R702 (South Africa)

Regional route R702
Route information
Length	113 km (70 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest end	N6 in Bloemfontein
Major intersections	R717 in Dewetsdorp R701  / R26 near Wepener R26 in Wepener
Southeast end	Van Rooyen's Gate border with Lesotho
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← R701 → R703

The R702 is a regional route in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality of South Africa that connects Bloemfontein with the Lesotho border at Van Rooyen's Gate via Dewetsdorp and Wepener. ^[1]

Route

Its north-western terminus is a junction with the N6 national route and M30 metropolitan route in Bloemfontein, Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, just south of the Mangaung suburb and just east of the N6's interchange with the N1. It heads eastwards to reach a t-junction, where it meets the southern terminus of Bloemfontein's M12 metropolitan route and turns south-east.

It leaves the city heading south-east and goes for 56 kilometres to the town of Dewetsdorp, where it meets the north-eastern terminus of the R717. ^[2] From the R717 junction, it continues south-east for 32 kilometres to meet the R26 and the north-eastern terminus of the R701 at a four-way-junction. ^[2] It becomes co-signed with the R26 eastwards, immediately crossing the Caledon River into the town of Wepener. ^[2]

South of Wepener town centre, the R702 becomes its own road northwards into the town centre as Van Aardt Street, then eastwards as Spies Street to cross the Sandspruit River. Just after Wepener Police Station, the R702 becomes the road to the south-east and goes for 8 kilometres to end at the Van Rooyen's Gate border post with Lesotho, after which the route becomes Lesotho's A20.

References

1. Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis (Report). National Department of Transport. p. 95. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. Road atlas of South Africa. London: New Holland. 1994. p. 38. ISBN   978-1-85368-393-0.