Gambia Road Network
About 98 % of in land
transportation is via the road network. They are no road tolls on
the entire network. The Gambian network is estimated at about 1615
km, of which more than half is not tarred. The country is
served principally by two major roads, the North road and the South
Road. The south bank is not paved or in a bad condition from
Georgetown for almost 250 km
To access the North Road from
Banjul, one needs to take a Ferry and cross to Barra before
proceeding to Essau. The road is a better condition than the South
Bank Road, however Ferry changes increase the cost. Refer to
chapter 8 on ferry charges
The river Banjul divides the
country into two entities. The only means to link the two
banks it so take a ferry. The country has specific ferry crossing
areas. This has already addressed in chapter 8 on ports and river
transportation. The long time solution will be to build
bridges along the river, however high infrastructure costs have
hampered plans to construct bridges.
For information on Gambia Road Network contact details, please see the following link:
4.1 Gambia Government Contact List
For information on Gambia Road Network additional information, please see the following document:
Gambia 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.
For information on Gambia Road Network contacts, please see the following link: