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
No.Route
R21Boksburg – Kempton Park – Centurion – Pretoria
R22Hluhluwe – Kosi Bay (– Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique)
R23Volksrust – Standerton – Heidelberg (GP) – Brakpan – Benoni – Kempton Park
R24Rustenburg – Krugersdorp – Roodepoort – Johannesburg – Bedfordview – Kempton Park
R25Johannesburg – Kempton Park – Bapsfontein – Bronkhorstspruit – Groblersdal
R26Rouxville – Ladybrand – Ficksburg – Bethlehem – Reitz – Frankfort – Villiers
R27
R28Vereeniging – Sebokeng – Westonaria – Randfontein – Krugersdorp
R29Johannesburg – Germiston – Boksburg – Benoni – Springs – Leandra – Kinross
R30Bloemfontein – Welkom – Odendaalsrus – Bothaville – Orkney – Klerksdorp – Ventersdorp – Rustenburg
R31(Keetmanshoop, Namibia –) Rietfontein – Kuruman – Kimberley
R33Pietermaritzburg – Greytown – Dundee – Vryheid – eMkhondo – Carolina – eMakhazeni – Groblersdal – Marble Hall – Modimolle – Lephalale
R34Vryburg – Schweizer-Reneke – Bloemhof – Hoopstad – Wesselsbron – Odendaalsrus – Kroonstad – Heilbron – Frankfort – Newcastle – Utrecht – Vryheid – Ulundi – Empangeni – Richards Bay
R35Amersfoort – Bethal – Middelburg (MP)
R36Ermelo – Carolina – Mashishing – Tzaneen – Louis Trichardt
R37Polokwane – Mashishing – Mbombela
R38Standerton – Bethal – Carolina – Barberton – Kaapmuiden
R39Standerton – Ermelo
R40(Piggs Peak, Eswatini –) Bulembu – Barberton – Mbombela – White River – Hoedspruit – Phalaborwa
R41Randfontein – Roodepoort – Johannesburg
R42Parys – Vanderbijlpark – Vereeniging – Heidelberg (GP) – Nigel – Delmas – Bronkhorstspruit
R43Gansbaai – Hermanus – Worcester – Ceres
R44Kleinmond – Strand – Somerset West – Stellenbosch – Wellington – Piketberg
R45Saldanha – Vredenburg – Malmesbury – Wellington – Paarl – Villiersdorp
R46Malmesbury – Ceres – Touws River
R48De Aar – Petrusville - Petrusburg
R49Mahikeng – Zeerust – Kopfontein (– Gaborone, Botswana)
R50Standerton – Leandra – Delmas – Pretoria
R51Villiers – Balfour – Nigel – Springs – Bapsfontein
R52Vryburg – Lichtenburg – Rustenburg
R53Parys – Potchefstroom – Ventersdorp – Swartruggens
R54Potchefstroom – Vereeniging – Villiers
R55Sandton – Pretoria
R56Middelburg (EC) – Molteno – Elliot – Matatiele – Kokstad – Pietermaritzburg
R57Phuthaditjhaba – Reitz – Heilbron – Sasolburg – Vanderbijlpark
R58Colesberg – Burgersdorp – Aliwal North – Barkly East – Ngcobo
R59Dealesville – Bothaville – Parys – Sasolburg – Vereeniging – Meyerton – Johannesburg
R60Worcester – Robertson – Swellendam
R61Beaufort West – Graaff-Reinet – Cradock – Queenstown – Mthatha – Port Edward – Margate – Port Shepstone
R62Ashton – Oudtshoorn – Humansdorp
R63Calvinia – Carnarvon – Graaff-Reinet – Fort Beaufort – King William's Town – Komga
R64Kimberley – Boshof – Bloemfontein
R65Ermelo – Sandlane (– Manzini, Eswatini)
R66Gingindlovu – Eshowe – Ulundi – Nongoma – Pongola
R67Port Alfred – Grahamstown – Fort Beaufort – Queenstown
R68Dundee – Melmoth
R69Vryheid – Mkuze
R70Odendaalsrus – Hennenman – Senekal – Ficksburg
R71Polokwane – Tzaneen – Namakgale – Phalaborwa
R72Port Elizabeth – Port Alfred – East London
R73Winburg – Virginia – Welkom
R74Harrismith – Bergville – Greytown – KwaDukuza
R75Port Elizabeth – Uitenhage – Graaff-Reinet
R76Orkney – Kroonstad – Bethlehem
R80Pretoria – Soshanguve
R81Polokwane – Giyani – Thohoyandou
R82Kroonstad – Vereeniging – Johannesburg

Images

See also

References
  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.
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