Abstract: The growth and progress of any nation can be measured to a large extent by its socio-economic development and these largely depend on its road network system and as such, the development and management of roads have always been topical issues of discourse in developed and developing countries of the world. During the oil boom years of the seventies, a period of unprecedented road construction was witnessed in Nigeria to such an extent that road transport now accounts for 80% of passengers and goods movement in Nigeria. However, 85% of the approximately 200,000 km Nigerian road network is now in a deplorable state and as such, this calls for drastic actions to be taken, part of which is to declare a state of emergency on the road network system in Nigeria. This study discusses road network system failures and their causes, preventions cum remedies for total recovery.