R5 road (Zimbabwe)
18°59′44″S 32°40′24″E / 18.995434°S 32.67328°E
R5 Highway is a 270.8 kilometres (168.3 mi) regional road corridor running from Harare to Mutare. It is one and the same national A3 Highway.[1][2]
Background
In Harare the A3 Highway starts as Samora Machel Avenue (east), ( 17°50′37″S 31°07′57″E / 17.843485°S 31.132544°E ) while the A5 Highway that runs from Harare to Bulawayo also begins as Samora Machel Avenue (west).
Those in and around Harare like to call it Mutare Road, while those in Mutare call it Harare Road. In actual fact the R5 Highway which is the A3 Highway is a continuation of the R2 Highway to form the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway.
Operations
The R5 Highway links the Trans-African-Highway 9 to the Beira Corridor through the Machipanda Border Post east of Mutare. Together with the R3 it forms part of the Beira-Lobito Highway (the green route on this map)
Junctions
• At Marondera the P3 Highway turns left (north) to Murehwa. Its common name is the Marondera-Murehwa Road @ 18°11′17″S 31°32′44″E / 18.188065°S 31.545542°E.
- At Rusape the A14 Highway branches left (north) to Juliasdale and Nyanga @ 18°32′01″S 32°07′26″E / 18.53364°S 32.12395°E.
• At Nyazura the R6 Highway turns right (south) to Chivhu. Its common name is the Chivhu-Nyazura Road. 18°42′46″S 31°10′22″E / 18.712784°S 31.17271°E
- Just 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) before Mutare, the highway A15 branches right (north) to Juliasdale and through to Nyanga and the Eastern Highlands.
SOURCE: AA MAP[3]
Waypoints
Major waypoints are
See also
References
- ^ Google Maps Map Center -17.826817,31.03774 maps.googleapis.com|Maps|Retrieved 18 March 2016
- ^ Google Maps Map Center -18.533514,32.124600 maps.googleapis.com|Maps|Retrieved 18 March 2016
- ^ AA 1975 Map Automobile Association Roads Map rhodesia.me.uk|Images|Retrieved 5 April 2016
