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 Map showing the Great East Road through Zambia | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 595 km (370 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   T2 / M9 in Lusaka | |||
| D145 at Luangwa Bridge D142 in Nyimba D138 in Petauke  T6 in KateteD123 in Chipata  M12 in ChipataD128 in Chipata | ||||
| East end | M12 at the Mwami Border with Malawi near Mchinji | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Zambia | |||
| Provinces | Lusaka, Eastern | |||
| Major cities | Lusaka, Chongwe, Rufunsa, Nyimba, Petauke, Sinda, Katete, Chipata | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The Great East Road is a major road in Zambia and the main route linking its Eastern Province with the rest of the country. It is also the major link between Zambia and Malawi and between Zambia and northern Mozambique.[1] However, the route does not carry as much traffic as many of the other regional arterial roads and between the main cities it serves, Lusaka and Chipata, it passes through rural and wilderness areas. In Lusaka the road forms the main arterial road for the eastern suburbs. The entire route from Lusaka to Chipata and the border with Malawi is designated the T4 road on Zambia's road network.[2][3]
- ^ Terracarta: Zambia, 2nd edition, International Travel Maps, Vancouver, Canada, 2000.
- ^ "Roads and Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, Cap 464 | Zambia Legal Information Institute". zambialii.org. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ "Roads and Road Traffic Act | National Assembly of Zambia". www.parliament.gov.zm. Retrieved 2022-06-27.