Editing Transport in Kenya (section)

===Classification===
They are currently classified into the following categories:<ref name="krrclass">{{cite web| url= http://www.krb.go.ke/index.php/classification | title= Road Network Classification| publisher= Kenya Roads Board| access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>

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!Class!!Description!!Purpose!!Roads!!Paved!!Unpaved!!Total (in km)
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|A||International Trunk Roads||Link centres of international importance and cross international boundaries or terminate at international ports or airports.||[[A1 road (Kenya)|A1]], [[A2 road (Kenya)|A2]], [[A3 road (Kenya)|A3]], [[A4 road (Kenya)|A4]], [[A14 road (Kenya)|A14]], [[A23 road (Kenya)|A23]], [[A104 road (Kenya)|A104]], [[A109 road (Kenya)|A109]]||2,772||816||3,588
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|B||National Trunk Roads||Link nationally important centres (e.g. Provincial headquarters).||[[B1 road (Kenya)|B1]], [[B3 road (Kenya)|B3]], [[B8 road (Kenya)|B8]]||1,489||1,156||2,645
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|C||Primary Roads||Link provincially important centres to each other or to higher class roads (e.g. District headquarters).||C107, C111, C115 ||2,693||5,164||7,857
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|D||Secondary Roads||Link locally important centres to each other, or to more important centres or to a higher class road (e.g. divisional headquarters).|| ||1,238||9,483||10,721
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|E||Minor Roads||Any link to a minor centre.|| ||577||26,071||26,649
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|SPR||Special Purpose Roads||Government Roads (G)<br/>Settlement Roads (L)<br/>Rural Access Roads (R)<br/>Sugar Roads (S)<br/>Tea Roads (T)<br/>Wheat Roads (W)|| ||100||10,376||10,476
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|U||Unclassified Roads||All other public roads and streets|| ||2,318||96,623||98,941
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|All||Total||All public roads and streets|| ||11,187||149,689||160,876
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