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The Buffalo River (Zulu: uMzinyathi; Afrikaans: Buffelsrivier) is the largest tributary of the Tugela River in South Africa. With a total length of 426 km (265 mi), its source is in Majuba Hill , "Hill of Doves" in the Zulu language , located northeast of Volksrust , close to the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu-Natal border.
The Civil Engineer in South Africa. 26 (4). South African Institution Of Civil Engineering (SAICE): 141– 154. hdl:10520/AJA10212019_18854. ISSN 1021-2000. Liebenberg, Charles; Trümpelmann, Volker; Kratz, Rolf (April 1984). "Construction and related design aspects of a large span concrete arch bridge". The Civil Engineer in South Africa. 26 ...
A key feature of the project is its two incrementally launched bridges: one, spanning 948 meters, connects the Mount Edgecombe side of the M41 to the N2 South and stands as the longest incrementally launched bridge in South Africa; the second, 440 meters long, links the uMhlanga side of the M41 to the N2 North. [2]
The bridge is named after the Scotsman Charles Rawden Maclean, who during his time in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War, came to be known as "John Ross".. The original bridge in this location was completed in 1959, and replaced the original single-lane steel road traffic bridge which crossed the river further upstream at Bonds Drift, [2] alongside the railway bridge leading directly into ...
The endangered border barb lives in the waters of the Buffalo River. [3] There is also a small population of the endangered Eastern Province rocky (Sandelia bainsii) in the Yellowwoods River, part of the Buffalo River basin. [4] Presently this river is part of the Mzimvubu to Keiskama Water Management Area. [5]
All three routes join to become the road westwards (Grey Street) up to the Buffalo Road junction, where the N2 & R63 become Buffalo Road northwards while the R346 becomes Buffalo Road southwards. [2] The R346 leaves the town heading south-south-east to pass through Zwelitsha, where it meets the R102 to Phakamisa and crosses the Buffalo River.
The R34 continues southwards for 100 kilometres, crossing the White Umfolozi River and the Mpembeni River, to meet the R66 route (King Dinizulu Highway) south-west of Ulundi. They are cosigned southwards for 53 kilometres, meeting the eastern end of the R68 road in the town of Melmoth , before the R34 becomes its own road eastwards near the ...
The R72 is a provincial route in Eastern Cape, South Africa that connects the N2 north-east of Gqeberha with East London via Port Alfred. It provides an alternative to the N2 for travel between Gqeberha and East London.