Major Roads

Name: Ghana Major Roads
Creator: OpenStreetMap contributors
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/

Motorways, trunk and primary roads across Ghana, with route number, surface and lanes where recorded. Derived from OpenStreetMap. 3636 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 26, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 26, 2026GH₵69.003,636 recordsTransport

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT
road_class	TEXT
route_ref	TEXT
surface	TEXT
lanes	INTEGER
maxspeed_kmh	INTEGER
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
locality	TEXT
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
phone	TEXT
website	TEXT
osm_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Major Roads
nameTEXT	road classTEXT	route refTEXT	surfaceTEXT	lanesINTEGER	maxspeed kmhINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Liberation Road	Trunk	—	Asphalt	2	50	Greater Accra Region	Ayawaso East Municipal	—	5.590591	-0.181147	—	—	way/4790617	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	Trunk	N10	Asphalt	2	—	Northern Region	Sagnerigu	—	9.522814	-0.841352	—	—	way/4816054	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
—	Trunk	N10	Asphalt	2	—	Northern Region	Sagnerigu	—	9.475354	-0.846639	—	—	way/4816064	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
North High Street	Trunk	N10	Asphalt	1	—	Northern Region	Tamale Metropolitan	—	9.419803	-0.842147	—	—	way/4816066	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Central High Street	Trunk	N9	Asphalt	2	—	Northern Region	Tamale Metropolitan	—	9.398374	-0.831149	—	—	way/4830913	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT	road classTEXT	route refTEXT	surfaceTEXT	lanesINTEGER	maxspeed kmhINTEGER	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	localityTEXT	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	phoneTEXT	websiteTEXT	osm idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-road_class-1	example-route_ref-1	example-surface-1	10	10	example-region-1	example-district-1	example-locality-1	10	10	example-phone-1	example-website-1	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-road_class-2	example-route_ref-2	example-surface-2	20	20	example-region-2	example-district-2	example-locality-2	20	20	example-phone-2	example-website-2	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-road_class-3	example-route_ref-3	example-surface-3	30	30	example-region-3	example-district-3	example-locality-3	30	30	example-phone-3	example-website-3	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-road_class-4	example-route_ref-4	example-surface-4	40	40	example-region-4	example-district-4	example-locality-4	40	40	example-phone-4	example-website-4	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-road_class-5	example-route_ref-5	example-surface-5	50	50	example-region-5	example-district-5	example-locality-5	50	50	example-phone-5	example-website-5	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-road_class-6	example-route_ref-6	example-surface-6	60	60	example-region-6	example-district-6	example-locality-6	60	60	example-phone-6	example-website-6	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-road_class-7	example-route_ref-7	example-surface-7	70	70	example-region-7	example-district-7	example-locality-7	70	70	example-phone-7	example-website-7	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-road_class-8	example-route_ref-8	example-surface-8	80	80	example-region-8	example-district-8	example-locality-8	80	80	example-phone-8	example-website-8	80	example-source-8

3,631 more rows — see the plans

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 26, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 26, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (OpenStreetMap contributors). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 26, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Major roads (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/major-roads

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

name

TEXT

road_class

TEXT

route_ref

TEXT

surface

TEXT

lanes

INTEGER

maxspeed_kmh

INTEGER

region

TEXT

district

TEXT

locality

TEXT

latitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

longitude

DECIMAL(9,6)

phone

TEXT

website

TEXT

osm_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT

road classTEXT

route refTEXT

surfaceTEXT

lanesINTEGER

maxspeed kmhINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Liberation Road

Trunk

—

Asphalt

Greater Accra Region

Ayawaso East Municipal

—

5.590591

-0.181147

—

way/4790617

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Trunk

N10

Asphalt

—

Northern Region

Sagnerigu

—

9.522814

-0.841352

—

way/4816054

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

—

Trunk

N10

Asphalt

—

Northern Region

Sagnerigu

—

9.475354

-0.846639

—

way/4816064

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

North High Street

Trunk

N10

Asphalt

—

Northern Region

Tamale Metropolitan

—

9.419803

-0.842147

—

way/4816066

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

Central High Street

Trunk

Asphalt

—

Northern Region

Tamale Metropolitan

—

9.398374

-0.831149

—

way/4830913

OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

nameTEXT

road classTEXT

route refTEXT

surfaceTEXT

lanesINTEGER

maxspeed kmhINTEGER

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

localityTEXT

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

phoneTEXT

websiteTEXT

osm idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

example-road_class-1

example-route_ref-1

example-surface-1

example-region-1

example-district-1

example-locality-1

example-phone-1

example-website-1

example-source-1

example-name-2

example-road_class-2

example-route_ref-2

example-surface-2

example-region-2

example-district-2

example-locality-2

example-phone-2

example-website-2

example-source-2

example-name-3

example-road_class-3

example-route_ref-3

example-surface-3

example-region-3

example-district-3

example-locality-3

example-phone-3

example-website-3

example-source-3

example-name-4

example-road_class-4

example-route_ref-4

example-surface-4

example-region-4

example-district-4

example-locality-4

example-phone-4

example-website-4

example-source-4

example-name-5

example-road_class-5

example-route_ref-5

example-surface-5

example-region-5

example-district-5

example-locality-5

example-phone-5

example-website-5

example-source-5

example-name-6

example-road_class-6

example-route_ref-6

example-surface-6

example-region-6

example-district-6

example-locality-6

example-phone-6

example-website-6

example-source-6

example-name-7

example-road_class-7

example-route_ref-7

example-surface-7

example-region-7

example-district-7

example-locality-7

example-phone-7

example-website-7

example-source-7

example-name-8

example-road_class-8

example-route_ref-8

example-surface-8

example-region-8

example-district-8

example-locality-8

example-phone-8

example-website-8

example-source-8

How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Major roads (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/major-roads

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/major_roads",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]