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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.
"Construction and related design aspects of a large span concrete arch bridge". The Civil Engineer in South Africa. 26 (4). South African Institution Of Civil Engineering (SAICE): 189– 204. hdl:10520/AJA10212019_18860. ISSN 1021-2000. Morgan, Alastair (May 2020). "BERRT 2019 – Eastern Cape: A celebration of South African bridge engineering ...
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]
The R34 starts by going south-east for 60 kilometres to the town of Schweizer-Reneke. In the town centre, it meets the R506 road and the R504 route at a 4-way junction with Schweizer Street. The R506 joins the R34 to be co-signed southwards. They are one road for 2.5 kilometres, crossing the Harts River before the R506 becomes its own road ...
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.
Laingsburg is situated along the N1 route, at Lat: -33.20, Long: 20.85, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The town is situated in the Great Karoo , a semi-desert region of South-Africa. The town's total rainfall is about 150mm per year.