Charruba-Timimi road is an asphalt road 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 eastern

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, Su ...

running from

Charruba Charruba or Kharruba ( ar, الخروبة) is a village in Libya. It is located south of Al Marj Marj ( ar, المرج, Al Marǧ, The Meadows), also spelt ''El Merj'', generally believed to be on the site of the ancient city of Barca or B ...

to Taban,

Mechili Mechili ( ar, المخيلي) is a small village in Cyrenaica, Libya and the site of a former Turkish fort. It is nearly east of Benghazi and west of Timimi. Geography Because of its location in the desert, Mechili suffered in the past from is ...

, and Timimi. It's about long and known in Libya as “Et Terigh El Foghiya” (literally "The Upper Road"). The Mechili-Timimi portion of the road was paved between the years 1975–1980. The Charruba-At Taban-Mechili segment was paved between the years 1980–1985. This road has shortened the distance between

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 t ...

and

Benghazi Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη ('' Berenice'') and '' Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Gha ...

from some along 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 ...

, to , and this route has become essential for traffic between the two cities. However, a shorter route between Tobruk and Benghazi along the

- Abyar track measuring some has not yet been paved.

References

*Libyan Planning Ministry, “Al Atlas al Watani lil Jamahiriya…”, Tripoli, 1978. *“Al Atlas at Ta’limi …”, 1984. Roads in Libya Cyrenaica {{Libya-geo-stub