The R2 Road is an international road in
Zimbabwe
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that runs from
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
(Capital of Zimbabwe), through
Bulawayo
Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...
, to
Plumtree border post.
It is a combination of the
A5 Highway which is the Harare-Bulawayo Highway and the
A7 Highway which is the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway. For the purpose of regional identity the highway from
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
to
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
the capital city of
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
is named Road 2 (R2).
Source:
ap 9.2 Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe.
In
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
the road can be picked at the Harare Show Grounds as Samora Machel Avenue.
and in
Plumtree, Zimbabwe
Plumtree is a town in Zimbabwe. Marula trees, wild plum trees (Ntungulu in tjiKalanga) grow abundantly in the area. The town was once called ''Getjenge'' by baKalanga. It is also often called ''Titji,'' meaning station, and referring to the ...
it can be picked at the Border Post or in town at the railway station.
Background
The R2 was rehabilitated together with the
R3 in the project undertaken by the Zimbabwe National Roads Adminuration (ZINARA) as part of the regional transit highway dubbed the
Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway project in 2015.
[Prosper Ndlovu. 10 April 201]
Plumtree-Mutare Highway commissioning next month
The Chronicle, Business, Retrieved 23 March 2016
Operations
The connects
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
and
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...
serving numerous waypoints along the route course.
Harare-Bulawayo Highway
The
A5 covers the
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
to
Bulawayo
Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...
via
Kwekwe road.
Bulawayo-Plumtree Road
This highway covers
Figtree, Zimbabwe, Marula and
Plumtree.
A7 Highway actually ends past
Plumtree Town, where it meets
Botswana's A1 Highway.
Distance Table
The R2 is long. The
A5 Highway part is and the
A7 Highway is right to the border post.
See also
*
The Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway
*
A7 Highway
*
ZINARA
References
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Roads in Zimbabwe