R5 Road (Zimbabwe)

Coordinates: 18°59′44″S 32°40′24″E / 18.995434°S 32.67328°E / -18.995434; 32.67328

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.

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 / -17.843485; 31.132544 (A3/Samora Machel Avenue) ) 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.

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