The R555 is a Regional Route in

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

that connects Springs with

Ohrigstad Ohrigstad (Afrikaans for ''Ohrig city''), formerly Andries Orieg Stad, is a small town to the north of Lydenburg in the Limpopo province, South Africa. History A fort was established by a group of Voortrekkers under the leadership of Andries Hend ...

via Delmas, Ogies,

Witbank Witbank (), officially Emalahleni, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality. The name Witbank is Afrikaans for "white ridge", and is named after a white sandstone outcrop where wa ...

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, Stoffberg and Burgersfort.

Route

The R555 begins in Springs,

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 ...

, at an intersection with the R29 Road north of the city centre. It goes north-east as Welgedacht Road and after 8 kilometres, it becomes the road eastwards by way of a right turn. It heads east-north-east into Mpumalanga, initially paralleling the N12 Highway. It goes for 20 kilometres, passing through

Eloff Eloff is a slum in Victor Khanye Local Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the sou ...

, to cross the cosigned R42/ R50 Road in Delmas. While still parallel to the N12, It proceeds eastwards for 42 kilometres to the town of Ogies, where it meets the R545 at a

staggered junction An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major intersections a ...

. It then proceeds for 27 kilometres, turning to the north-north-east and crossing the N12 (no longer parallel), meeting the R547 at Blackhill (south of

Clewer Clewer (also known as Clewer Village) is an ecclesiastical parish and an area of Windsor in the county of Berkshire, England. Clewer makes up three wards of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, namely Clewer North, Clewer South and Cl ...

), to enter

as Provincial Road and reach an interchange with the N4 Highway (

Maputo Corridor The Maputo Corridor is a major trade corridor which connects the Gauteng, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa with Maputo, which is a port and the capital of Mozambique. The corridor comprises roads - including the N4 toll road (from ...

) (

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

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Highway) as Walter Sisulu Drive. Just after crossing the N4 Highway, at the Witbank Long-Distance Taxi Rank in Witbank Central, the R555 meets the R544 (Beatty Avenue) and the R104 (Diederichs Street). Here, the R544 becomes Walter Sisulu Drive north-north-west towards Verena while the R555 becomes Voortrekker Street towards the north-east. From the R544 junction in Witbank, the R555 goes east-north-east for 29 kilometres, leaving Witbank as Voortrekker Street, crossing the Olifants River and meeting the northern terminus of the R575 Road, to reach

. It enters Middelburg as Walter Sisulu Street. At the Cowen Ntuli Street junction, the R555 meets the N11 National Route from

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 R ...

and they become cosigned on Cowen Ntuli Street eastwards. The co-signed route meets the northern terminus of the R35. Just after meeting the R35, the R555 leaves Cowen Ntuli Street (which remains with the N11 designation) and turns to the north-east. Leaving Middelburg, it goes for 59 kilometres to the town of Stoffberg, where it makes a staggered junction with the R33 (cosigned for 3 kilometres). Just after, it crosses into

Limpopo Limpopo is the northernmost province of South Africa. It is named after the Limpopo River, which forms the province's western and northern borders. The capital and largest city in the province is Polokwane, while the provincial legislature is ...

Province and the route continues for 110 kilometres north-east, following the Steelpoort River, passing through

Roossenekal Roossenekal is a town in Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. Village on the western slopes of the Steenkampsberg, 95 km north-east of Middelburg. It was proclaimed in January 1886 and named after two ...

(where it meets the western terminus of the R577) and

Steelpoort Steelpoort is a mining town on the R555 road in Sekhukhune District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa. It is located on the border with Mpumalanga province. Mining operations around Steelpoort include the Dwarsrivier chrome ...

before crossing the R37 at a staggered junction at Burgersfort (cosigned for 2 kilometres). 32 kilometres east-south-east of Burgersfort, the route's north-eastern end is reached, at an intersection with the R36 at

(north of the town centre).

References

{{reflist Regional Routes in Gauteng Regional Routes in Limpopo Regional Routes in Mpumalanga