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Thereafter, the route to Durban is dual carriageway motorway. This last section from Ladysmith to Durban is the third longest motorway by route number (after the N1 between the Vaal River and Modimolle and the N4 between Marikana and Wonderfontein, a distance of 264 km), but the longest motorway following one alignment in South Africa.
Ladysmith (renamed uMnambithi in 2024 [3] [4] [5]) is a town in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.It lies 230 kilometres (140 mi) north-west of Durban and 365 kilometres (227 mi) south-east of Johannesburg.
N2 - equivalent to the section of the current N2 from Cape Town to Durban; N3 - equivalent to the current N3 from Durban to Ladysmith, then following the current N11 to Volksrust, and the current R23 from there to Heidelberg, and then continuing equivalent to the N3 until its end in Johannesburg
On 21 June 1886 the railway line from Durban to Ladysmith (20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Colenso) which crossed the Tugela River at Colenso was opened. [ 4 ] During the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) the town, being located at the point where the main north-south transport route crossed the main east-west river, was one of focal points in the ...
1,936 km (1,203 mi) Major junctions; South end: M62 in Cape Town ... South Africa's longest continuous freeway is the N3 between Durban and Ladysmith, ...
Van Reenen's Pass is a pass through the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa.The N3 freeway, the main road between Durban and Johannesburg, was constructed through the pass with the northern end of the pass lying at the border of the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State.
From 1 December 1880, onward, the NGR offered travel once a day between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. The journey from Durban to Pietermaritzburg lasted 6 hours and 14 minutes with an average speed of 18.1 km/h (11.2 mph), while the return to Durban lasted 5 hours and 45 minutes with an average speed of 19.6 km/h (12.2 mph).
After bypassing the city centre, the N11 proceeds south for 95 kilometres as the Ikhupe Pass, meeting the western terminus of the R68 (which connects to Dundee), to reach the city of Ladysmith. It crosses the Klip River in the city centre and turns westwards to reach an off-ramp intersection with the R103 road adjacent to the Ladysmith Airport ...