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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 ...
From here the river runs through undulating plains. Two major tributaries from the west that join the middle section of the Buffalo River are the Mgqakwebe River just upstream of King William's Town and the Ngqokweni River at Zwelitsha. The other important tributary is the Yellowwoods River, which flows from the north directly into Laing Dam ...
It joins the N11 for 7 kilometres northwards before the R34 becomes its own road eastwards, crossing the Buffalo River. It continues for 35 kilometres to the town of Utrecht, entering the town from the north. It leaves the town in a south-easterly direction and continues for 40 kilometres to reach an intersection with the R33 road. [1]
South of the highway, it is the R72 road towards the East London CBD. [1] It begins by going northwest from the N2 interchange for 31 kilometres to the town of Macleantown, where it leaves the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality. It continues northwest for another 21 kilometres to meet the R63 road at an intersection just north-east of Kei ...
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.