The R513 is a Regional Route in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

that connects

Hartbeespoort Hartbeespoort, informally also known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of th ...

with

Bronkhorstspruit Bronkhorstspruit is a town 50 km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards Witbank. It also includes three townships called Zithobeni, Rethabiseng and Ekangala. On 18 May 2011, the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality ...

via

Akasia Akasia is a complex of suburbs north of Pretoria, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, the area surrounding Akasia is largely semi-rural and Akasia itself is built on former agricultural ho ...

Pretoria North Pretoria North ( af, Pretoria-Noord) is a suburb of the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, with a population of 16,972 people according to the 2011 census. Pretoria North was first settled in 1878 by a pioneer column of Afrikaner farmers w ...

and Cullinan.

Route

It is an east-west route. Its western origin is a junction with the R511 approximately 3 km north of

(8 km south-east of Brits) in the

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. From there it heads east, crossing the border into

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

and entering the north-western part of the city of

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

in the

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pr ...

. It meets with Pretoria's M17 Metropolitan Route (

Horns Nek Horns Nek Pass is situated in the Gauteng province of South Africa, on the metropolitan road M17, within the urban area of Pretoria in the Tshwane Municipality. The pass crosses the Magaliesberg The Magaliesberg (historically also known as ...

) at a staggered junction (cosigned for 400 metres northwards) before continuing eastwards through the suburbs of

(as Brits Road; where it meets the R80 Mabopane Highway) and

(as Rachel de Beer Street). Just after Pretoria North, at the suburb of Annlin West, It becomes co-signed with Pretoria's M1 Metropolitan Route southwards for 800 metres and the

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north-east for 2 kilometers before becoming its own road eastwards (Sefako Makgatho Drive; formerly Zambesi Drive). It runs through the Wonderboom, Sinoville and

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suburbs before forming an interchange with the N1/ N4 Toll Highway (

Pretoria Bypass The Pretoria Ring Road, also known as the Pretoria Bypass, is a collection of two bypasses that together form a partial ring road around the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It consists of a section of the N1 Highway (known as the Eastern Bypass) ...

) and exiting the city. Just east of the N1 highway Interchange, the R513 meets the south-western terminus of the R573 (Moloto Road) from

KwaMhlanga KwaMhlanga is a fast growing town in the North Western corner of Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century. Kwamhlanga now consists of Kwamhlanga, Mandela, Phola, ...

and

Marble Hall Marble Hall is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province. Marble Hall is a village 26 km north-west of Groblersdal and 96 km south-south-east of Mokopane on the N11 National Rou ...

. Continuing east, the R513 bypasses the

Roodeplaat Dam Roodeplaat Dam is a concrete arch dam situated in South Africa on the Pienaars River (also known along parts of its length as the Moretele River and Moreleta Spruit), a tributary of the Crocodile River, which flows northwards into the Limpopo Ri ...

and the township of

Mamelodi Mamelodi, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, is a township set up by the then apartheid government northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. Etymology "Mamelodi" is the name derived from the Sepedi word with the prefix bei ...

and then passes through the town of Cullinan, where it meets the northern terminus of the R515 before continuing eastwards. At

Ekangala Ekangala is a large township falling under the City of Tshwane in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It lies remotely in Gauteng, tucked into the border with Mpumalanga Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", ...

, the road meets the R568 road at a t-junction. It is co-signed with the R568 southwards for 2.5 kilometers, before the R513 becomes its own road to the south-east. It heads for another 13 km to end at a junction with the R104 in

, just east of the town centre and just west of the R104's intersection with the

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References

Regional Routes in Gauteng Regional Routes in North West (South African province) {{SouthAfrica-road-stub