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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by NWDPWRT | ||||
| Length | 166 km (103 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  N18 in Mahikeng | |||
 N4 in Zeerust | ||||
| North end | Tlokweng Road at the Botswana border near Gaborone | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Major cities | Mahikeng, Zeerust, Gaborone | |||
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The R49 (also sometimes known as the R47) is a provincial route in North West, South Africa that connects Mahikeng with the Botswana border at Kopfontein near Gaborone, via Zeerust. [1] [2]
The R49 begins in the town centre of Mahikeng, at a junction with the N18 national route and the R503 road. It begins as Shippard Street, going eastwards to form the northern border of the Mafikeng Game Reserve. From the N18 junction, it goes east, then north-east, for 61 kilometres, through Ottoshoop, to meet the N4 national route (Platinum Highway) adjacent to Zeerust Solar Power Station.
The N4 joins the R49 and they are one road north-east for 2 kilometres into the town of Zeerust as Church Street. In the Zeerust CBD, at the President Square junction (just before Zeerust Shopping Centre), the R49 leaves Church Street (N4; Platinum Highway) and becomes the road northwards. The R49 heads northwards for 103 kilometres to end at the Kopfontein Border Post, with Botswana's Capital City, Gaborone, on the other side of the border.
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