R56 (South Africa)
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ECDRPW and KZNDT | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   N9 / N10 in Middelburg | |||
 N6 between Molteno and Dordrecht R58 in Elliot N2 near Kokstad N2 near Harding | ||||
| East end |  N3 in Pietermaritzburg | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Major cities | Middelburg, Steynsburg, Molteno, Dordrecht, Indwe, Elliot. Ugie, Maclear, Mount Fletcher, Matatiele, Kokstad, Ixopo, Richmond, Pietermaritzburg | |||
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The R56 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Middelburg with Pietermaritzburg via Molteno, Maclear and Kokstad. It is co-signed with the N2 between Kokstad and Stafford's Post for 39 kilometres.
The R56 is known as the shortest route between Cape Town in the Western Cape and Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. There are 12 main towns on R56. Middelburg Karoo, Steynsburg, Molteno, Dordrecht, Elliot, Ugie, Maclear, Matatiele, Kokstad, Ixopo, Richmond and Pietermaritzburg.
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