R360 (South Africa)

The R360 is a Regional Route in the Northern Cape of South Africa that connects Upington with the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (part of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) and the Namibian border. It passes through Askham and Andriesvale.[1]

Regional route R360 shield
Regional route R360
Route information
Maintained by NCDRPW and SANRAL
Length361 km (224 mi)
Major junctions
South end N10 in Upington
Major intersections
North end C15 at the Mata-Mata border with Namibia
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
← R359→ R361

Route

Its southern origin is a junction with the N10 at Upington (north of the city centre), just west of the Upington Airport. From there, it heads north-west for 150 kilometres until it meets the R31 in the town of Askham. The two roads join and are co-signed for about 13 kilometres westwards, following the Kuruman River, up to the village of Andriesvale.

At Andriesvale, they cross the Molopo River (adjacent to its confluence with the Kuruman River) before splitting at a junction, where the R31 remains on the westerly road and the R360 becomes the road northwards. The R360 runs for 60 kilometres, bypassing the Gemsbok Border with Botswana and heading north along the western banks of the Nossob River, to reach the entrance to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park at Twee Rivieren Rest Camp. It heads north-west through the park along the Auob River's western banks to the Mata Mata Rest Camp. It then crosses the border into Namibia, where it continues as the C15.

References
  1. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.


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