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.

Provincial Routes in South Africa
Provincial route marker for R33
Map of national routes and provincial routes
in blue and green, respectively
Highway names
National routesNxx
Provincial routesRxx
Metropolitan routesMxx
System links

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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No. Route
  R21 BoksburgKempton ParkCenturionPretoria
  R22 HluhluweKosi Bay (– Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique)
  R23 VolksrustStandertonHeidelberg (GP)BrakpanBenoniKempton Park
  R24 RustenburgKrugersdorpRoodepoortJohannesburgBedfordviewKempton Park
  R25 JohannesburgKempton ParkBapsfonteinBronkhorstspruitGroblersdal
  R26 RouxvilleLadybrandFicksburgBethlehemReitzFrankfortVilliers
  R27
  R28 VereenigingSebokengWestonariaRandfonteinKrugersdorp
  R29 JohannesburgGermistonBoksburgBenoniSpringsLeandraKinross
  R30 BloemfonteinWelkomOdendaalsrusBothavilleOrkneyKlerksdorpVentersdorpRustenburg
  R31 (Keetmanshoop, Namibia –) RietfonteinKurumanKimberley
  R33 PietermaritzburgGreytownDundeeVryheideMkhondoCarolinaeMakhazeniGroblersdalMarble HallModimolleLephalale
  R34 VryburgSchweizer-RenekeBloemhofHoopstadWesselsbronOdendaalsrusKroonstadHeilbronFrankfortNewcastleUtrechtVryheidUlundiEmpangeniRichards Bay
  R35 AmersfoortBethalMiddelburg (MP)
  R36 ErmeloCarolinaMashishingTzaneenLouis Trichardt
  R37 PolokwaneMashishingMbombela
  R38 StandertonBethalCarolinaBarbertonKaapmuiden
  R39 StandertonErmelo
  R40 (Piggs Peak, Eswatini –) BulembuBarbertonMbombelaWhite RiverHoedspruitPhalaborwa
  R41 RandfonteinRoodepoortJohannesburg
  R42 ParysVanderbijlparkVereenigingHeidelberg (GP)NigelDelmasBronkhorstspruit
  R43 GansbaaiHermanusWorcesterCeres
  R44 KleinmondStrandSomerset WestStellenboschWellingtonPiketberg
  R45 SaldanhaVredenburgMalmesburyWellingtonPaarlVilliersdorp
  R46 MalmesburyCeresTouws River
  R48 De AarPetrusville - Petrusburg
  R49 MahikengZeerustKopfontein (– Gaborone, Botswana)
  R50 StandertonLeandraDelmasPretoria
  R51 VilliersBalfourNigelSpringsBapsfontein
  R52 VryburgLichtenburgRustenburg
  R53 ParysPotchefstroomVentersdorpSwartruggens
  R54 PotchefstroomVereenigingVilliers
  R55 SandtonPretoria
  R56 Middelburg (EC)MoltenoElliotMatatieleKokstadPietermaritzburg
  R57 PhuthaditjhabaReitzHeilbronSasolburgVanderbijlpark
  R58 ColesbergBurgersdorpAliwal NorthBarkly EastNgcobo
  R59 DealesvilleBothavilleParysSasolburgVereenigingMeyertonJohannesburg
  R60 WorcesterRobertsonSwellendam
  R61 Beaufort WestGraaff-ReinetCradockQueenstownMthathaPort EdwardMargatePort Shepstone
  R62 AshtonOudtshoornHumansdorp
  R63 CalviniaCarnarvonGraaff-ReinetFort BeaufortKing William's TownKomga
  R64 KimberleyBoshofBloemfontein
  R65 ErmeloSandlane (– Manzini, Eswatini)
  R66 GingindlovuEshoweUlundiNongomaPongola
  R67 Port AlfredGrahamstownFort BeaufortQueenstown
  R68 DundeeMelmoth
  R69 VryheidMkuze
  R70 OdendaalsrusHennenmanSenekalFicksburg
  R71 PolokwaneTzaneenNamakgalePhalaborwa
  R72 Port ElizabethPort AlfredEast London
  R73 WinburgVirginiaWelkom
  R74 HarrismithBergvilleGreytownKwaDukuza
  R75 Port ElizabethUitenhageGraaff-Reinet
  R76 OrkneyKroonstadBethlehem
  R80 PretoriaSoshanguve
  R81 PolokwaneGiyaniThohoyandou
  R82 KroonstadVereenigingJohannesburg

Images

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.