The R80 is a
provincial route in the
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pr ...
in
Gauteng,
South Africa that connects the
Pretoria CBD with
Mabopane and
Soshanguve. It is a
dual carriageway
A dual carriageway ( BE) or divided highway ( AE) is a class of highway with carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation (BrE) or median (AmE). Roads with two or more carriageways which are ...
freeway, with 2 or 3 lanes in each direction at different points and is named the ''Mabopane Highway''.
Route
It starts at a t-junction with the
M1 road of Tshwane in the suburb of
Roseville Roseville may refer to:
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*Roseville, New South Wales
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(5km north of
Pretoria CBD), heading westwards and meeting the
R55 road. It passes through the
Theo Martins Gateway (''Afrikaans:Theo Martins Poort''), a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
over the
Magaliesberg mountains, and the northbound carriageway has a rising
hairpin bend, approaching the pass, as the freeway abruptly switches an from east-west to a south–north direction.
Proceeding northwards, the R80 meets the
R513 road before forming an interchange with the
N4 National Route (Northern
Pretoria Bypass;
Platinum Highway) in
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 ...
.
The highway proceeds northwards to meet the
R566 road at an off-ramp just east of
Rosslyn and proceeds to end at a junction with the
M39 road of Tshwane in
Soshanguve, with the M39 providing access to
Mabopane (which is just west of Soshanguve).
References
External links
Routes Travel Info
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Provincial routes in South Africa
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