Ethiopia’s second toll road is now open for traffic. The new toll road, second to the one that connects Addis Ababa to the town of Adama, connects the city of Dire Dawa, the second largest city in the country after the capital Addis Ababa, to Dewale, a town near the Ethio-Djibouti border. The new toll road, an asphalt freeway built with a cost of 5.2 billion birr, is a significant upgrade to the previous gravel road. Now that the new toll road is open, this time is cut by at least half as it will only take half a day at most to cover the distance. Part of an ongoing effort to link Addis Ababa directly to Djibouti, this new toll road is meant to be part of a highway that connects with the upcoming Adama – Awash – Mieso toll roads.

Source: Ethiopian News December 25, 2018 16:30 UTC