The Trans-African Highway 1, also known as Cairo-Dakar Highway connects Cairo in Egypt with Dakar in Senegal. Most of the road is completely paved, except for the border region between Morocco and Mauritania where it is only a track through the dessert.
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Course of the road
Egypt
Lybia
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Western Sahara
Mauritania
- Nouadhibou (Begin of unpaved road)
- Nouakchott (End of unpaved road)
Senegal
In Dakar there is a connection to the Dakar-Lagos-Highway (TAH 7) and to the Dakar-N'Djamena-Highway (TAH 5). Remember, it is not possible to travel the entire highway, because the border between Algeria and Morroco is currently closed.