National Route 10
| National Route N10 in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operator: | SANRAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ncanaha ( 33 ° 37 ′ S , 25 ° 55 ′ E ) |
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Nakop ( 28 ° 6 ′ S , 20 ° 0 ′ E ) |
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| Overall length: | 1048 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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Map with all coordinates: The National Route 10 (short- N10 ) is a South African national road , in the vicinity of Port Elizabeth on the Indian Ocean begins and up to Nakop to the border crossing between South Africa and Namibia runs.
Route
The N10 has its southernmost end point at the junction ( Nanaga Interchange ) with the N2 east of Port Elizabeth near Ncanaha . From there it leads north to Paterson and crosses the Olifantskoop Pass in the Zuurberg Mountains . After that, the course of the road drops into the plains of the Little Fish River and the Great Fish River .
In the village of Cookhouse , the R63 regional road branches off towards Somerset East . From Cookhouse the N10 continues to Cradock and further north in Middelburg reaches the N9 , which comes from the west . After a few kilometers, the latter leaves the joint route in the direction of Colesberg . At the branch of the two national roads, the N10 turns to the northwest, shortly afterwards crosses the provincial border between Eastern Cape and Northern Cape and crosses the N1 near Hanover . After this crossing point it reaches De Aar , where it now arrives in Britstown , parallel to a railway line . Here the N10 crosses the N12 , a national road leading from the Gauteng Province around Johannesburg to the Western Cape Province .
In Prieska , the N10 reaches the mining area with crocidolite deposits that were once economically important in the vicinity of this town. From here it leads to Marydale , where the railway line running close to the road turns west towards Upington . In Groblershoop, the R64 regional road branches off from the east and the N10 now accompanies the Oranje river on its west bank to Upington. A few kilometers northwest of Groblershoop it crosses the Orex line railway line leading from Sishen to Saldanha harbor .
In Upington, the N10 crosses the N14 from Springbok in the west to Pretoria in the northeast . From this crossing point it now leads in an almost westerly direction to the border of Namibia, which it reaches in the border town of Nakop ( Nakop border post ). Its continuation is now the B3 national road to the vicinity of the village of Grünau .
Route expansion
In its southern sections, the road is two-lane, from Middelburg single-lane, sometimes only with unpaved hard shoulder. A road widening was made in the winelands of the Orange River valley. The roadway of the N10 is paved throughout. So far there are no toll roads on the N10.
Web links
- South African National Roads Agency Ltd. (SANRAL) . on www.nra.co.za (English)
- SANRAL: Road Conditions N10 . on www.nra.co.za (English)
- N10 on routes.co.za (English)