The Kombolcha-Bati-Mille road has a total length of 132 km of which approximately 52 km is asphalt surfaced and 80 km is gravel surfaced. It is one of the major link roads of the northern parts of Ethiopia, connecting the trunk roads Addis Ababa - Mille - Assab/Djibouti and Addis Ababa - Kombolcha - Woldiya - Mekelle.