Provincial routes (South Africa)
Provincial routes (also referred to as major regional routes) are the second category of road in the South African route-numbering scheme.[1] They are designated with the letter "R" followed by a number from 21 to 82 formerly with the letter "P" followed by a number from 66 [2] They serve as feeders to the national routes and as trunk roads in areas where there is no national route.
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Designation as a provincial route does not necessarily imply that a road is maintained by the road authority in the provincial government; some parts of the provincial route network are maintained by the National Roads Agency (SANRAL), and parts in towns may be ordinary streets maintained by the municipal roads departments. Provincial routes vary in quality from gravel roads (for example the R31 between Askham, Northern Cape, and Hotazel) to freeways (for example the R59 between Vereeniging and Johannesburg).
List of routes
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R21 / P157: Boksburg – Kempton Park – Centurion – Pretoria R22: Hluhluwe – Kosi Bay (– Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique) R23: Volksrust – Standerton – Heidelberg (GP) – Brakpan – Benoni – Kempton Park R24: Rustenburg – Krugersdorp – Roodepoort – Johannesburg – Bedfordview – Kempton Park R25: Johannesburg – Kempton Park – Bapsfontein – Bronkhorstspruit – Groblersdal R26: Rouxville – Ladybrand – Ficksburg – Bethlehem – Reitz – Frankfort – Villiers R27 Southern section: Cape Town – Velddrif; Northern section: Vredendal – Calvinia – Keimoes R28: Vereeniging – Sebokeng – Westonaria – Randfontein – Krugersdorp R29: Johannesburg – Germiston – Boksburg – Benoni – Springs – Leandra – Kinross R30: Bloemfontein – Welkom – Odendaalsrus – Bothaville – Orkney – Klerksdorp – Ventersdorp – Rustenburg R31: (Keetmanshoop, Namibia –) Rietfontein – Kuruman – Kimberley R33: Pietermaritzburg – Greytown – Dundee – Vryheid – eMkhondo – Carolina – eMakhazeni – Groblersdal – Marble Hall – Modimolle – Lephalale R34: Vryburg – Schweizer-Reneke – Bloemhof – Hoopstad – Wesselsbron – Odendaalsrus – Kroonstad – Heilbron – Frankfort – Newcastle – Utrecht – Vryheid – Ulundi – Empangeni – Richards Bay R35: Amersfoort – Bethal – Middelburg (MP) R36: Ermelo – Carolina – Mashishing – Tzaneen – Louis Trichardt R37: Polokwane – Mashishing – Nelspruit R38: Standerton – Bethal – Carolina – Barberton – Kaapmuiden R39: Standerton – Ermelo R40: (Piggs Peak, Swaziland –) Bulembu – Barberton – Nelspruit – White River – Hoedspruit – Phalaborwa R41: Randfontein – Roodepoort – Johannesburg R42: Parys – Vanderbijlpark – Vereeniging – Heidelberg (GP) – Nigel – Delmas – Bronkhorstspruit R43: Gansbaai – Hermanus – Worcester – Ceres R44: Kleinmond – Strand – Somerset West – Stellenbosch – Wellington – Piketberg R45: Saldanha – Vredenburg – Malmesbury – Wellington – Paarl – Villiersdorp R46: Malmesbury – Ceres – Touws River R48: De Aar – Petrusburg R49: Mahikeng – Zeerust – Kopfontein (– Gaborone, Botswana) R50: Standerton – Leandra – Delmas – Pretoria R51: Villiers – Balfour – Nigel – Springs – Bapsfontein R52: Vryburg – Lichtenburg – Rustenburg R53: Parys – Potchefstroom – Ventersdorp – Swartruggens R54: Potchefstroom – Vereeniging – Villiers R55: Sandton – Pretoria R56: Middelburg (EC) – Molteno – Elliot – Matatiele – Kokstad – Pietermaritzburg R57: Phuthaditjhaba – Reitz – Heilbron – Sasolburg – Vanderbijlpark R58: Colesberg – Burgersdorp – Aliwal North – Barkly East – Ngcobo R59: Dealesville – Bothaville – Parys – Sasolburg – Vereeniging – Meyerton – Johannesburg R60: Worcester – Robertson – Swellendam R61: Beaufort West – Graaff-Reinet – Cradock – Queenstown – Mthatha – Port Edward – Margate – Port Shepstone R62: Ashton – Oudtshoorn – Humansdorp R63: Calvinia – Carnarvon – Graaff-Reinet – Fort Beaufort – King William's Town – Komga R64: Kimberley – Boshof – Bloemfontein R65: Ermelo – Sandlane (– Manzini, Swaziland) R66: Gingindlovu – Eshowe – Ulundi – Nongoma – Pongola R67: Port Alfred – Grahamstown – Fort Beaufort – Queenstown R68: Dundee – Melmoth R69: Vryheid – Mkuze R70: Odendaalsrus – Hennenman – Senekal – Ficksburg R71: Polokwane – Tzaneen – Namakgale – Phalaborwa R72: Port Elizabeth – Port Alfred – East London R73: Winburg – Virginia – Welkom R74: Harrismith – Bergville – Greytown – KwaDukuza R75: Port Elizabeth – Uitenhage – Graaff-Reinet R76: Orkney – Kroonstad – Bethlehem R80: Pretoria – Soshanguve R81: Polokwane – Giyani – Thohoyandou R82: Kroonstad – Vereeniging – Johannesburg
Images
- Long Tom Pass on the R37 in Mpumalanga
- The R56 between Steynsburg and Molteno
- The R57 crossing the Vaal River near Vanderbijlpark
- R24 durch Magaliesburg
See also
- National routes (South Africa)
- Regional routes (South Africa)
- Municipal Routes in Gauteng (disambiguation)
References
- Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis. National Department of Transport. p. xi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, Volume 1: Uniform Traffic Control Devices. National Department of Transport. May 2012. p. 8.6.1. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.