The R547 is a Regional Route in

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Route

Its northern terminus is an intersection with the R555 just south-west of

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, Mpumalanga. It leaves in a south-easterly direction, going over the N12 (without intersecting it), through

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, to a four-way intersection. The road heading south-east becomes signed the R544, and the road to the south-west the R547. From that intersection the R547 passes through

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and here meets the R545 at a staggered intersection. Continuing south-west, it intersects with the northern terminus of the R580 before reaching

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. Here it crosses the R29, thereafter being cosigned briefly with the R546. They diverge just before meeting the N17, with the R547 again heading south-west. It crosses the R50 at a staggered junction, before reaching its southern terminus at an intersection with the

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between

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and

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References

Regional Routes in Mpumalanga {{SouthAfrica-road-stub