R49 (South Africa)

The R49 (also sometimes known as the R47) is a provincial route in North West, South Africa that connects Mahikeng with the Botswana border at Kopfontein near Gaborone, via Zeerust.[1] [2]

Provincial route R49 shield
Provincial route R49
Route information
Maintained by NWDPWRT
Length166 km (103 mi)
Major junctions
South end N18 in Mahikeng
Major intersections N4 in Zeerust
North endTlokweng Road at the Botswana border near Gaborone
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Major citiesMahikeng, Zeerust, Gaborone
Highway system
← R48→ R50

Route

The R49 begins in the town centre of Mahikeng, at a junction with the N18 National Route and the R503 Road. It begins as Shippard Street, going eastwards to form the northern border of the Mafikeng Game Reserve. From the N18 junction, it goes east, then north-east, for 61 kilometres, through Ottoshoop, to meet the N4 National Route (Platinum Highway) adjacent to Zeerust Solar Power Station.

The N4 joins the R49 and they are one road north-east for 2 kilometres into the town of Zeerust as Church Street. In the Zeerust CBD, at the President Square junction (just before Zeerust Shopping Centre), the R49 leaves Church Street (N4; Platinum Highway) and becomes the road northwards. The R49 heads northwards for 103 kilometres to end at the Kopfontein Border Post, with Botswana's Capital City, Gaborone, on the other side of the border.

References
  1. Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis (Report). National Department of Transport. p. 63. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  2. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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