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The '''Trans-African Highway 5''', also known as '''Dakar-N'Djamena Highway''' or '''Trans-Sahel Highway''' connects [[Dakar]] in [[Senegal]] with [[N'Djamena]] in [[Chad]]. Most of the road is completely paved, except for a 775 km long part in western [[Mali]], but in many parts the pavement is in a poor condition.
==Course of the road==
===[[Senegal]]===*[[Dakar]]*[[Tambacounda]] (462 km pavement, 315 km in poor condition)===[[Mali]]===*[[Bamako]] (there are two options)**Option 1: a shorter route in the south via [[Saraya]] and [[Kita (Mali)|Kita]], 825 km, about 300 km pavement in good condition, 345 km still under contruction and 180 km muddy road**Option 2: the longer route (910 km) via [[Kayes]], [[Diéma]] and [[Didjeni]]
* [[Sikasso]] via [[Bougouni]], 374 km, paved, good condition;
===[[Burkina Faso]]===
* [[Koloko]] 50 km muddy road in bad condition
* [[Bobo-Dioulasso]] (paved, good)
* [[Koupéla]] (paved, good)
* [[Fada N’Gourma]] (paved, good)
===[[Niger]]===
* [[Niamey]] (paved, ?)
* [[Dosso (Niger)|Dosso]] (paved , ?)
* [[Maradi]] (paved , ?)
* [[Jibiya]] (paved , ?)
===[[Nigeria]]===
* [[Katsina (Nigeria)|Katsina]] (paved , ok)
* [[Kano]] (paved , ok)
* [[Maiduguri]] (paved , ok)
* [[Dikwa]] (paved , ok)
===[[Cameroon]]===
* [[Maltam]], grit, not useable in the rainy season
* [[Kousseri]] (paved)
===[[Chad]]===
* [[N'Djamena]]
In Dakar there is a connection to the [[Dakar-Lagos Highway]] (TAH 7) and to the [[TAH 1|Cairo-Dakar Highway]] (TAH 1). There is also a conenction connection to the [[Trans-Sahara Highway]] in Kano, Nigeria and to the [[Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway]] in N'djamena, with which it will form a complete east-west crossing of the continent of 8715 km. {{IsIn|Africa}}
[[Category:Trans-African Highways]]