The R513 is a Regional Route in

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that connects

Hartbeespoort Hartbeespoort, informally known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of the h ...

with

Bronkhorstspruit Bronkhorstspruit is a town 50 km east of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa along the N4 highway towards eMalahleni. It also includes three townships called Zithobeni, Rethabiseng and Ekangala. On 18 May 2011, the Tshwane Metropolitan Munic ...

via

Akasia Akasia is a complex of suburbs north of Pretoria, part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, the area surrounding Akasia is largely semi-rural and Akasia itself is built on former agricultural ho ...

, Pretoria North and Cullinan.

Route

Its western origin is a junction with the R511 approximately 5 km north of

(12 km south-east of Brits) in the North West. From there, it heads east, crossing the border into

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and entering the north-western part of the city of

Pretoria Pretoria ( ; ) is the Capital of South Africa, administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country. Pretoria strad ...

in the

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (; ; ), also known as the City of Tshwane (), is the Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa. The metro ...

. It meets with Pretoria's M17 metropolitan route (

Horns Nek Horns Nek Pass is situated in the Gauteng province of South Africa, on the metropolitan road M17, within the urban area of Pretoria in the Tshwane Municipality. The pass crosses the Magaliesberg The Magaliesberg (historically also known ...

) at a staggered junction (cosigned for 400 metres northwards) before continuing eastwards through the suburbs of

(as Brits Road; where it meets the R80 Mabopane Highway) and Pretoria North (as Rachel de Beer Street). Just after Pretoria North, at the suburb of Annlin West, It becomes co-signed with Pretoria's M1 metropolitan route (Paul Kruger Street) southwards for 800 metres and the

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(Lavender Road) north-east for 2 kilometers before becoming its own road eastwards (Sefako Makgatho Drive; formerly Zambesi Drive). It runs through the Wonderboom, Sinoville, Magalieskruin and Montana Park suburbs before forming an interchange with the N1/ N4 Toll Highway ( Pretoria Bypass) and exiting the city. Just east of the N1 highway interchange (south-west of Kameeldrift), the R513 meets the south-western terminus of the R573 (Moloto Road) from KwaMhlanga and Marble Hall. Continuing east, the R513 bypasses the Roodeplaat Dam and the township of Mamelodi and then passes through the town of Cullinan, where it meets the northern terminus of the R515 at a staggered junction before continuing eastwards. At Ekangala, the road meets the R568 road at a t-junction. It is co-signed with the R568 southwards for 2.5 kilometers before becoming its own road to the south-east. It heads for another 13 km, bypassing Zithobeni, to end at a junction with the R104 in

, just east of the town centre and just west of the R104's intersection with the R25.

References

Regional routes in Gauteng Regional routes in North West (South African province) {{SouthAfrica-road-stub