The N11 is a national route in South Africa which runs from the Botswana border at Groblersbrug, through Mokopane, Middelburg, Ermelo and Newcastle to end at the N3 just after Ladysmith.
Route
Limpopo The N11 begins at the Grobler's Bridge border with Botswana on the Limpopo River. On the Botswana side of the Limpopo River, the border post is known as Martin's Drift.
It begins by running south-east through Limpopo province for 190 kilometres to Mokopane. Upon entering Mokopane (at Masehlaneng), the N11 is joined by the R518 and they form one road into Mokopane Central.
At the junction with the R101 (Thabo Mbeki Drive) in the town centre, the N11 and the R518 join the R101 southwards. At the second junction afterwards (by Mokopane Mall), the R518 becomes its own road eastwards towards Zebediela, leaving the R101 and the N11 as the road southwards. After 11 km, the N11 becomes its own road towards the south-south-east and meets the N1 (southbound only) at the next junction just north of the N1's Nyl Toll Plaza.
The N11 continues southwards for 72 km to reach an intersection with the R33. The R33 joins the N11 and they become one road 15 km southwards into the town of Marble Hall, where they meet the north-eastern terminus of the R573 from Pretoria and KwaMhlanga. The R33 and N11 remain as one road for another 27 km south into the town of Groblersdal.
At the 4-way staggered junction with the north-eastern terminus of the R25 in Groblersdal, the R33 becomes the road eastwards, leaving the N11 as the road southwards. The N11 continues southwards for 85 km, following the Olifants River, to cross into Mpumalanga and reach the city of Middelburg.
Mpumalanga It enters the city of Middelburg as Walter Sisulu Street. At the junction with Cowen Ntuli Street, the N11 meets the R555 and they all become the road eastwards on Cowen Ntuli Street through Middelburg Central.
Just after meeting the northern terminus of the R35, the R555 becomes its own road north-eastwards, leaving the N11 as the road eastwards. Just after the Eastdene suburb, the N11 meets the R104 and heads towards the south-east. After the Nazareth and Rockdale suburbs, it meets the N4 (Maputo Corridor). The N11 proceeds south-south-east for 55 km to the town of Hendrina, where it passes through the town as Church Street and intersects with the R38 (Beukes Street) in the town centre. It proceeds south-east for 50 km to the city of Ermelo, where it meets the N17 from Eswatini (Swaziland).
At the Fourie Street junction, the N17 joins the N11 southwards up to the junction with Joubert Street, where the N17 continues westwards. At the Voortrekker Avenue junction, south of the Ermelo town centre, the N11 meets the terminus of the N2 from Piet Retief. From Ermelo, the N11 runs south for 97 km, through Amersfoort (where it meets the southern terminus of the R35), to the town of Volksrust, where it meets the south-eastern terminus of the R23 and becomes the Laing's Nek Pass. Just after, the N11 enters KwaZulu-Natal.
KwaZulu-Natal From Volksrust, the N11 proceeds south for 45 km to reach the city of Newcastle. Just before Newcastle, the N11 is joined by the R34 for 7 km until they split at an off-ramp north-east of the city centre, where the N11 becomes the Newcastle Eastern Bypass. After bypassing the city centre, the N11 proceeds south for 95 km as the Ikhupe Pass, meeting the western terminus of the R68 (which connects to Dundee), to reach the city of Ladysmith. It crosses the Klip River in the city centre and turns westwards to reach an off-ramp intersection with the R103 adjacent to the Ladysmith Airport entrance. The N11 joins the R103 and they are one road south-south-west for 2.5 km before the N11 becomes its own road westwards. The N11 heads westwards for 13 km, meeting the north-eastern terminus of the R600 (which connects to Winterton), to reach its end at an off-ramp junction with the N3 highway just south of the N3's Tugela Toll Plaza (each ramp onto the N3 has a tollgate). West of this junction, the road continues as the R616 to Bergville.
Junctions
Limpopo MunicipalityLocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotesB140 ends at Botswana–South Africa border; beginsLephalaleGroblersbrug00Groblersbrug Border Post00—, Lephalale, AlldaysAt-grade intersectionBloubergBaltimore00— east, AlldaysAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R56100— west, LephalaleAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R561MogalakwenaLekhureng00—, Tibane, PolokwaneAt-grade intersectionMahwelereng00— west, LephalaleAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R518Mokopane00— Thabo Mbeki Drive north, PolokwaneAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R10100— Van Riebeeck Street east, ZebedielaAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R51800— south, MookgophongAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R10100(334) south, PretoriaTolled entrance to N1; No access to N1 northModimolle–MookgophongRoedtan00— west, MookgophongAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R51900— east, ZebedielaAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R51900— west, ModimolleAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R33Ephraim MogaleMarble Hall00—, SiyabuswaAt-grade intersection; Future traffic circleElias MotsoalediGroblersdal00— Van Riebeeck Street, BronkhorstspruitAt-grade intersection00— Van Riebeeck Street east, BelfastAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R33 continues into Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga MunicipalityLocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotesSteve TshweteMiddelburg00— Walter Sisulu Street south, WitbankAt-grade intersection; Western end of concurrency with R55500— Samora Machel Street south, BethalAt-grade intersection00— Meyer Street north, BurgersfortAt-grade intersection; Eastern end of concurrency with R55500—, BelfastAt-grade intersection00(133), Witbank, MbombelaHendrina00— Beukes Street, Carolina, BethalAt-grade intersectionMsukaligwaBreyten00—, BreytenErmelo00— Fourie Street east, ChrissiesmeerAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with N1700— Joubert Street west, BethalAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with N1700— Voortrekker Avenue, Piet RetiefAt-grade intersectionPixley ka SemeAmersfoort00— Sybrand van Niekerk Street, MoregenzonVolksrust00— Chris Hani Street east, WakkerstroomAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R54300— Adelaide Tambo Street west, , Vrede, StandertonAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R543 continues into KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal MunicipalityLocationkmmiExitDestinationsNotesNewcastleNewcastle00— east, UtrechtAt-grade intersection; Northern end of concurrency with R3400— Allen Street west, NewcastleSouthern end of concurrency with R34DannhauserDurnacol00—, DundeeAt-grade intersectionAlfred DumaElandslaagte00—, Wasbank, DundeeLadysmith00— north, Van ReenenNorthern end of concurrency with R10300— south, ColensoAt-grade intersection; Southern end of concurrency with R10300—, WintertonAt-grade intersectionOkhalambaBergville00(230), Durban, Johannesburg, , BergvilleTolled southbound entrance onto N3 ends
References
External links
South African National Roads Agency Route listing An old-fashioned (free) National Road | Travels with Akela