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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by FSDPRT | ||||
| Length | 31.9 km (19.8 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North-west end |  N1 in Springfontein | |||
 R701 in Bethulie | ||||
| South-east end |  R390 in Bethulie | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Major cities | Springfontein, Bethulie | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The R715 is a Regional Route in Free State, South Africa that connects Springfontein with Bethulie. [1]
Its north-western terminus is the N1 at Springfontein, south of the town centre. From Springfontein, it runs south-east, to Bethulie, where it meets the R701 before passing through the town centre. It turns eastwards in the town centre to reach its end at a junction with the R390. [1]
The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe. It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road.
Bethulie is a small sheep and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa. The name meaning chosen by God was given by directors of a mission station in 1829 which the town formed around. The mission building is the oldest settler built building still standing in the Free State. The town was also home to one of the largest concentration camps run by the British during the Boer War. The Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1862.
Rouxville is a small wool and cattle farming town in the Free State province of South Africa and is situated on the N6 national route. The town is at the centre of the wool producing area of the Transgariep.
Springfontein is a small mixed farming town in the Free State province of South Africa.
The following lists events that happened during 1892 in South Africa.
The R390 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Cradock with Bethulie. It is co-signed with the R56 to Steynsburg for 10 kilometres.
The Caledon River is a major river located in central South Africa. Its total length is 642 km (399 mi), rising in the Drakensberg Mountains on the Lesotho border, flowing southwestward and then westward before joining the Orange River near Bethulie in the southern Free State.
Patrick Beattie Mynhardt was a well-known South African film and theatre actor. He appeared in over 150 stage plays in South Africa and England, 100 local and international films, TV plays and serials as well as an opera. He died in London, where he was performing in his one-man show Boy from Bethulie at the Jermyn Street Theatre in the West End.
Jean Pierre Pellissier was a missionary from the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society to Southern Africa.
Richard Miles was a Motswana (Tswana) catechist and preacher "to the native tribes beyond the border" in South Africa.
The South African Railways Class 6E1, Series 5 of 1974 was an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class Experimental AC of 1978 is an electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 7E is an electric locomotive. South African Railways placed 100 Class 7E electric locomotives with a Co-Co wheel arrangement in service in 1978/79. They were the first 25 kV AC locomotives to enter service in South Africa.
The South African Railways Class 11E of 1985 is an electric locomotive.
Gariep Dam, founded as "Oranjekrag", is a settlement in Xhariep District Municipality in the Free State (province) of South Africa.
The South African Railways Dock Shunter 0-4-0ST of 1903 was a steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
The R701 is a major regional route in the Free State, South Africa.
The Cape Government Railways 0-4-0ST 1881 Coffee Pot was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.
In South Africa, as elsewhere in the world, the railways played a huge part in development and growth on nearly all terrains in the country. Conversely, events in South Africa and its neighbours over the years had a huge influence on the development of railways.
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