Претория: Объездные дороги и изменения транспортной схемы

Road in South Africa

The Pretoria Ring Road, also known as the Pretoria Bypass, is a collection of two bypasses that together form a partial ring road around the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It consists of a section of the N1 highway (known as the Eastern Bypass) as well as a section of the N4 highway (known as the Northern Bypass). It is entirely in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.

The Pretoria Eastern Bypass is formed by the N1 highway, from the Brakfontein Interchange with the Ben Schoeman Freeway (N1; N14) in Centurion to the Doornpoort Interchange with the Platinum Highway (N4) in northern Pretoria, a length of approximately 30 km. On 12 April 2024, e tolls were discontinued in Gauteng, effectively making this section of the road a toll free section. SANRAL maintains the toll free section while Bakwena maintains the N1/N4 section from the Proefplaas Interchange northwards. At the Brakfontein Interchange, a highway links south west to Krugersdorp (designated as the N14) while the Ben Schoeman Freeway links north to the Pretoria CBD (designated as the N14) and south to Midrand and Johannesburg (designated as the N1).

Before the opening of the Northern Bypass, the N4 national route, which is coming from Witbank and Mbombela in the east, passed westwards through Pretoria from the Proefplaas Interchange on regular city streets (today designated as the M2 and M4 roads) and exited Pretoria westbound as the Magalies Toll Route, a 20 km tolled highway to Hartbeespoort. This new realignment of the N4 (the Northern Bypass) means that both Hartbeespoort and Pretoria Central are now bypassed to the north for east–west traffic. Traffic coming from Rustenburg in the west and heading towards towns east (and south) of Pretoria no longer has to pass through the city centre and interfere with local traffic. Before the opening of the Eastern Bypass, the N1 national route, which is coming from Johannesburg in the south, passed northwards through Pretoria on regular city streets (today designated as the R101) and exited Pretoria northbound on Lavender Road/Old Warmbaths Road. This new realignment of the N1 (the Eastern Bypass) means that Pretoria Central is now bypassed to the east for north–south traffic. Traffic coming from Polokwane in the north and heading towards towns south (and south west) of Pretoria no longer has to pass through the city centre.