R80 (South Africa)
The R80 is a provincial route in Gauteng, South Africa that connects the Pretoria CBD with Mabopane and Soshanguve. It is a dual carriageway freeway, with 2 or 3 lanes in each direction at different points and is named the Mabopane Highway.
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| Maintained by GDRT | ||||
| Length | 22.6 km (14.0 mi) | |||
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| North end | M39 in Soshanguve | |||
 N4 in Akasia R55 in Pretoria | ||||
| South end | M1 in Pretoria | |||
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| Major cities | Soshanguve, Pretoria | |||
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Numbered routes of South Africa
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Route
It starts at a t-junction with the M1 Road of Tshwane in the suburb of Roseville (5km north of Pretoria CBD), heading westwards & meeting the R55 Road. It passes through the Theo Martins Gateway (Afrikaans:Theo Martins Poort), a mountain pass over the Magaliesberg mountains, and the northbound carriageway has a rising hairpin bend, approaching the pass, as the freeway abruptly switches an from east-west to a south-north direction.
Just north of the R513 road off-ramp, the R80 forms an interchange with the N4 National Route (Northern Pretoria Bypass; Platinum Highway).
The highway proceeds northwards to meet the R566 road at an off-ramp just east of Rosslyn and proceeds to end at a junction with the M39 Road of Tshwane in Soshanguve, with the M39 providing access to Mabopane in the north-west.