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The R730 is a Regional Route in Free State,
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. The entire 40-kilometre route is part of the ZR Mahabane Toll Route maintained by the
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, which goes from
Bloemfontein Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State (province), Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legisla ...
to
Kroonstad Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City") is the third largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. Maokeng is an area within Kroonstad, and is occasionally used ...
(an alternative route to the N1 National Route). Although there are no tollgates on this stretch at the moment, it is labelled as a
toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...
to the near public and to motorists using the road (indicated on road signage). It begins south of
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 cit ...
at an off-ramp junction with the R30 Road (which takes over as the ZR Mahabane Highway to Bloemfontein) and ends east of
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 ...
at a t-junction with the R34 Road (which takes over as the ZR Mahabane Highway to Kroonstad).


Route

Its northern terminus is at a t-junction with the R34 Road east of
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 ...
. It heads south into
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 cit ...
as a dual carriageway and after 5 kilometres, it meets the R70 Road at a 4-way junction. After another 2 kilometres, as the dual carriageway proceeds southwards towards Welkom Central, the R730 becomes the road to the south-south-east towards the Thabong Suburb. Just after leaving the dual carriageway, it encounters a roundabout west of 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 and encounters another roundabout with the M4 Road of Welkom 1.5 kilometres later, which marks its entrance into Thabong. It passes through the Thabong suburb southwards for 3.5 kilometres (with one off-ramp junction) before reaching an intersection with the R73 Road coming from the centre of Welkom. The R730 and the R73 join to become one road and form a dual carriageway southwards. They are one road for 10 kilometres before the R73 becomes its own road eastwards just north of
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, heading towards
Winburg Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It is the oldest proclaimed town (1837) in the Orange Free State, South Africa and thus along with Griquastad, one of the oldest settlements in South Africa lo ...
, while the R730 continues southwards on the dual carriageway. The R730 continues for another 22 kilometres south-south-west, crossing the Sand River (where it becomes a single carriageway, still with 2 lanes in each direction), to reach its southern terminus where it meets the R30 Road south of Welkom (south-west of Virginia). The R30 takes over the single carriageway here. The entire route is designated as a
toll road A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a controlled-access highway in the present day) for which a fee (or ''toll'') is assessed for passage. It is a form of road pricing typically implemented ...
(although there are no tollgates) and maintained by the
South African National Roads Agency The South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd or SANRAL is a South African parastatal responsible for the management, maintenance and development of South Africa's proclaimed National Road network which includes many (but not all) National ("N") ...
.


References

Regional Routes in the Free State (province) {{SouthAfrica-road-stub