Nairobi–Mombasa Road the west towards the east: Nairobi–Mombasa Road The Nairobi–Mombasa Road, also Mombasa–Nairobi Road or A109 Road (Kenya) is the main road between Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city and Mombasa, the country's largest port city. The road is a component of the Northern Corridor. The road starts in the city of Nairobi, at the confluence of "Langata Road", "Uhuru Highway" and "Lusaka Road", immediately west of "DHL House". It continues in a general southeasterly direction, through seven Kenya Counties to end in the city of Mombasa at the confluence of "Digo Road", "Langoni Road" and "Abdel Nasser Road", a total
Mombasa Island sprawl and industrial areas now occupy the rest of the island. Mombasa is linked to the mainland by the Makupa Causeway to the northwest, by the Nyali Bridge to the east and by the Likoni Ferry to the south. A road and rail bridge also serve the mainland container port near Port Reitz. Port Tudor and Tudor Creek were named by Owen Tudor the Royal Navy captain who first surveyed the area. Mombasa Island is one of the four divisions of Mombasa County. The division has a population of 146,334 (1999 census). It is divided into six subdivisions: Mombasa Island