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The Law n ° 86-172 of March 17, 1986 classifies all roads, road communications belonging to the public domain of the State, with the exception of military roads, in one of the following three categories:

  • The national roads (RN ط و), known as “long distance” (GP) roads in the old nomenclature replaced in 2000, cover long axes generally crossing several Tunisian governorates.
  • Secondary roads, covering regional axes with less traffic, are called "regional roads" (RR ط ج) or medium communication roads (MC) form the local road network of each governorate.

From 1997 up today, the paved road network had 12,264 kilometers, an increase of more than 52.8% in 24 years. the entire road network totaled 32,332 km, of which approximately 12,600 km were rural roads for agricultural purposes, of which only 1,460 km were paved; the average density is then 0.12 km / km².

For more information on government contact details, please see the following link: 4.1 Tunisia Government Contact List.

Distance Matrix

Distances from Capital City to Major Towns (km)


TUNIS

Sfax

Sousse 

Kairouan 

Bizerte 

Gabes 

Monastir 

Gafsa 

TUNIS


273.92

149.15

160.6

71.17

407.99

170.29

359.81

 Sfax

273.92


139.61

175.11

341.52

138.88

123.8

129.99

Sousse 

149.15

139.61


55.57

216.78

274.21

22.7

259.17

Kairouan 

160.6

175.11

55.57


229.43

214.64

66.68

202,23

Bizerte

71.17

341.52

216.78

229.43


476

238.3

427.82

Gabès 

407.99

138.88

274.21

214.64

476


258.4

156.86

Monastir 

170.29

123.8

 22.7

66.68

238.3

258.4


267.71

 Gafsa

359.81

129.99

259.17

202.23

427.82

156.86

267.71


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Road Security

Tunisia is the second deadliest country in the Maghreb region. Traffic accidents today represent the fifth cause of death in this country, or 3.3% of all deaths reported. The National Road Safety Observatory announced around 1,800 deaths on Tunisian roads in 2019.

Weighbridges and Axle Load Limits

Knowledge and control of the weights and dimensions of heavy goods vehicles in traffic is necessary for public authorities and infrastructure managers, both for reasons of management of these infrastructures and of compliance with the limits imposed.

Weighing vehicles on the road helps to address this problem. The use of this is also an obligation established by the new version of Directive 96/53 / EC. It traditionally uses sensors on the road which count, measure and weigh the vehicles crossing them. This solution is currently used in France by the national network of weighing equipment in motion (EPM). However, another solution exists, weighing by instrumented bridge, which consists of measuring the deformations of a bridge when heavy goods vehicles pass through and deducing their weights and dimensions.

Link of Road code in Tunisia

Axle load limits

Tunisia

Algeria

Morocco

Truck with 2 axles

17 MT

 17 MT

17 MT

Truck with 3 axles

26.5 MT

27 MT

26 MT

Truck with 4 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Semi-trailer with 3 axles

26.5 MT

27 MT

26 MT

Semi-trailer with 4 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Semi-trailer with 5 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Semi-trailer with 6 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Truck & drawbar trailer with 4 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Truck & drawbar trailer with 5 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Truck & drawbar trailer with 6 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Truck & drawbar trailer with 7 axles

44 MT

45 MT

40 MT

Road Class and Surface Conditions

Although of adequate quality and benefiting from a coherent layout, the road network has to face serious congestion problems in certain sections with a concentration of traffic between and in the main agglomerations of the country. The motorway program, started in the early 1980s, has tended to accelerate since the 2000s by favoring the north-south and east-west axes within the framework of the Maghreb network.


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