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The system of roads in Senegal is extensive by West African standards, with paved roads reaching each corner of the country and all major towns.
Dakar is the endpoint of three routes in the Trans-African Highway network. These are as follows:
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.
The most important roads in Senegal are prefixed "N" and numbered from 1 to 7:
total: 906 km
narrow gauge: 906 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge (70 km double track)
There were an estimated 4,271 km of paved roads and 10,305 km of unpaved roads as of 1996.
Taxis (black-yellow or blue-yellow in color) are cheap, numerous and available everywhere in Dakar.[1] It is customary to negotiate the fare since most meters installed in the taxis are broken or missing.[1] For travel outside Dakar, public transportation is available but often unreliable and uncomfortable.[1]
897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal river, and 112 km on the Saloum River.
Dakar has one of the largest deep-water seaports along the West African coast.[1] Its deep-draft structure and 640-foot-wide (200 m) access channel allows round-the-clock access to the port.[1] Its current infrastructure includes tanker vessel loading and unloading terminals, a container terminal with a storage capacity of 3000 20-foot-equivalent units, a cereals and fishing port, a dedicated phosphate terminal and a privately run ship repair facility.[1] The port’s location at the extreme western point of Africa, at the crossroad of the major sea-lanes linking Europe to South America, makes it a natural port of call for shipping companies.[1] Total freight traffic averages 10 million metric tons.[1]
There were an estimated 20 airports in 1999. The Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport at Dakar is the hub of the sub-region.[1] Dakar is linked to numerous African cities by air, and daily flights go to Europe.[1] Delta Air Lines flies daily to/from Atlanta/Dakar/Johannesburg.[1] South African Airways flies daily to New York and Washington, D.C. from Johannesburg via Dakar.[1]
A new international airport which carries the name of Blaise Diagne is under construction at Diass.[2]
total: 10
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.