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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ECDRPW | ||||
| Length | 228 km (142 mi) | |||
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| North end |  R63 near Graaff-Reinet | |||
 N2 in Gqeberha | ||||
| South end |  R102 in Gqeberha | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Major cities | Jansenville Kariega Despatch Gqeberha | |||
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The R75 is a provincial route in Eastern Cape, South Africa that connects Graaff-Reinet with Gqeberha via Despatch, Kariega and Jansenville. [1]
The R75 begins at the intersection with the R102 (Govan Mbeki Road) in Sydenham, just north of the Gqeberha city centre as a dual-carriage roadway and heads in a north-westerly direction as Commercial Road. It intersects with the N2 highway in the suburb of Korsten and after crossing the N2, it becomes Uitenhage Road.
It passes through the large township of Ibhayi before leaving the built up area of Gqeberha (previously known as Port Elizabeth) and intersecting with the M19 metropolitan route at an interchange south-east of Despatch, adjacent to the Azalea Park suburb. Here, the R75 and the M19 switch roads, with the M19 becoming the northwards road (Uitenhage Road) and the R75 becoming the road westwards, immediately becoming a dual-carriageway freeway.
It bypasses Despatch Central to the south and then turns northwards to intersect with the M19 again just west of Despatch Central (east of Kariega Industrial). It bypasses Kariega Central (previously known as Uitenhage) to the east (where it meets the M6 metropolitan route at an interchange) before meeting the R334 and ending as a dual-carriageway freeway north of Kariega and becoming a single-carriageway. 22 km after its ending as a dual-carriageway, it leaves the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
After leaving the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, it enters the Sarah Baartman District Municipality (previously Cacadu District Municipality), heading in north-north-west direction and then heading north-west. It intersects with the R336 (to Kirkwood) and passes through Kleinpoort. Shortly after Kleinpoort it intersects with the R329 (to Willowmore) and heads in a northerly direction. It then intersects with the R400 (to Riebeek East and Grahamstown) and heads north-west again passing through Jansenville. In Jansenville it meets with the R339 (to Klipplaat) and heads north-east and then meets with the R337 (to Cradock) and heads north-north-west again as the Soutpansnek Pass towards Graaff-Reinet. It then ends at an intersection with the R63 approximately 23 kilometres south of Graaff-Reinet. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The Mohair Route, a major tour route in the Eastern Cape follows the R75 from Graaff-Reinet (considered the centre for mohair farming) to Kariega via Jansenville.
The R75 goes through the following towns/settlements:
The Eastern Cape is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.
Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega, is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent. Along with the city of Port Elizabeth and the small town of Despatch, it forms the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality.
The R55 is a north-south provincial route in Gauteng, South Africa that connects Sandton with Pretoria. It passes Woodmead, Kyalami, Olievenhoutbosch, Heuweloord, Sunderland Ridge, Erasmia, Laudium/Claudius, West Park, the Daspoort Tunnel and Danville. It connects with the M1, N14, and R80 highways. It is also designated as the P66-1 and K71 by the Gauteng Provincial Government.
The R63 is a tarred provincial route in South Africa that connects Calvinia with Komga via Carnarvon, Victoria West, Graaff-Reinet, Somerset East and King William's Town. It is cosigned with the N10 between Eastpoort and Cookhouse for 24 kilometres.
The R102 is a Regional Route in South Africa. It is the route designation for all old sections of the N2, thus it is a discontinuous road that resumes in areas where a new N2 has been constructed.
The R334 is a Regional Route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality of South Africa that connects the N2 west of Port Elizabeth to the N2 at Coega north of Port Elizabeth via Uitenhage. The middle section of the route is also designated as the M20 metropolitan route.
The M19 is a metropolitan route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa that connects Swartkops with Uitenhage via Despatch.
The M10 is a metropolitan route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa that connects Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage.
The N2 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through George, Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha, Port Shepstone and Durban to Ermelo. It is the main highway along the Indian Ocean coast of the country. Its current length of 2,255 kilometres (1,401 mi) makes it the longest numbered route in South Africa.
The Sarah Baartman District Municipality, formerly the Cacadu District Municipality, is situated in the western part of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, covering an area of 58,242 square kilometres. The area of the district municipality includes seven local municipalities. The seat is the city of Gqeberha, although Gqeberha is not itself in the district. As of 2011, the languages most spoken among the 388,201 inhabitants were isiXhosa and Afrikaans. The district code is DC10.
Soutpansnek is a mountain pass on the regional road R75, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa between Jansenville and Graaff-Reinet.
Despatch is a small town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa situated between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage with an estimated population of 40 000. It forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which includes Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage, and has collectively a population of over 1.3 million.
Pearston is a small town in the eastern Karoo, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It lies between Graaff-Reinet and Somerset East at the foot of the Coetzeesberge, about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north of Port Elizabeth. It falls within the Blue Crane Route Local Municipality and has a population of approximately 4,500 people.
Jansenville is a town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
iBhayi is a large township near Port Elizabeth, South Africa. It is the largest township in the Eastern Cape province and the ninth largest in South Africa after Mitchells Plain near Cape Town in the Western Cape.
Swartkops is a village in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
The M5 is a long metropolitan route in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. It starts in KwaMashu in the north-western townships of Durban. It passes through the townships of KwaMashu, Newlands East, Newlands West, Ntuzuma and KwaDabeka. It then passes through the industrial town of New Germany and the leafy towns of Pinetown and Queensburgh before entering Durban and ending with the R102 in the Umbilo industrial area.
The M19 is a metropolitan route in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa, connecting Pinetown to Springfield Park in Durban.
The M6 is a metropolitan route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa that connects the eastern part of Despatch with the Uitenhage (Kariega) town centre.
