R23 (South Africa)

Provincial route R23
Provincial route R23
	Benoni; R29 in Benoni; N17 near Brakpan; N3 north of Heidelberg; R42 in Heidelberg; N3 south of Heidelberg; R51 in Balfour; R39 / R50 in Standerton
South end	N11 in Volksrust
Location
Country	South Africa
Major cities	Kempton Park; Benoni; Brakpan; Heidelberg; Balfour; Standerton; Volksrust;
Highway system
	Numbered routes of South Africa;

The R23 is a

Benoni with Volksrust via Brakpan, Heidelberg and Standerton.^[1]

Route

Gauteng

The R23 begins at the suburb of

M45 metropolitan route

by way of a left turn onto Great North Road. At the next junction, the M45 becomes the road to the left (east) towards the Rynfield suburb, leaving the R23 as Great North Road south into Benoni central.

It crosses the

M56 metropolitan route for a few metres), and crosses the N17 toll highway at Dalpark, next to where Carnival City is located. By Carnival City, it intersects with Elsburg Road (R554) from Brakpan and proceeds south, bypassing Tsakane, intersecting with the R550 and R103 roads, to cross the N3 toll freeway and enter Heidelberg

(the distance from Benoni to Heidelberg is 45 km).

At Heidelberg, it becomes Heidelberg-Balfour Road and bypasses Heidelberg Central to the west, being like a highway passing under some roads. It intersects with the R42 (Nigel-Vereeniging road) at an off-ramp west of the Heidelberg town centre before crossing the Blesbokspruit and meeting the northern terminus of the R549 from Deneysville (Vaal Dam) at a t-junction south of the Heidelberg town centre. South of Heidelberg, it crosses back to the east of the N3 toll freeway and heads east-south-east for 35 km, crossing the Suikerbosrand River, towards Balfour in Mpumalanga.

Mpumalanga

Bypassing Balfour to the south, it intersects with the

Evander. It is cosigned with the R546 for a few kilometres south-east, beginning southwards as Walter Sisulu Drive, then south-east as Nelson Mandela Drive, before they split. Just after crossing the Vaal River

, in the suburb of Meyerville, the R546 becomes its own road southwards at the George Street junction while the R23 resumes south-east.

From Standerton, the R23 heads south-east for 85 km to reach its south-eastern terminus in the town of

Volksrust, where it ends at a junction with the R543 and the N11

.