R40 (South Africa)
road in South Africa
The R40 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects the Eswatini border at Bulembu via Barberton, Mbombela, Bushbuckridge, Acornhoek and Hoedspruit with Phalaborwa. The route spans two provinces and passes through several private game reserves.
Route
Mpumalanga
The R40 has its southern terminus on the Eswatini border at the Josefsdal Border Post, with the town of Bulembu on the other side of the border. It begins by heading north through the eastern part of the Songimvelo Game Reserve before entering the Mountainlands Nature Reserve, where it turns to the north-west.
The R40 enters the northern outskirts of Barberton, where it reaches a junction with the R38 road and Sheba Road north of the Barberton CBD. The R38 joins the R40 and they are one road west-north-west for 7 km as Dikbas Avenue, bypassing Emjindini. After crossing the Queen's River north-west of Barberton, the R38 splits at a t-junction and becomes its own road south-west (Nelshoogte Pass) while the R40 turns northwards to bypass the Barberton Airport and skirt the eastern boundary of the Barberton Nature Reserve.
The R40 proceeds as the Hilltop Pass to enter Mbombela (capital of Mpumalanga) as Madiba Drive. It reaches a junction with the main east–west street of Mbombela (R104 road; Samora Machel Drive) west of the CBD before crossing over the Crocodile River to enter Riverside. In Riverside, the R40 meets the southern terminus of the R37 road and bypasses the Lowveld National Botanical Garden before passing under the Mbombela Northern Bypass (N4 national route; Maputo Corridor) and leaving Mbombela towards the north-east.
As it enters White River in a north-easterly direction, it is intersected from the left (north) by the R537 road.
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