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Very nice update chris :cheers :banana: What they are doing is cleanup the land first then build the bridges and culvets then put the asphalt on it .so in a matter of two years this expressway will be open for traffic.

 

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Nice pictures vatse :cheers: that ring road in Addis really crowded after the start of Bole road construction.It was not like that when I was in Addis in 2010.

On another note can you post these beautiful pictures on this thread too please ? http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1161779&page=5

If you are busy I can do it if you don't mind.Thanks in advance.

 

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Road 2 from Kombolcha to Mile
This road was probably also built during Italian occupation to connect Addis Abeba to port of Assab. This was main road to Assab until new road between Awash and Mile was built at some time during second half of 20th century. Currently it is main road from Djibouti to Northern Ethiopia (to many parts of Amhara and Tigray Regions). So it is quite a busy road for Ethiopian standards with lots of trucks carrying fuel and other goods from Djibouti.

Actually they built an asphalt concrete road which connect Mile to Waldiya some time last year so I think it relieves the congesion on this road probably they rebuilt it since there are lots of industrial investment in Kombolcha city.

 

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Nice aerial shots of Lafto and Alem Gena area roads vatse ! thanx a lot :cheers:

 

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Nice pictures as usual vatse thanx :cheers:

 

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Wow !they did an amazing job on that Bole road :cheers:

 

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Even the pedestrian road looks neat :cheers:

 

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Looks neat :banana: thanx Chris :cheers:
They should open it next April for traffic.

 

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They just opened this Toll Highway for traffic last Sunday Sep 14,2014.
From the respective thread in Ethiopia Forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1033497&page=22

They charge 50 Eth birr($2.50 USDollar) for small cars, medium size cars will pay 60 Eth birr($3.00 USDollar) and big cars 70 Eth birr ($3.50 USDollar) for the whole 76 Kilometers use (up to Adama) .

With The Adama Wind Farm turbines in the back drop :cheers:

The toll booths