Tsavo Highway (Location)
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Tsavo Highway[1] is a highway that replaced the old Kenyan international trunk road A23 that for some length bisects the southern part of West Tsavo national park.
Roads are the primary communication links to all sectors of the economy and the population. It is widely recognized that an efficient road infrastructure is a prerequisite for economic and social development. In the 21ct century, roads are referred to by a wide range of names and descriptions - National, Main, Trunk, District, City, Rural, Local, Access etc. However, roads can be broadly categorized according to the Authority primarily responsible for their management as national, district, urban and special purpose roads. National Roads are the main highways of the classified road network comprising Class A, B, C roads and are managed by the Roads Department of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. These roads provide mobility in a national context and the traffic on these roads is usually associated with longer travel distances. Hence design provisions for these roads allow for relatively higher speeds and minimal interference with through traffic i.e. restricted access. Class A are international trunk roads linking international boundaries or terminating at international ports e.g. Malaba-Nairobi-Mombasa Road.
In 1998 Kenya and its Partner States agreed on the East African Road Network Project. The project consists of five (5) major regional road corridors, two are briefly described herebelow. The Mombasa - Malaba - Katuna corridor and its feeder links consisting of the Mombasa - Lunga Lunga - Tanga, the Voi - Mwatate - Taveta - Holili - Himo, the Marangu - Tarakea - Oloitoktok, the Emali - Oloitoktok, and the Mau Summit - Kisumu - Busia - Muwayo. The Dar es Salaam - Dodoma - Isaka - Mutukula - Masaka corridor with the feeder links being the Chalinze - Segera - Himo - Moshi - Arusha, the Kyaka - Murongo - Kikagati - Mbarara, the Dar es Salaam - Mtwara - Mbamba Bay and Nzega - Tabora - Mbeya.
The A23 resides in the western edge of the Coastal province of Kenya and is part of both the Mombasa - Malaba - Katuna, and the Dar as Salaam - Dodoma - Isaka - Mutukula - Masaka corridors according to modern-day geographical boundaries. In the 21st century, the A23 road begins at Voi and passes on to Arusha that is in Tanzania. Smaller towns lying between these population centres are, Maktau, Murka, Taveta, Holili(Tanzania) and Moshi(Tanzania) in that order. There is also a railway that runs the same route. Highway A23 joines directly onto highway A109 at Voi, and connects Nairobi and Mombasa. The this and all other national roads are maintained under the Roads Department of Ministry of Roads and Public Works, affiliated with the Kenya Roads Board. Little is known about the replacement highway in existence in 2552.
In 2552, during the Second Battle of Earth, the Covenant Loyalist invaders occupied and barricaded the highway with Wraith tanks, Brute Choppers and infantry formations, thereby denying access both to and from Voi at least from the West. However, SPARTAN-117 and the UNSC Marine Corps assaulted the highway, retaking it and reaching Voi.
In the 24th century, the industrial revolution of East Africa had begun. Everything that was transported to and from Mombasa had to be mediated by Voi to Nairobi and Dodoma in the Republic of Tanzania. This caused Voi to be greatly influenced by the revolution and it co-evolved industrially with Mombasa. Because of the increased heavy traffic from and to Voi, the old national A23 highway had fallen into disrepair. Under the authority of Tterrab Industries, it is decided to construct an entirely new highway under the SV coding system as in Mombasa, though most prefer the name the Tsavo rather than the 4-digit code simply due to the fact that it is easier to recognise. Instead of replacing the A23, it was decided to be built parallel to it, thus allowing traffic to flow uninterrupted. In the 26th century, the old A23 was abandoned and only still used by the local farmers to avoid the heavy traffic. The 'new' highway is an approximate 1.2 km NW parallel to the A23 in the level Tsavo Highway.
The GWC Trans-African Pipelines travel along the length of the Tsavo Highway, carrying water from the main Global Water Campaign from their water processing plant in the Tanzanian jungles to Voi and from there across the rest of Africa.
The third campaign level of Halo 3, Tsavo Highway, is set at Tsavo Highway.
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- ↑ EGM Magazine, August 2007, page 62
