Pietermaritzburg Ring Road

Pietermaritzburg Ring Road
Route information
Length	9.1 km (5.7 mi)
Existed	2017–present
Major junctions
Ring road around Pietermaritzburg
North end	R103 near Athlone
South end	R56 near Scottsville
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa

The Pietermaritzburg Ring Road, also known as The Pietermaritzburg Bypass is a halfway ring road that circles the city of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.[1][2] It is part of the N3 National Route.

Route

The half Ring Road is part of the N3 freeway.[3] The 9 km half ring road follows east around Pietermaritzburg (bypassing the city centre). It starts at the R103 split in the northern suburb of Athlone and ends at the R56 merge in the southern suburb of Scottsville.[4][5][6]

See also

• Ring Roads in South Africa

References

1. "RDDA South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis". National Department of Transport. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
2. Staff Writer. "Here's what you need to know about the massive changes coming to the N3". Retrieved 25 April 2021.
3. "This is what the N2 and N3 will look like after a R28 billion revamp". BusinessInsider. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
4. "N3 Durban Upgrade" (PDF). Msunduzi. 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
5. "Work begins to upgrade N3 corridor". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
6. Maotaauthor, Ray (6 April 2018). "SANRAL's mega upgrade of the N3 begins". SANRAL Stop Over. Retrieved 25 April 2021.