Provincial routes (also referred to as major regional routes) are the second category of road in the South African route-numbering scheme. They are designated with the letter "R" followed by a number from 21 to 82, formerly with the letter "P" followed by a number from 66. They serve as feeders to the national routes and as trunk roads in areas where there is no national route.
Designation as a provincial route does not necessarily imply that a road is maintained by the road authority in the provincial government; some parts of the provincial route network are maintained by the National Roads Agency (SANRAL), and parts in towns may be ordinary streets maintained by the municipal roads departments. Provincial routes vary in quality from gravel roads (for example the R31 between Askham and Hotazel) to freeways (for example the R59 between Vereeniging and Johannesburg).
List of routes No. Route Boksburg – Kempton Park – Centurion – Pretoria Hluhluwe – Kosi Bay (– Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique) Volksrust – Standerton – Heidelberg (GP) – Brakpan – Benoni – Kempton Park Rustenburg – Krugersdorp – Roodepoort – Johannesburg – Bedfordview – Kempton Park Johannesburg – Kempton Park – Bapsfontein – Bronkhorstspruit – Groblersdal Rouxville – Ladybrand – Ficksburg – Bethlehem – Reitz – Frankfort – Villiers Southern section: Cape Town – Velddrif Northern section: Vredendal – Calvinia – Keimoes Vereeniging – Sebokeng – Westonaria – Randfontein – Krugersdorp Johannesburg – Germiston – Boksburg – Benoni – Springs – Leandra – Kinross Bloemfontein – Welkom – Odendaalsrus – Bothaville – Orkney – Klerksdorp – Ventersdorp – Rustenburg (Keetmanshoop, Namibia –) Rietfontein – Kuruman – Kimberley Pietermaritzburg – Greytown – Dundee – Vryheid – eMkhondo – Carolina – eMakhazeni – Groblersdal – Marble Hall – Modimolle – Lephalale Vryburg – Schweizer-Reneke – Bloemhof – Hoopstad – Wesselsbron – Odendaalsrus – Kroonstad – Heilbron – Frankfort – Newcastle – Utrecht – Vryheid – Ulundi – Empangeni – Richards Bay Amersfoort – Bethal – Middelburg (MP) Ermelo – Carolina – Mashishing – Tzaneen – Louis Trichardt Polokwane – Mashishing – Mbombela Standerton – Bethal – Carolina – Barberton – Kaapmuiden Standerton – Ermelo (Piggs Peak, Eswatini –) Bulembu – Barberton – Mbombela – White River – Hoedspruit – Phalaborwa Randfontein – Roodepoort – Johannesburg Parys – Vanderbijlpark – Vereeniging – Heidelberg (GP) – Nigel – Delmas – Bronkhorstspruit Gansbaai – Hermanus – Worcester – Ceres Kleinmond – Strand – Somerset West – Stellenbosch – Wellington – Piketberg Saldanha – Vredenburg – Malmesbury – Wellington – Paarl – Villiersdorp Malmesbury – Ceres – Touws River De Aar – Petrusville - Petrusburg Mahikeng – Zeerust – Kopfontein (– Gaborone, Botswana) Standerton – Leandra – Delmas – Pretoria Villiers – Balfour – Nigel – Springs – Bapsfontein Vryburg – Lichtenburg – Rustenburg Parys – Potchefstroom – Ventersdorp – Swartruggens Potchefstroom – Vereeniging – Villiers Sandton – Pretoria Middelburg (EC) – Molteno – Elliot – Matatiele – Kokstad – Pietermaritzburg Phuthaditjhaba – Reitz – Heilbron – Sasolburg – Vanderbijlpark Colesberg – Burgersdorp – Aliwal North – Barkly East – Ngcobo Dealesville – Bothaville – Parys – Sasolburg – Vereeniging – Meyerton – Johannesburg Worcester – Robertson – Swellendam Beaufort West – Graaff-Reinet – Cradock – Queenstown – Mthatha – Port Edward – Margate – Port Shepstone Ashton – Oudtshoorn – Humansdorp Calvinia – Carnarvon – Graaff-Reinet – Fort Beaufort – King William's Town – Komga Kimberley – Boshof – Bloemfontein Ermelo – Sandlane (– Manzini, Eswatini) Gingindlovu – Eshowe – Ulundi – Nongoma – Pongola Port Alfred – Grahamstown – Fort Beaufort – Queenstown Dundee – Melmoth Vryheid – Mkuze Odendaalsrus – Hennenman – Senekal – Ficksburg Polokwane – Tzaneen – Namakgale – Phalaborwa Port Elizabeth – Port Alfred – East London Winburg – Virginia – Welkom Harrismith – Bergville – Greytown – KwaDukuza Port Elizabeth – Uitenhage – Graaff-Reinet Orkney – Kroonstad – Bethlehem Pretoria – Soshanguve Polokwane – Giyani – Thohoyandou Kroonstad – Vereeniging – Johannesburg
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See also National routes (South Africa) Regional routes (South Africa) Municipal Routes in Gauteng (disambiguation)
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