Tobruk–Ajdabiya Road is an asphalt road linking

Tobruk Tobruk or Tobruck (; grc, Ἀντίπυργος, ''Antipyrgos''; la, Antipyrgus; it, Tobruch; ar, طبرق, Tubruq ''Ṭubruq''; also transliterated as ''Tobruch'' and ''Tubruk'') is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near ...

and Ajdabiya, in the

Cyrenaica Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή ��παρχίαKurēnaïkḗ parkhíā}, after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between ...

region of northeastern

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

. It is used primarily by travelers between Tripoli and Toburk, or to

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. The road has shortened the distance between Tobruk and Ajdabiya to about 410 km (256 mi), from 610 km (388 mi) via the

Libyan Coastal Highway The Libyan Coastal Highway ( ar, الطريق الساحلي الليبي), formerly the Litoranea Balbo, is a highway that is the only major road that runs along the entire east-west length of the Libyan Mediterranean coastline. It is a section ...

(''Via Balbia''). However, the traffic on the road is negligible. After the

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that took place in 2011, the road witnessed several incidents made the traffic on it is dangerous, like: #May 2014: Capturing Egyptian drivers by an armed group, but later had been released. #August 2014: Capturing (and later murdering) five journalists working for ''Barca channel'', after covering the inauguration of

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in Tobruk. #August 2015: Attacking the ''200 check point'' (almost in the middle of the road), by an armed group, said to be a loyal to

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, killing at approximately four soldiers.مقتل 4 جنود في هجوم على بوابة الـ200
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tobruk-Ajdabiya Road Roads in Libya Al Wahat District Tobruk Cyrenaica Ajdabiya