N7 (South Africa)
National route N7 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by SANRAL | ||||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | N1 in Cape Town | |||
N14 at Springbok | ||||
North end | B1 at the Namibian border at Vioolsdrif | |||
Location | ||||
Country | South Africa | |||
Major cities | Cape Town, Malmesbury, Clanwilliam, Springbok | |||
Highway system | ||||
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The N7 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town northwards through the West Coast and Namaqualand regions to the Namibian border at Vioolsdrif.[1] After crossing the border, it changes designation to B1 and runs north through Windhoek and the north of Namibia.
The portion of the road within Cape Town is a freeway, but it loses limited-access freeway status shortly after exiting the city limits at the M5 interchange (Potsdam Rd). From here it remains a dual-carriageway till the Melkbosstrand M19 intersection. Thereafter, the N7 is a single-carriageway highway with wide paved shoulders to Piekenierskloof Pass near Citrusdal; only a short 4km section through Malmesbury attains freeway status again along this section. The rest of the N7 to the Namibian border is a single-carriageway highway with no paved shoulders.
References
- ^ Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis (Report). National Department of Transport. pp. 20–21. Retrieved 12 August 2014.