Jomo Kenyatta Avenue is a major road

Road

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...

 in Mombasa

Mombasa

Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. The majority of the road is a six-lane

Lane

A lane is a part of the roadway within a road marked out for use by a single line of vehicles in such a way as to control and guide drivers for the purpose of reducing traffic conflicts. Most public roads have at least two lanes, one for traffic in each direction, separated by Lane markings...

 dual carriageway

Dual carriageway

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, separated by a concrete

Concrete

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 reservation

Median

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 of approximately 3 metres (9.8 ft) in width.

The road travels south-east from Makupa Circus

Makupa Circus

The Makupa Circus is a primary road junction in Mombasa, Kenya. The roundabout is situated in the Makupa district of the island.The roundabout serves the majority of migrating traffic in Mombasa...

, and terminates at a junction with Digo Road. Traffic on the road is restricted to 40 kilometres per hour (24.9 mph). The crossroads

Junction (road)

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 with Ronald Ngala Road and Mwatate Street provides one of Mombasa's two sets of traffic lights (the other being at the west end of the Nyali Bridge

Nyali Bridge

The Nyali Bridge is a concrete girder bridge connecting the city of Mombasa on Mombasa Island to the mainland of Kenya. The bridge crosses Tudor Creek to the north-east of the island. The bridge is one of two road links out of Mombasa...

).