R74 roadworks etc.
Anybody know if the R74 is still being worked on ? Driving to Cathedral Peak on Tuesday, what would the best route from PTA be ? Thanks
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Used this road to Mnweni at the beginning of October. Still under roadworks, with nothing changed in several months, except for the worsening of the condition of the one lane road being used. There is no plant on site, only the flagmen directing traffic, so there is obviously some problem here. I estimate about a 45 to 60 minute delay for waiting and going slower at this roadworks area. The road condition is very bad, with a lot of potholes.
I would suggest from Pretoria to Cathedral, if you have a normal car, that it's probably better to stay on the N3 past Harrismith to the Bergville offramp after the Tugela Toll Plaza, and then to Bergville and the Cathedral Peak turnoff rather than the R74 from Harrismith.I don't, however, know the condition of the road from the N3 to Bergville, but would think it's not too bad.
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I always go via Harrismith & N3 now
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This affects the oliviershoek pass etc etc
N3 to bergville turn off is probably best.
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Kragbees wrote: Thanks for all the info. So I can also take the turnoff to Winterton and go through the town and then straight to Cathedral Peak I take it. Seems faster than going through Bergville 1st.
From the N3 southbound you'll need to take the turn-off for the Bergville road, but then go east for about 4.5km on the N11 towards Ladysmith before turning SW onto the R600 towards Winterton. The R600 crosses the N3 without there being an offramp connecting R600 with N3. The R600 is less boring than the Bergville -Ladysmith road (R616). For example the R600 passes right underneath Spioenkop.
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