A109 Road | |
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Mombasa road | |
Route information | |
Length: | 290 mi (470 km) |
Major junctions | |
Northwest end: | Nairobi |
Southeast end: | Changamwe, Mombasa |
Location | |
Counties: | Nairobi Province, Eastern Province, Coast Province |
Major cities: | Nairobi, Voi, Mombasa |
Highway system | |
The A109 road is the main road link between the Kenyan cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. It is also known as The Mombasa road. For the majority of the distance, the road runs adjacent to the Nairobi-Mombasa main line, itself a branch of the Uganda Railway. It is also regarded as one of the most dangerous roads in the country due to the many hundreds of road deaths that have occured in the last few years.
The following towns, listed from east towards the west, are located along the highway.[1] Major junctions are in italics.