Syria road data

The transport sector in Syria is significant to the of government because importance to the economy. The total distance of roads in Syria is 97,401 km.19,490 km is paved (including 1,103 km of expressways) and 77,911 km is unpaved. Syria's transport and communication networks have expanded rapidly over the past decade to keep pace with the fast-growing population. The road network, for example, has increased by 10% in the past five years, of which 70% is asphalted. The MSR is a divided, multi-lane highway along the Damascus – Homs – Hama – Aleppo corridor with the Mediterranean ports of Tartous and Lattakia, and with Jordan to the south and Lebanon to the west. The secondary roads are in generally excellent condition and additional road construction is underway to extend the major highway network to include a link from Lattakia to Aleppo. Highways and secondary roads have weight-load restrictions (bridge classifications exceed 60 Mt). This dataset contains the Primary Route, Secondary Route and unkonown.