The R54 is a
provincial route in
South Africa that connects
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...
with
Villiers via
Vereeniging.
Route
The R54 begins at a junction with the
N12 National Route approximately 9 kilometres north-east of
Potchefstroom
Potchefstroom (, colloquially known as Potch) is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University. Potchefstroom is on the Mooi Rivier (Afrikaans for "pretty river" ...
,
North West. It heads eastwards, crossing into
Gauteng Province and meeting the
R500 Road. 62 km from Potchefstroom, the R54 passes over the
N1 Kroonvaal Toll Route and enters the
Vaal Triangle.
North of
Vanderbijlpark (south of
Sebokeng; just after the N1 overbridge), the R54 meets the
R553 Road and the
R28 Route. The R28 Route stops cosigning with the R553 Road southwards and begins cosigning with the R54 Road eastwards towards
Vereeniging, bypassing
Vanderbijlpark. After 6 km, the R54 becomes its own road eastwards as Houtkop Road by way of a left turn while the R28 turns to the south-east towards Vereeniging Central.
Next, the R54 reaches a 4-way-junction with the
R82 Road (Voortrekker Street) from
Johannesburg at the northern end of Vereeniging Central, right next to the
R59 Sybrand van Niekerk Freeway Off-ramp. At Klip River Drive, The R54 makes a left turn and makes up the northern border of the
Three Rivers suburb. North of
Three Rivers East
Three Rivers East is a suburb of Vereeniging, Gauteng. The suburb lies on the easternmost end of the city, bordered by the Sugarbush river to the south and east and by an eco estate called Summerview Estate to the West.
Three Rivers East is hom ...
, the R54 meets the
R42 Road from
Heidelberg and they are cosigned southwards up to the next junction, where the R42 becomes its own road westwards into Three Rivers (General Hertzog Road) while the R54 turns to the south-east.
The R54 makes a 21 km journey to meet the
R549 Road near the north-western corner of the
Vaal Dam. It continues another 50 km east-south-east, following the
Vaal River, bypassing
Vaal Marina
Vaal Marina is a town in Midvaal in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
Vaal Marina is one of the three villages on the shoreline of the Vaal Dam, the other two being Deneysville and Oranjeville
Oranjeville is a small town situated on the ...
, to end in
Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...
Province at an intersection with the
N3 Johannesburg–Durban Freeway, in the area where the Vaal River makes up its border with
Villiers, Free State
Villiers is a small town situated on the banks of the Vaal River next to the N3 highway in the Free State province of South Africa. It was founded in 1882 on the two farms ''Pearson Valley'' and ''Grootdraai'' owned by Lourens de ''Villiers''.
...
. It meets the southern terminus of the
R51 Route at the same interchange.
Just before the N3 Interchange, the R54 meets a road which provides access to the town of Villiers in the
Free State via a small bridge that only allows cars going one direction to cross it at a time (using a traffic light system). This is the only alternative way to cross the nearby
Vaal River (Mpumalanga-Free State Border) into the town of Villiers apart from the N3.
The total length of the route from the N12 junction outside Potchefstroom to the N3 Interchange near Villiers is 159 kilometres.
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