Roads in Senegal

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.

International highways

Dakar is the endpoint of three routes in the Trans-African Highway network. These are:
*Cairo-Dakar Highway which crosses the edge of the Sahara
*Dakar-Ndjamena Highway which links the countries of the Sahel, also called the Trans-Sahelian Highway
*Dakar-Lagos Highway running along the West African coast and called by ECOWAS the Trans-West African Coastal Highway (though ECOWAS considers this route to start in Nouakchott, Mauritania). 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.

National roads

The most important roads in Senegal are prefixed "N" and numbered from 1 to 7:

*N1: Diourbel – Kaolack – Tambacounda – Kidira – (Mali)
*N2: Kaolack – Thiès – St-Louis – Richard Toll – Ouro Sogui – Kidira
*N3: Thiès – Diourbel – Touba – Linguère – Ouro Sogui
*N4: Kaolack – (Trans-Gambia Highway) – Bignona – Ziguinchor – (Guinea-Bissau)
*N5: Bignona – Diouloulou – (Gambia)
*N6: Tambacounda – Kolda – Ziguinchor
*N7: Tambacounda – Dar-Salam – Niokolo-Koba – Kedougou – Ségou – (Guinea)

Regional roads