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N12 road (South Africa)
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| Maintained by SANRAL | ||||
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| Southwest end: |  N2 near George |
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 N9 near George N1 near Beaufort West N1 at Three Sisters N10 at Britstown N8 in Kimberley N18 at Warrenton N1 near Soweto N3 at Alberton N3 at Bedfordview |
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| Northeast end: |  N4 in Witbank |
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| Major cities: | George, Oudtshoorn, Beaufort West, Kimberley, Klerksdorp, Potchefstroom, Johannesburg, Germiston, Witbank | |||
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National Roads of South Africa
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The N12 is a National Route[1] in South Africa. It is maintained by the South African National Roads Agency[citation needed].
Route
The road starts in George in the Western Cape and ends in Witbank in Mpumalanga. The road runs roughly from south to north, however, once it passes Kimberley in the Northern Cape, it gradually turns eastward. Only the section between Soweto and Witbank is a limited access dual motorway. The section between Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom is a dual carriage highway.
The Meiringspoort section in the Swartberg between De Rust and Klaarstroom follows the gorge cut by the Groot River is a scenic drive crossing twelve old drifts (replaced by bridges today). From De Rust one will cross the drifts in the following order: Spook drift, Boesman drift, Nooiensboom drift, Dubble Drif se Draai, Ou tol drift, Wa drift, Witfontein se drift, Ontploffings drift, Perskeboom drift, Wasgat drift, Eerste/Laaste drift.
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