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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]
Bloukrans Bridge Bungy is one of the world's highest commercial bungy jumping sites at 216 metres (709 ft) above the Bloukrans River. [1] It is situated at Bloukrans Bridge on the N2 Highway at the border between the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape in the Tsitsikamma area of South Africa's Garden Route. It has been operated by Face Adrenalin ...
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 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 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.
The line on which it operated links the towns of George and Knysna in the Western Cape, South Africa, and was completed in 1928. The scenic 67-kilometre (42 mi) route from George took 3 hours, following the rugged coastline of the Garden Route ,and passing through Victoria Bay , Wilderness , Goukamma , and Sedgefield before crossing a bridge ...