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Egypt's New Roads & Highwaysشبكة الطرق الجديدة

7,000 km of new roads connecting cities, ports, and a continent.7000 كم من الطرق الجديدة تربط المدن والموانئ وقارة بأكملها

Egypt has undertaken an extensive road-building program under the National Roads Project, launched in 2014. The effort expands the transportation network to support economic development, connect new cities, and ease congestion.

The flagship initiative includes 7,000 km of new roads and the upgrading of 10,000 km of existing ones.

تشمل الطرق الجديدة في مصر تطوير الطريق الدائري حول القاهرة الكبرى (110 كم)، والطريق الصحراوي الغربي القاهرة–أسيوط (1126 كم)، وطريق وادي النطرون–العلمين (135 كم)، ومشروعات المحاور النيلية والكباري، بهدف رفع مستوى النقل وتسهيل التجارة وجذب الاستثمارات.

Key Projects & Axes

Integrated logistics corridors: seven major corridors linking production areas to sea and dry ports.
The Regional Ring Road: links major highways and diverts heavy transit trucks away from Cairo.
Cairo–Cape Town Road: Egypt's high-quality portion of the Pan-African route.
Red Sea to Chad & West Africa: a new 1,720 km road, with construction set to begin in late 2025.
"Moses" Bridge to Saudi Arabia: a planned $4 billion Red Sea crossing connecting Africa and Asia.

Impact

A 2023 study found the project revitalized the economy by improving accessibility.
Egypt's Road Quality Index ranking rose from 118th in 2015 to 18th in 2024.
New bypasses and bridges aim to cut congestion, though some urban designs have drawn criticism.

New roads

7,000 km

Upgraded

10,000 km

Started

2014

Quality rank

18th (2024)

Landmarks · المعالم

Landmark Roads & Crossingsطرق ومعابر بارزة

Record-breaking bridges, canal tunnels, and corridors reshaping how Egypt moves.جسور قياسية وأنفاق وممرات تعيد رسم حركة النقل في مصر.

Tahya Misr Bridgeكوبري تحيا مصر

The world's widest cable-stayed bridge (67.3 m) over the Nile, with a glass walkway. →

Rod El Farag Axisمحور روض الفرج

A roughly 17-km corridor linking east Cairo to the Alexandria Desert Road. →

Suez Canal Tunnelsأنفاق قناة السويس

Giant road tunnels beneath the canal, finally tying Sinai to the mainland. →

The Regional Ring Roadالطريق الدائري الإقليمي

A vast loop that diverts transit trucks around Greater Cairo. →

The 30 June Axisمحور 30 يونيو

A long corridor tying together the Delta, Cairo, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea. →

Shubra–Banha Highwayطريق شبرا بنها

A fast free highway running north from Cairo through the Delta. →

Cairo–Ain Sokhna Roadطريق القاهرة العين السخنة

A quick desert run from the capital to the Red Sea coast. →

Cairo–Cape Town Roadطريق القاهرة كيب تاون

Egypt's high-quality stretch of the trans-African highway. →

By the Numbers · بالأرقام

A Decade of Roadbuildingعقد من بناء الطرق

Running since 2014, Egypt's National Roads Project has built around 7,000 km of new highways, upgraded thousands more, and added roughly 1,000 bridges and tunnels — backed by close to EGP 1.1 trillion of investment. The push lifted Egypt's global Road Quality Index ranking from 118th in 2014 to 18th in 2024. New corridors now reach beyond the borders too — toward Cape Town, a planned road to Chad and West Africa, and a proposed Red Sea bridge to Saudi Arabia linking Africa and Asia.

New Egypt · الجمهورية الجديدة