M18 Road (Zambia)

The M18 Road is a road in Zambia that connects Kitwe in the Copperbelt Province with Kasempa in the North-Western Province via Kalulushi and Lufwanyama.[1] It is the only other road after the T5 Road that connects the towns of the North-Western and Copperbelt provinces. The section from Kitwe to Kalulushi is designated as the M7 Road while the remainder of the route is designated as the M18 Road on Zambia's road network.[1]

M18 Road
Route information
Length260 km (160 mi)
Major junctions
East endT3 in Kitwe
West endM8 near Kasempa
Highway system
Transport in Zambia

Route

M7 Road

The M7 begins in the commercial city centre of Kitwe, at a junction with the T3 Road from Chingola in the north and Ndola in the south-east. It begins by going westwards as Kanyanta Road up to the Mindolo Road junction, where it becomes Mindolo Road towards the north-west. At the second left turn, the M7 turns westwards and goes for 6 kilometres to reach a junction with the M18 Road east of Kalulushi. From the M18 junction, the M7 goes westwards for another 6 kilometres to end in Kalulushi Central.[1]

M18 Road

From the M7 junction east of Kalulushi, the M18 starts by going southwards for a few metres before turning westwards to separate Kalulushi Central from the southern part of the town. From Kalulushi, the M18 goes westwards for 245 kilometres, through the rural town of Lufwanyama, crossing into the North-Western Province, to reach its western terminus at a junction with the M8 Road in the settlement named Kawana in Kasempa District (60 kilometres north of Kasempa), with the M8 providing access to the town of Kasempa in the south (& Solwezi in the north).[1]

References
  1. "Roads and Road Traffic (Amendment) Act, Cap 464 | Zambia Legal Information Institute". zambialii.org. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
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