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[[Category:Provincial routes in Gauteng|80]]
[[Category:Provincial routes in Gauteng|80]]
[[Category:Lists of roads in South Africa]]
[[Category:Lists of Provincial roads in South Africa]]
[[Category:Lists of Provincial roads in South Africa]]
[[Category:Provincial routes in South Africa]]
[[Category:Provincial routes in South Africa]]

Revision as of 02:54, 7 May 2021

Provincial route R80 shield
Provincial route R80
Route information
Maintained by GDRT
Length22.6 km (14.0 mi)
Major junctions
North endM39 in Soshanguve
Major intersections N4 in Akasia
R55 in Pretoria
South endM1 in Pretoria
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Major citiesSoshanguve, Pretoria
Highway system
R76 R81

The R80 is a provincial route in Gauteng, South Africa that connects the Pretoria CBD with Mabopane and Soshanguve. It is a dual carriageway freeway, with 2 or 3 lanes in each direction at different points and is named the Mabopane Highway. [1]

Route

It starts at a t-junction with the M1 Road of Tshwane in the suburb of Roseville (5km north of Pretoria CBD), heading westwards & meeting the R55 Road. It passes through the Theo Martins Gateway (Afrikaans:Theo Martins Poort), a mountain pass over the Magaliesberg mountains, and the northbound carriageway has a rising hairpin bend, approaching the pass, as the freeway abruptly switches an from east-west to a south–north direction.

Just north of the R513 road off-ramp, the R80 forms an interchange with the N4 National Route (Northern Pretoria Bypass; Platinum Highway).

The highway proceeds northwards to meet the R566 road at an off-ramp just east of Rosslyn and proceeds to end at a junction with the M39 Road of Tshwane of Tshwane in Soshanguve, with the M39 providing access to Mabopane in the north-west.

References

  1. ^ "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)