The R49 (also sometimes known as the R47) is a
provincial route in
North West,
South Africa
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that connects
Mahikeng with the
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
border at
Kopfontein near
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Gaboron ...
, via
Zeerust.
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
Mafikeng Game Reserve is a game reserve in South Africa. Located in the city of Mafikeng, the reserve includes 46 square kilometres of Kalahari and Acacia bushveld, serving as the home of rhinoceroses, giraffes, gemsboks, buffaloes, wildebeests a ...
. From the N18 junction, it goes east, then north-east, for 61 kilometres, through
Ottoshoop
Ottoshoop is one of the small towns in the Mahikeng Local Municipality in the North West Province of South Africa, situated 20km from the city of Mahikeng on the way to the town of Zeerust. Residents serve the scanty needs of a few locals, underwat ...
, to meet the
N4 National Route (
Platinum Highway
The Platinum Highway is part of the N4, and a major South African highway built under concessions with a private contractor. In 2001, the project was voted Infrastructure Deal of the Year by Project Finance International Magazine. It took eight ye ...
) adjacent to
Zeerust Solar Power Station.
The N4 joins the R49 and they are
one road
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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
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
's Capital City,
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its agglomeration is home to 421,907 inhabitants at the 2011 census.
Gaboron ...
, on the other side of the border.
References
External links
Routes Travel Info
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Provincial routes in South Africa
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