| Header Type: | UC |
| Country: | DZA |
| Type: | A |
| Route: | 2 |
| Length Km: | 1020 |
| Terminus A: | Algeria-Tunisia border |
| Direction B: | West |
| Terminus B: | Algeria-Morocco border |
| Cities: | Tébessa, Khenchela, Batna, M'Sila, Boughezoul, Tiaret, Saida, El Aricha |
Highway of the Hauts Plateaux is a highway of 1020 km under construction in Algeria.
This structuring motorway project is part of the scheme and motorway road master 2005 / 2025 in order to open up and link the cities in the highland areas of the interior, in parallel to the East–West Highway.[1]
It runs through the wilayas of Tlemcen on the border with Morocco, Saida, Tiaret, Médéa, M'sila, Batna, Oum El Bouaghi, Khenchela and Tébessa on the border with Tunisia.[1]
The project is divided into three lots:
The lot of Construction "East" were launched on 30 October 2014 near Tazoult (wilaya of Batna) by the Minister of Public Works Abdelkader Kadi. This is a first section of 102 km through the municipalities of Batna, Tazoult, Timgad, Taouzient, Kais, El Hamma and Khenchela, under the direction of Algerian companies headed by Cosider Group for a period of 18 months.[2]