R512 (South Africa)
Regional route R512 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Lanseria N14 near Lanseria R114 near Lanseria R564 in Johannesburg North N1 (Western Bypass) in Randburg | ||||
South end | M20 in Linden | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Brits, Broederstroom, Randburg | |||
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The R512 is a
Route
North West
Its northern origin is
The R512 continues southwards to meet the
After Broederstroom (west of Pelindaba), by the Crocodile River, as the road eastwards connects to Pretoria, the R512 turns southwards, as Pelindaba Road, towards Johannesburg. Just after, the R512 crosses into Gauteng.
Gauteng
From Broederstroom, the R512 makes a 25 km journey to enter the
After crossing the N14 highway and its old equivalent, the R114, it heads south towards Randburg as Malibongwe Drive - formerly known as Hans Strijdom Drive. It passes through the lower-middle Cosmo City and Kya Sands townships before crossing the R564 Road (Witkoppen Road; Northumberland Avenue) and entering the more affluent Northriding and Olivedale suburbs. The R512 reaches an interchange with the N1 highway (Johannesburg Western Bypass) before continuing through Randburg as Malibongwe Drive, then West Street, to end in Linden, north of the Johannesburg Botanical Garden, at a junction with the M20.
History and developments
Before September 2020, the R512 from the R560 interchange to the N4 interchange took a different route.[1]
At the R560 interchange, the R512 turned towards the north-east, bypassing
As of 03 September 2020, a new route has been opened named the Pampoen Nek Pass,[2] effectively continuing the R512 northwards from the R560 interchange for 6 km[3] up to the next off-ramp junction just south of the R512 & N4 interchange (north of the old R512 & R104 split), where the R512 now becomes the road northwards towards Brits while the Pampoen Nek Pass continues westwards to join the N4 West.
This new routing of the R512 effectively reduces the distance of the route from
Pampoen Nek Pass
As of 2018, the
The R512's junction with the R560 west of Hartbeespoort Dam is an off-ramp junction and the next and last junction just north of the R104 and R512 junction west of the Elephant Sanctuary is also an off-ramp interchange before the freeway goes westwards to join the N4 West.[3]
It was built to reduce the traffic that occurs on the older longer section of the R512 through Damdoryn, which is also labelled as a high accident zone adjacent to
On 3 September 2020, the Minister of Transport,
References
- ^ a b c "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Minister Fikile Mbalula: Opening of Pampoennek road in North West | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Pampoennek route open for business". issuu. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ Communications, Admire Moyo, Meropa (23 October 2018). "Less traffic congestion for Hartbeespoort Dam". ITWeb Africa. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ SANRALauthor. "The R512 is in harmony with nature". SANRAL Stop Over. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b "South African highways project at Hartbeespoort Dam set to relieve congestion". Highways Today. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c DeonvanHuizen. "Pampoennek Road is open!". Kormorant. Retrieved 25 September 2020.