and Maradi to the Nigerian border at Jibiya. Nigeria section: , all paved and in fair condition, via Katsina, Kano, Kari, Maiduguri and Dikwa. The short Cameroon section consists of an unpaved gravel road from the Nigerian border to Maltam which is impassable in the wet season; as this road is not used by local traffic to any extent, Cameroon has no plans to upgrade it. The section from Maltam to Kousseri at the Chad border is paved and is used mainly by Chadian traffic. Chad: the highway is fairly complete except for the last 150 km from Abeche to the Sudanese border town of Adre and a small gap within the city limits of Mongo. It is in need of some maintenance in some areas as the surface has become broken up. There is regular bus service from the capital NDjamena to Abeche every day. Alternative routes at the eastern end: the alternative to the unpaved section through Cameroon is a route which adds about on paved roads via Bama in Nigeria and Mora and Waza in Cameroon. an alternative route of about between Niger and Chad, by-passing Nigeria, will be possible when a proposed new road around the north and east of Lake Chad is built connecting Ndjamena to Nguigmi which is about inside Niger. Nguigmi is connected by a paved road via Zinder to Maradi where it meets the Trans-Sahelian Highway. Links to other transnational highways The Trans-Sahelian Highway intersects with the following Trans-African Highways: in Dakar in Dakar in Kano, Nigeria in N'Djamena, with which it will form a complete east–west crossing of the continent of . The northern regions of Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin are close to the Trans-Sahelian Highway, which may be used to by travellers between those regions in preference to the Trans–West African Coastal Highway further south. Paved roads connect the Trans-Sahelian and West African Coastal Highways through Côte d'Ivoire (Sikassa or Bobo-Dioulasso to Yamoussoukro) Ghana (Ouagadougou to Accra) Togo (Koupela to Lomé) Benin (Dosso to Cotonou) Nigeria (Birnin-Konni or Kano to Lagos). See also Trans–West African Coastal Highway Trans-Sahara Highway Trans-African Highway network References African Development Bank/United Nations Economic Commission For Africa: "Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links: Volume 2: Description of Corridors". August 14, 2003. Retrieved 14 July 2007. Michelin Motoring and Tourist Map: "Africa North and West". Michelin