R23 (South Africa)

Provincial route R23
Route information
Maintained by GDRT and SANRAL
Major junctions
North end	R25 near Kempton Park
Major intersections	R21 near Kempton Park N12 in Benoni R29 in Benoni N17 near Brakpan N3 north of Heidelberg R42 in Heidelberg N3 south of Heidelberg R51 in Balfour R39 / R50 in Standerton
South end	N11 in Volksrust
Location
Country	South Africa
Major cities	Kempton Park, Benoni, Brakpan, Heidelberg, Balfour, Standerton, Volksrust
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← R22 → R24

The R23 is a provincial route in South Africa that links Benoni with Volksrust via Brakpan, Heidelberg and Standerton.

Route

The R23 begins at Birchleigh, Kempton Park, City Of Ekurhuleni, Gauteng at an intersection with the M57 municipal route (just south of its intersection with the R25). It goes south-east, bypassing Glen Marais, before crossing the R21 freeway as High Road. It then crosses the M32 municipal road and becomes the road separating the Pomona and Bredell suburbs of Kempton Park. At Brentwood Park, it joins the M45 municipal route by way of a left turn onto Great North Road, which marks its entrance into Benoni. At the next junction, the M45 becomes the road to the left, leaving R23 as the main road into Benoni central.

It crosses the N12 toll road southwards as Tom Jones Street (And As Bunyan Street Northwards) and enters Benoni central, bypassing Lakeside Mall. It intersects with the R29 in Benoni central and joins Range View Road southwards by way of a right turn at Mackenzie Park. After half-a-kilometre, it becomes Heidelberg Road, bypassing Brakpan, and crosses the N17 toll road at Dalpark, next to where Carnival City is located. By Carnival City, it intersects with Elsburg Road (R554) from Brakpan and proceeds south, bypassing Tsakane, intersecting with the R550 and finally, it crosses the N3 freeway and enters Heidelberg (the distance from Benoni to Heidelberg is 45 km).

At Heidelberg, it intersects with the R42 from Nigel and the R549 from Deneysville. South of Heidelberg, it crosses back to the east of the N3 freeway between Johannesburg and Durban and goes east-south-east for 35 km towards Balfour in Mpumalanga. At Balfour, it intersects with the R51 Road and continues south-east for another 75 km to Standerton on the banks of the Vaal River, where it meets the south-eastern terminus of the R50 from Pretoria and the south-western terminus of the R39 From Ermelo, Mpumalanga. At the same place, it intersects with the R546 from Kinross. It is cosigned with the R546 for a few kilometres south-east of Standerton, before they split. The R546 goes directly south while the R23 goes south-east.

From Standerton, the R23 goes south-east for 85 km before reaching it's south-eastern terminus at Volksrust, where the R543 meets the N11.

External links

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