–west axis, and runs from its border with Tunisia to that with Morocco, connecting most major Algerian cities in the process.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/eastwesthighway/ |title=East-West Highway |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.roadtraffic-technology.com |publisher=Road Traffic Technology |access-date=May 30, 2022 |quote=}}
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===Motorways===
*[[East–West Highway (Algeria)|East-West Highway]] is the most important road infrastructure in the country. It is a six-lane expressway that extends all the way from [[Aïn El Assel]], on the border with [[Tunisia]], to [[Maghnia]], on the border with [[Morocco]], over the length of 1,216&nbsp;km. The highway links several major cities of the country along its way, namely [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]], [[Sétif]], [[Algiers]], [[Blida]], [[Chlef]], [[Sidi Bel Abbès]] and [[Tlemcen]], with additional secondary expressways constructed to link to other major cities, such as [[Oran]], [[Béjaïa]], [[Tizi Ouzou]], [[Jijel]], [[Skikda]], [[Mostaghanem]] and [[Batna (city)|Batna]]. 
*[[Highway of the Hauts Plateaux]] is a planned highway of 1020&nbsp;km that runs in parallel to the [[Algeria East–West Highway|East–West Highway]] through the steppe-like region of the [[Hautes Plaines]]. The highway extends from the province of [[Tlemcen]] on the border with [[Morocco]], through [[Saïda, Algeria|Saïda]], [[Tiaret]], [[Medea]], [[M'Sila, Algeria|M'sila]], [[Batna (city)|Batna]], [[Oum El Bouaghi]], [[Khenchela]] and finally ending at [[Tébessa]] on the border with [[Tunisia]].<ref>[http://www.ana.org.dz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=58 La Rocade Autoroutière Des Hauts Plateaux<!-- Bot generated title -->]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820192244/http://www.ana.org.dz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=58 |date=2016-08-20 }}</ref> Construction has begun on some sections of the highway.
*National Highway 4 extends from [[Oran]] to [[Boufarik]], total length: 384&nbsp;km.  It is a motorway extending from [[Oran]] to Zaghloul ([[Zahana]]), length: 35&nbsp;km.
*National Highway 5 is a motorway on its extent from [[Dar El Beïda]] to [[Ammal]]. Length: 82&nbsp;km.
*National Highway 11 is a motorway running from [[Algiers|Alger]] to [[Cherchell]]. Length:  65&nbsp;km.
*National Highway 12 is a motorway running from [[Si Mustapha]] to [[Tizi Ouzou]]. Length: 57&nbsp;km.