The R70 is a

provincial route A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in the

Free State Province The Free State, known as Orange Free State until the 28th of June 1995 when its name was changed, is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer ...

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

Odendaalsrus Odendaalsrus is the oldest gold mining town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the goldfields of the Free State province in South Africa. History It started out in 1912 as a ramshackle collection of farms and a central church that b ...

with

Ficksburg Ficksburg is a town situated at the foot of the 1,750 meter high Imperani Mountain in Free State province, South Africa. The town was founded by General Johan Fick in 1867 who won the territory in the Basotho Wars. He laid out many erven and ...

via

Ventersburg Ventersburg is a small town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province in South Africa, 148 km north of Bloemfontein. History It was established on the farm Kromfontein which was owned by PA Venter who died in 18 ...

and

Senekal Senekal is a town situated on the banks of the Sand River in the eastern part of the Free State province of South Africa. It was named after Commandant FP Senekal. It is the second largest town in Setsoto Municipality after Ficksburg, the lar ...

Route

The R70 begins in

, at a roundabout junction with the R34 Route south of the town centre. It goes south-east as Church Street. After 6 kilometres, as the southwards road becomes Alma Road towards

Welkom Welkom () is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein which is the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The ci ...

Central, the R70 becomes the road eastwards. After 5 kilometres, it meets the R730 Road (ZR Mahabane Highway) at a junction and enters the

Riebeeckstad Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. History It is named after Jan van Riebeeck and was established as an upper-class subur ...

Suburb of Welkom as Jasons Way. From the R730 junction, the R70 goes eastwards for 23 kilometres, through

, to the town of

Hennenman Hennenman is a town in the Free State goldfields in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. The settlement is unusual for the district as being supported by agriculture rather than the mining industr ...

, where it turns to the south-east. From Hennenman, the R70 goes south-east for 16 kilometres to the town of

, where it forms an interchange with the N1 National Route. From Ventersburg, the R70 goes south-east for 70 kilometres to meet the southern terminus of the R720 Road. It goes for another 7 kilometres southwards, crossing the Sand River, to enter the western part of the town of

and reach a junction with the N5 National Route and the R707 Route. All 3 routes become one road eastwards for 8 kilometres, through Senekal Central, before the R707 becomes its own road to the north-east. The R70 and N5 remain as one road eastwards for another 1 kilometre before the R70 becomes its own road to the south-east. The R70 goes southwards for 71 kilometres, through Rosendal, to reach its south-eastern terminus at a junction with the R26 Road just north of

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