R513 (South Africa)

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Regional route R513 shield
Regional route R513
Route information
Length103 km (64 mi)
Major junctions
West end
Cullinan
R568 at Ekangala
East end R104 at Bronkhorstspruit
Location
Country
Highway system
  • Numbered routes of South Africa
โ† R512โ†’ R514

The R513 is a

Cullinan.[1]

Route

Its western origin is a junction with the

Brits) in the North West. From there, it heads east, crossing the border into Gauteng and entering the north-western part of the city of Pretoria in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
.

It meets with Pretoria's M17 metropolitan route (Horns Nek) at a staggered junction (cosigned for 400 metres northwards) before continuing eastwards through the suburbs of Akasia (as Brits Road; where it meets the R80 Mabopane Highway) and Pretoria North (as Rachel de Beer Street).

Just after Pretoria North, at the suburb of Annlin West, It becomes co-signed with Pretoria's

Pretoria Bypass
) and exiting the city.

Just east of the N1 highway interchange (south-west of

Cullinan, where it meets the northern terminus of the R515
at a staggered junction before continuing eastwards.

At Ekangala, the road meets the R568 road at a t-junction. It is co-signed with the R568 southwards for 2.5 kilometers before becoming its own road to the south-east. It heads for another 13 km, bypassing Zithobeni, to end at a junction with the R104 in Bronkhorstspruit, just east of the town centre and just west of the R104's intersection with the R25.

References

  1. ^ "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ Manyathela, Clement (24 September 2012). "Street named after hero of Struggle Sefako Makgatho". Pretoria News. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023 – via PressReader.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Street Name Changes in Pretoria" (PDF).