The R73 is a
provincial route
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or ...
in
Free State,
South Africa
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that connects
Welkom
Welkom () is a city in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city' ...
with
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 ...
via
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
.
Route
The R73 begins in
Welkom
Welkom () is a city in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa, located about northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city' ...
(west of the town centre), at a junction with the
R30 road. West of this intersection, it is the
R710 road towards
Bultfontein
Bultfontein is a town in the Free State province of South Africa with a total population of about 23,400 people. It is situated in the Tswelopele Local Municipality, about north of Bloemfontein. The town site was laid out in 1873; it had been ...
. The R73 begins by going eastwards into Welkom Central as Stateway, co-signed with the M4 road of Welkom, up to the 3rd roundabout, where it meets the M1 road of Welkom (Koppie Alleen Road). The R73 joins the M1 northwards up to the next roundabout, where the R73 becomes its own road eastwards as Jan Hofmeyr Street.
After the next roundabout with Power Road, the R73 becomes a dual carriageway and meets the
R730 road (ZR Mahabane Highway) at the 2nd junction afterwards, south of
Thabong
Thabong (meaning 'place of happiness' in Southern Sotho) is the second largest township after Botshabelo, Free State , Botshabelo in the Free State (province), Free State province of South Africa. The township was established during the years of s ...
. The R730 joins the R73 and they are co-signed southwards on the dual carriageway for 10 kilometres before the R73 leaves the ZR Mahabane Highway (R730) and becomes its own road eastwards.
The R73 goes eastwards through the northern suburbs of
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
(Saaiplaas and Harmony) for 9 kilometres up to a 4-way-junction, where the R73 becomes the road southwards, proceeding to cross the
Sand River in the eastern suburbs of Virginia.
From the Sand River bridge in Virginia, the R73 goes southwards for 40 kilometres to reach its terminus at a t-junction with the
N1 national route approximately 11 kilometres north of
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 ...
.
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Provincial routes in South Africa
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