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| Maintained by MDPWRT | ||||
| Length | 90.3 km (56.1 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  N17 near Ermelo | |||
 R33 in Amsterdam | ||||
| East end | MR19 on the Swaziland border at Sandlane | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Major cities | Ermelo, Amsterdam | |||
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The R65 is a provincial route in Mpumalanga, South Africa that connects Ermelo with the Eswatini border at Sandlane, via Amsterdam. [1]
The R65 begins just north-east of the Ermelo town centre, at a junction with the N17 national route. It heads eastwards from the N17 junction for 73 kilometres to reach a junction with the R33 route in the town of Amsterdam. The R65 continues east-north-east for 17 kilometres to reach the Nerston Border Post, where it crosses into Eswatini and becomes the MR19 route. The border on the Eswatini side is named Sandlane. [1]
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