Mangaung (
Bloemfontein metropolitan area) like most
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metropolitan areas, uses Metropolitan or "M" routes for important intra-city routes, a layer below
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(N) roads and
Regional (R) roads. Each city's
M roads are independently numbered.
Bloemfontein's N and R roads are as follows: The
N1, a major
highway running roughly SW to NE from
Cape Town to
Johannesburg and
Zimbabwe largely bypasses this city to the west. The
N8 runs east/west connecting Bloemfontein to
Kimberley
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and
Maseru, the capital of
Lesotho
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. Bloemfontein is also the northern end of the
N6 road heading roughly southwards to the port of
East London
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...
. At a
T-junction just before the city, the
N6 becomes the M30, and the intersecting road is designated the
N6. This road ends in an interchange with the
N1.
There are also two two-digit R routes: the
R64, which is the old road to Kimberley, via
Dealesville and
Boshof. It ends at the
N1. The
R30 ends at the N1 north of the town. It is the road to
Welkom.
Three other three-digit R routes have their origin in Bloemfontein. The
R706 takes origin from the N8 in the city centre, and heads south-east towards
Jagersfontein and
Fauresmith. The
R702 also originates from the
N8 in the city centre, but heads south-west towards the towns of
Dewetsdorp and
Wepener. The third road, the
R700, starts south of the city centre from the M30 and heads north crossing the
N8 and
N1 towards
Bultfontein.
Table of M roads
See Also
*
Numbered Routes in South Africa
References
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Roads in South Africa