The R703 is a regional route in Free State,

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that connects

Dealesville Dealesville is a mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa and is surrounded by numerous salt pans. There are many natural springs in the vicinity, most notably Florisbad some 35 km from the town. The town was establishe ...

with

Clocolan Clocolan, officially renamed Hlohlolwane, was established in 1906, is a small town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The Basotho called the place Hlohlolwane (Hlohla-o-lwane, "get up and fight"). New inhabitants mispronounced the name ...

via

Brandfort Brandfort, officially renamed Winnie Mandela in 2021, is a small agricultural town in the central Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa, about 60 km northeast of Bloemfontein on the R30 (South Africa), R30 road. The town s ...

Verkeerdevlei Verkeerdevlei is a small town in the Free State province of South Africa. Town 39 km south-east of Brandfort. Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesse ...

and

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Route

Its western terminus is the R64 just east of

. From there, it heads east to the town of

Soutpan Soutpan is a town in Lejweleputswa District Municipality in the Free State province of South Africa. Village 45 km west of Brandfort, just north of Florisbad Florisbad is a health resort 45 km northwest of Bloemfontein Bloemf ...

. Just outside Soutpan, it crosses the R700 at a staggered intersection. Continuing east, it reaches

, where it crosses the R30. From Brandfort, the route initially heads east, reaching a t-junction. The R703 continues along the intersecting road, heading south-east, while the other road is unsigned and heads to

Winburg Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. It is the oldest proclaimed town (1837) in the Orange Free State, South Africa and along with Griekwastad, is one of the oldest settlements in South Africa loc ...

. The south-eastern R703 crosses the N1 to reach

. Leaving the town, it maintains its direction coming to

. Here it forms a staggered intersection with the R709 and leaves the town heading east. The route ends at

, at an intersection with the R708.

References

Regional routes in the Free State (province) {{SouthAfrica-road-stub