A1 motorway (Tunisia)

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A1 motorway
Route information
Length	659 km (409 mi)
Existed	1981–present
Major junctions
North end	Tunis
South end	Ben Guerdane
Location
Country	Tunisia
Major cities	Tunis, Ben Arous, Hammam Lif, Hammamet, Enfida, Sousse, El Jem, Sfax, Gabès, Medenine, Ben Guerdane
Highway system
Transport in Tunisia Motorways

Tunisia's A1 or A-1 motorway is a 659 km road connecting Tunis and Ben Guerdane. In the map shown, the A-1 is in red. The highway was built from Tunis at the north end toward the south and is continuing to be extended to finally reach the Tunisian Libyan border.

The A-1 is conceived of as part of an international project, sometimes called the Trans-Maghreb^[1] or Trans-North Africa Highway^[2] or Trans-African Highway 1 that is planned to reach from Cairo to Dakar.

There are three lanes each way from Tunis to Hammamet then two lanes each way from Hammamet to Sfax. It is a toll road part of the way. Road signs are in Arabic and French. The speed limit on Tunisian highways is 110 km/h.

History[edit]

The first section connected Tunis to Turki (near Grombalia) in 1981. It was extended to Hammamet in 1986, to Enfidha in 1994, and to Sfax in 2008 and to Gabes in 2019.^[3]

Further construction[edit]

The extension to Gabes took a long time: progress slowed after the Tunisian revolution of 2011^[2] and the European Investment Bank provided with some financial support for extensions, starting in 2014.^[4][5]

In January 2023, advancement of the remaining 182 km from Gabès to Medenine, Ben Gardane, and to Ras Jedir on the Libyan border was estimated to be 90% completed at cost of 550 million dinars, with already 5 interchanges, 4 toll stations, 4 restop areas, and 107 hydraulic structures already built on the Gabes-Medenine section. Opening is planned for the end of May 2023.^[6]

Distances, rest areas, and exits[edit]

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The planned route from Tunis to the Libyan frontier is 573 km:

• Tunis-Hammamet (51 km)
• Hammamet-M'saken (92 km) with an exit at Sousse
• M'saken-Sfax (97 km) with an exit at Mahdia
• Sfax-Gabès (151 km, under development)
• Gabès-Libyan border (182 km, planned for 2018)

There are service areas at Grombalia, Sidi Khelifa, Borjine, and El Jem.

Exits and interchanges are, in order: the interchange between A1 and Olympic City November 7th, Hammam Lif, Mornag, Grombalia, Turki, Hammamet-Nord, Golf Hammamet, Hammamet, Hammamet-Sud, Bouficha, Enfidha, Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport, Hergla, Sidi Bou Ali, Kalâa Kebira, Sousse, Sousse city center, M'saken, Jemmel, Kerker, El Jem, El Hencha, and Sfax-Nord

References[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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  Exit to Turki/Grombalia
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  Exit to Bou Merdes
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  Rest area at Grombalia
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  A1 toll in Mornag at sunset
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  Exit to the Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport
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  Exit to Hammamet
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  Exit to Hergla

External links[edit]

• Wikivoyage:Tunisia discusses travel on Tunisian highways

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