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R56 road

Provincial route R56 shield

Provincial route R56
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
Major cities: Middelburg, Steynsburg, Molteno, Dordrecht, Indwe, Elliot. Ugie, Maclear, Mount Fletcher, Matatiele, Kokstad, Ixopo, Richmond, Pietermaritzburg
Highway system

Numbered routes of South Africa

R55 R57

Provincial route R56 shield

Numbered routes of South Africa

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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