Jordan Road Network

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Distance Matrix

Being that Jordan is a transit country for goods and services to the Palestinian territories and Iraq, Jordan maintains a well-developed transportation infrastructure. Jordan ranked as having the 35th best infrastructure in the world, one of the highest rankings in the developing world, according to the World Economic Forum's Index of Economic Competitiveness. It even beat several developed countries like Israel, Italy, Ireland, Greece and it was only two places behind the United Kingdom.

Distances from Capital City to Major Towns (km)
	Capital	Mafraq	Irbid	Zarqa	Aqaba	Jarash	Azraq	Ma’an
Capital		64	90	24	341	53	105	223
Mafraq	64		49	32	400	57	104	286
Irbid	90	49		58	473	31	179	305
Zarqa	24	32	58		360	53	60	242
Aqaba	341	400	473	360		362	378	117
Jarash	53	57	31	53	362		147	277
Azraq	105	104	179	60	378	147		261
Ma’an	223	286	305	242	117	277	261

Time travel Matrix

Travel Time from Capital City to Major Towns (min)
	Capital	Mafraq	Irbid	Zarqa	Aqaba	Jarash	Azraq	Ma’an
Capital		60	80	25	240	60	90	180
Mafraq	60		45	30	270	45	90	220
Irbid	80	45		60	300	25	180	200
Zarqa	25	30	60		250	60	60	190
Aqaba	240	270	300	250		260	250	70
Jarash	60	45	25	60	260		120	190
Azraq	90	90	180	60	250	120		220
Ma’an	180	220	200	190	70	190	220

Road Security

Security: Good

Radar Surveillance - 24/7

Traffic Police Patrol - 24/7

Civil Defense Units- 23/7

Weighbridges and Axle Load Limits

On all roads the maximum load is 30 MT.

Road Class and Surface Conditions

Jordan has a well-developed road infrastructure with 7,999 kilometers of paved highways. The road system is centralized around Amman, which connects the capital to major cities and surrounding countries.

Classification: European standards

Inventory: two way roads, with three lanes each. Paved, and maintained one timely bases

Distance from Amman to Aqaba, Iraqi borders and Syrian borders.

Direction	KM
From Amman to Aqaba	334.00
From Amman to Syrian borders (Jaber)	79.80
From Amman to Syrian borders (Al-Ramtha)	91.80
From Amman to Iraqi borders (Al-Karameh)	320.00

The Above mentioned roads are all in a good condition.

Land transport:

The goods imported by land should be driven from the border to the nearest customs house. The transporter should adhere to the appointed routes leading directly to this customs house. The transporter of the goods shall be forbidden from overpassing the customs center without a license or depositing the goods in other buildings and places before driving them into this house. The transporter of the goods and the escorters thereof shall present upon their arrival at the customs house a bill of lading or a document which substitutes the cargo manifest signed by the driver of the transport means and the representative of the transport company if there is such a company and prepared in accordance with terms prescribed in Article 43 of this Law, and added to it the value of the commodity. When necessary, the Director may decide on some exceptions from this rule. The bill of lading or the document shall be accompanied by documents confirming its contents in accordance with the terms determined by the Director.

Jordan – Syrian borders:

The Daraa Border Crossing ‎ is an international border crossing between Syria and Jordan. It is located between the cities of Daraa in Syria and Ar Ramtha in Jordan. It is situated along the Damascus-Amman section of the Hejaz Railway.

The Nasib Border Crossing is an international border crossing between Syria and Jordan. It is one of the busiest border crossings in Syria and is situated on the Damascus-Amman international highway. It is the main crossing for Syrian exports to Jordan and the GCC countries.

Jordan – Iraqi borders:

Karameh Border Crossing is the only border crossing between Jordan and Iraq. On the Iraqi side it is called the Turaibil Border Compound .The crossing served about 800,000 passengers in the year 2010 according to Al-Arab Al-Yawm newspaper. It connects the Jordanian town of Ruwaished to the Iraqi town of Turaibil. The border crossing is about 320 km (199 miles) from Jordan's capital Amman and 575 km (357 miles) from the Iraqi capital Baghdad. On 22 June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant assaulted the border crossing and clashed with the Iraqi Army in an attempt to capture the crossing.

Due to the current security situation in both Iraqi and Syria borders are irregularly open, therefore cross border operations is a big challenge in terms of sending food assistance.

Being that Jordan is a transit country for goods and services to the Palestinian territories and Iraq, Jordan maintains a well-developed

transportation infrastructure. Jordan ranked as having the 35th best infrastructure in the world, one of the highest rankings in the developing

world, according to the World Economic Forum's Index of Economic Competitiveness. It even beat several developed countries like Israel, Italy,

Ireland, Greece and it was only two places behind the United Kingdom.

For information on Jordan Road Network additional information, please see the following document:

Jordan Road Network Additional Information

Note: The information provided in the attached documents, which has been taken from the old DLCA, does not match the structure of the new LCA and is therefore provided separately.