Trans-Gambia Highway
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[[Image:TransGambia.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Trans-Gambia Highway near [[Farafenni]], The Gambia]]
The '''Trans-Gambia Highway''' is the most important road in [[The Gambia]], running across the centre of the nation in a north-south direction. The road is also economically important for [[Senegal]], in which it is designated as the [[N4 road (Senegal)|N4 road]].
The Gambia is an elongated state forming an [[enclave]] in Senegal. The Gambia almost separates the [[Casamance]] region from the remainder of Senegal. The Trans-Gambia Highway provides the most important connection between the two parts of Senegal. As the N4, it runs from [[Kaolack]] and [[Nioro du Rip|Nioro]], across Gambia and then into [[Bignona]] and [[Ziguinchor]] in the Casamance. The actual Gambian section is only 25 km long. It runs through [[Farafenni]] and [[Soma, Gambia|Soma]] but the 800 metre width of the [[Gambia River]] can only be crossed by a connecting ferry.
With establishment of the [[Gambia River Development Organization]] in 1978, plans for a bridge were developed. Despite being repeatedly raised, these plans have not come to fruition.
In [[August 2005]], the [[Gambia River Authority]] doubled the prices for the ferry crossing. In response, the [[Politics of Senegal|Government of Senegal]] closed the [[border control|border crossings]]. The prices were reduced at the beginning of October, but Senegal felt the issue was unresolved and threatened that they would construct a tunnel under Gambia, with the claimed support of [[China]].
President of the Gambia [[Yahya Jammeh]] and President of Senegal [[Abdoulaye Wade]] met on [[21 October]] [[2005]] and reached an agreement over the fare and a basis for its future calculation. The bridge construction project was again placed into the foreground.
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[[Category:Road transport in Senegal]]
[[Category:Transport in The Gambia]]
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