R2 Road (Zimbabwe)

Coordinates: 17°16′25″S 31°00′08″E / 17.27349°S 31.002108°E / -17.27349; 31.002108

R2 Road (Zinbabwe) is an international road in Zimbabwe from the Capital Harare to Pluntree border post.

R2 Highway

It is a combination of the A5 Highway which is the Harare-Bulawayo Highway and the A7 Highway which is the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway. For the purpose of regional identity the highway from Botswana to Harare the capital city of Zimbabwe is named Road 2 ( R2 ).

Source: [Map 9.2 Road Transport Network of Zimbabwe.]^[1]

In Harare the road can be picked at the Harare Show Grounds as Samora Machel Avenue. 17°49′46″S 31°01′59″E / 17.829466°S 31.032936°E / -17.829466; 31.032936 (R2 Road Harare Showground) and in Plumtree, Zimbabwe it can be picked at the Border Post or in town at the railway station. 20°29′24″S 27°48′23″E / 20.48994°S 27.806433°E / -20.48994; 27.806433 (R2 Road Plumtree town)

Background

The R2 was rehabilited together with the R3 in the rehanilitation project undertaken by the Zimbabwe National Roads Adminuration (ZINARA) as part of the regional transit highway dubbed the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway project in 2015.^[2]

Operations

The connects Harare and Botswana serving numerous waypoints along the route course.

Harare-Bulawayo Highway

The A5 covers the Harare to Bulawayo via Kwekwe road.

Bulawayo-Plumtree Road

This highway covers Figtree, Zimbabwe, Marula and Plumtree.

A7 Highway actually ends 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi) past Plumtree Town, where it meets Botswana's A1 Highway.

Distance Table

The R2 is 549 kilometres (341 mi) long. The A5 Highway part is 439 kilometres (273 mi) and the A7 Highway is 110 kilometres (68 mi) right to the border post.

See also

• The Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway
• A7 Highway
• ZINARA

References