R5 Highway is a regional road corridor running from Harare to

Mutare Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban area, urban population of 224,802 and approximately 260,567 ...

. It is also known as the A3 Highway. It is part of the

Beira–Lobito Highway The Beira–Lobito Highway or TAH 9 is Trans-African Highway 9 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union. The route ...

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Background

In Harare the A3 Highway starts as Samora Machel Avenue (east), ( ) while the A5 Highway that runs from Harare to Bulawayo also begins as Samora Machel Avenue (west). Those in and around Harare like to call it Mutare Road, while those in

call it Harare Road. Together with the R2 Highway, it form the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway.

Operations

The R5 Highway links the Trans-African-Highway 9 to the Beira Corridor through the Machipanda Border Post east of

. Together with the R3 it forms part of the Beira-Lobito Highway (the green route on this map)

Junctions

• At Marondera the P3 Highway turns left (north) to

Murehwa Murewa (also spelled Mrewa or Muhrewa) is a township (and district) in Zimbabwe, 75 kilometers northeast from the capital of Harare, at the road to Tete (Mozambique). It is situated almost 1400 m above sea level. In 2002, the number of inhabitant ...

. Its common name is the Marondera-Murehwa Road @ . * At Rusape the A14 Highway branches left (north) to

Juliasdale Juliasdale is a resort town in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. It is situated in the foothills of the Nyanga mountains in eastern Zimbabwe Location It is located approximately , by road, southwest of the town of Nyanga, where the district headquarters a ...

and

Nyanga Nyanga may mean: *Nyanga Province, of Gabon * Nyanga River, in Gabon and Congo *Nyanga people, an ethnic group from Congo *Nyanga, Zimbabwe, a town *Nyanga District, Zimbabwe *Nyanga National Park in Zimbabwe * Nyanga, Western Cape, a township in S ...

@ . • At Nyazura the R6 Highway turns right (south) to Chivhu. Its common name is the Chivhu-Nyazura Road. * Just before

, the highway A15 branches right (north) to

and through to

and the Eastern Highlands. SOURCE: AA MAPAA 1975 Ma
Automobile Association Roads Map
rhodesia.me.uk, Images, Retrieved 5 April 2016

Waypoints

Major waypoints are * Marondera * Rusape

References

{{reflist Roads in Zimbabwe

Background

Operations

Junctions

Waypoints

See also

References