N8 (South Africa)

The N8 is a national route in South Africa that connects Upington, Kimberley, Bloemfontein and Maseru in Lesotho.[1] It is maintained by the South African National Roads Agency.

National route N8
Route information
Maintained by SANRAL
Length	583 km (362 mi)
Major junctions
West end	N10 at Groblershoop
	N12 in Kimberley N1 near Bloemfontein
East end	Maseru Bridge at the Lesotho border
Location
Major cities	Groblershoop Kimberley Bloemfontein Botshabelo Thaba Nchu Maseru
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa ← N7 N9 →

Route

The road starts at Groblershoop in the Northern Cape, at a junction with the N10 from Upington. It runs east through Griquatown to Kimberley, where it meets the N12. It is not one road through Kimberley (continues by a right turn in the town centre). From Kimberley it runs east-south-east into the Free State, on a recently upgraded stretch of road, through Petrusburg, to Bloemfontein, where it meets the N1. It is not one road through Bloemfontein (it cosigns with the N1 northwards for a few kilometers, bypassing the University of the Free State, up to the R64 off-ramp, where it turns east). After the Bloemfontein town centre, the road runs through Botshabelo, Thaba Nchu and Ladybrand (where it meets the R26 Road) to end on the Lesotho border at Maseru Bridge.[2]

References

1. Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis (Report). National Department of Transport. p. 22. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
2. "Road Condition Report: July 2009" (PDF). South African National Roads Agency. pp. 16–17. Retrieved 22 July 2009.

External links

• National Roads Agency SA