R80 (South Africa)

Provincial route R80
Provincial route R80
Route information
	Maintained by GDRT
Length	22.6 km (14.0 mi)
Major junctions
North end	M39 in Soshanguve
	N4 in Akasia; R55 in Pretoria
South end	M1 in Pretoria
Location
Country	South Africa
Major cities	Soshanguve, Pretoria
Highway system
	Numbered routes of South Africa;

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.

Proceeding northwards, the R80 meets the R513 road before forming 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 in Soshanguve, with the M39 providing access to Mabopane in the north-west.

References

^ "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)

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[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)

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