R514 (South Africa)
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The R514 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
Hartbeespoort Hartbeespoort, informally also known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of t ...
with
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 ...
.


Route

It is an east-west route. Its western origin is a junction with the R511 road in
Hartbeespoort Hartbeespoort, informally also known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of t ...
,
North West The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each sepa ...
, just north of the town centre. Heading east, it crosses into
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 ...
and enters
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 ...
in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality as Van Der Hoff Road. It runs through the suburbs of Kirkney and Claremont, crosses the R55 road (Bremer Street), and continues through the Daspoort and Hermanstad suburbs to end at an intersection with Pretoria's M1 road (Es'kia Mphahlele Drive) just north of Pretoria's CBD. East of the M1 road, it is signed as Pretoria's M8 road (Flowers Street).


References

Regional Routes in Gauteng Regional Routes in North West (South African province) {{SouthAfrica-road-stub