Provincial routes (South Africa) explained

Provincial Routes in South Africa
Caption:	Provincial route marker for R33
Map:	Map of the national and provincial routes of South Africa.svg
Map Notes:	Map of national routes and provincial routes in blue and green, respectively
Label1:	National routes
Field1:	Nxx
Label2:	Provincial routes
Field2:	Rxx
Label3:	Metropolitan routes
Field3:	Mxx
Type:	R
Country:	ZAF

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.

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
	Boksburg – Kempton Park – Centurion – Pretoria
	Hluhluwe – Kosi Bay (– Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique)
	Volksrust – Standerton – Heidelberg (GP) – Brakpan – Benoni – Kempton Park
	Rustenburg – Krugersdorp – Roodepoort – Johannesburg – Bedfordview – Kempton Park
	Johannesburg – Kempton Park – Bapsfontein – Bronkhorstspruit – Groblersdal
	Rouxville – Ladybrand – Ficksburg – Bethlehem – Reitz – Frankfort – Villiers
	Southern section: Cape Town – Velddrif Northern section: Vredendal – Calvinia – Keimoes
	Vereeniging – Sebokeng – Westonaria – Randfontein – Krugersdorp
	Johannesburg – Germiston – Boksburg – Benoni – Springs – Leandra – Kinross
	Bloemfontein – Welkom – Odendaalsrus – Bothaville – Orkney – Klerksdorp – Ventersdorp – Rustenburg
	(Keetmanshoop, Namibia –) Rietfontein – Kuruman – Kimberley
	Pietermaritzburg – Greytown – Dundee – Vryheid – eMkhondo – Carolina – eMakhazeni – Groblersdal – Marble Hall – Modimolle – Lephalale
	Vryburg – Schweizer-Reneke – Bloemhof – Hoopstad – Wesselsbron – Odendaalsrus – Kroonstad – Heilbron – Frankfort – Newcastle – Utrecht – Vryheid – Ulundi – Empangeni – Richards Bay
	Amersfoort – Bethal – Middelburg (MP)
	Ermelo – Carolina – Mashishing – Tzaneen – Louis Trichardt
	Polokwane – Mashishing – Mbombela
	Standerton – Bethal – Carolina – Barberton – Kaapmuiden
	Standerton – Ermelo
	(Piggs Peak, Eswatini –) Bulembu – Barberton – Mbombela – White River – Hoedspruit – Phalaborwa
	Randfontein – Roodepoort – Johannesburg
	Parys – Vanderbijlpark – Vereeniging – Heidelberg (GP) – Nigel – Delmas – Bronkhorstspruit
	Gansbaai – Hermanus – Worcester – Ceres
	Kleinmond – Strand – Somerset West – Stellenbosch – Wellington – Piketberg
	Saldanha – Vredenburg – Malmesbury – Wellington – Paarl – Villiersdorp
	Malmesbury – Ceres – Touws River
	De Aar – Petrusville - Petrusburg
	Mahikeng – Zeerust – Kopfontein (– Gaborone, Botswana)
	Standerton – Leandra – Delmas – Pretoria
	Villiers – Balfour – Nigel – Springs – Bapsfontein
	Vryburg – Lichtenburg – Rustenburg
	Parys – Potchefstroom – Ventersdorp – Swartruggens
	Potchefstroom – Vereeniging – Villiers
	Sandton – Pretoria
	Middelburg (EC) – Molteno – Elliot – Matatiele – Kokstad – Pietermaritzburg
	Phuthaditjhaba – Reitz – Heilbron – Sasolburg – Vanderbijlpark
	Colesberg – Burgersdorp – Aliwal North – Barkly East – Ngcobo
	Dealesville – Bothaville – Parys – Sasolburg – Vereeniging – Meyerton – Johannesburg
	Worcester – Robertson – Swellendam
	Beaufort West – Graaff-Reinet – Cradock – Queenstown – Mthatha – Port Edward – Margate – Port Shepstone
	Ashton – Oudtshoorn – Humansdorp
	Calvinia – Carnarvon – Graaff-Reinet – Fort Beaufort – King William's Town – Komga
	Kimberley – Boshof – Bloemfontein
	Ermelo – Sandlane (– Manzini, Eswatini)
	Gingindlovu – Eshowe – Ulundi – Nongoma – Pongola
	Port Alfred – Grahamstown – Fort Beaufort – Queenstown
	Dundee – Melmoth
	Vryheid – Mkuze
	Odendaalsrus – Hennenman – Senekal – Ficksburg
	Polokwane – Tzaneen – Namakgale – Phalaborwa
	Port Elizabeth – Port Alfred – East London
	Winburg – Virginia – Welkom
	Harrismith – Bergville – Greytown – KwaDukuza
	Port Elizabeth – Uitenhage – Graaff-Reinet
	Orkney – Kroonstad – Bethlehem
	Pretoria – Soshanguve
	Polokwane – Giyani – Thohoyandou
	Kroonstad – Vereeniging – Johannesburg

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Falkner, John . May 2012 . South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis . National Department of Transport . xi . 3 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606100245/http://www.transport.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=5qOHvOI4KuY%3d . 6 June 2014 .
2. Book: SADC Road Traffic Signs Manual, Volume 1: Uniform Traffic Control Devices . National Department of Transport . May 2012 . 8.6.1 . 3 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904181145/http://www.transport.gov.za/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=ehFWxoWvv0E= . 4 September 2014 . dead .