R80 road
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| Maintained by GDRT | ||||
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| North end: | M35 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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The R80 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Pretoria with Soshanguve. It is a dual carriageway freeway, with 2 or 3 lanes in each direction at different points.
It passes through the Theo Martins Gateway (Afrikaans:Theo Martins Poort), a mountain pass over the Magaliesberg mountains, and the northbound carriageway has an infamous rising hairpin bend, approaching the pass, as the freeway abruptly switches an from east-west to a south-north direction.
An interchange has been constructed that links the road with the N4 Northern Bypass, which is part of the Platinum Bakwena Toll Road.
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