The R64 is a

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that connects

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with

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...

via

Boshof Boshof is a farming town in the west of the Free State province, South Africa. The town is 55 km north-east of Kimberley on the R64 road. Established in March 1856 on the farm Vanwyksvlei, which had been named after a Griqua who sowed his ...

and Dealesville. It is slightly longer than the newer N8 route via Petrusburg, by about 10

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s. The R64 used to continue westwards from Kimberley through

Griekwastad Griekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown (the meaning of the town's name in Afrikaans), a name which is now considered historical. On maps from the 1840s is the town also called "Karrikamma". or calle ...

to Groblershoop. That stretch of road is now part of the N8 route.

Route

Free State

The R64 begins at an interchange with the N1 highway ( Bloemfontein Western Bypass) and the N8 national route in

(Capital of the Free State), just west of the

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. It begins by heading north-west for 31 kilometres to cross the Modder River adjacent to the Krugersdrift Dam and Soetdoring Nature Reserve. It continues north-west for another 30 kilometres, exiting the

Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality The Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality (; ; ; ; ) is a metropolitan municipality which governs Bloemfontein and surrounding towns in the Free State province of South Africa. ''Mangaung'' is a Sesotho word meaning "place of cheetahs", as it was no ...

, to meet the western terminus of the R703 road and enter the town of Dealesville. In Dealesville central, it turns west at the Brand Street junction and heads 18 kilometres to meet the south-western terminus of the

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. It proceeds westwards for 36 kilometres to enter the town of

Northern Cape

From Boshof, the R64 heads west-south-west for 52 kilometres to cross into the

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and enter the city of

(Capital of the Northern Cape). It makes a left turn at the Hull Street junction and proceeds to end at an intersection with the N12 and N8 national routes in the Kimberley city centre.

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