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 routes	Nxx
Provincial routes	Rxx
Metropolitan routes	Mxx
System links
Numbered routes of South Africa

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
R21	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 – Mbombela
R38	Standerton – Bethal – Carolina – Barberton – Kaapmuiden
R39	Standerton – Ermelo
R40	(Piggs Peak, Eswatini –) Bulembu – Barberton – Mbombela – 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 – Petrusville - 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, Eswatini)
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

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  Long Tom Pass on the R37 in Mpumalanga
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  The R56 between Steynsburg and Molteno
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  The R57 crossing the Vaal River near Vanderbijlpark
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  R24 through Magaliesburg

See also

• National routes (South Africa)
• Regional routes (South Africa)
• Municipal Routes in Gauteng (disambiguation)

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.