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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained bySANRAL,GDRT, andNWDPWRT | ||||
| Length | 1,186 km (737 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  N7 atSpringbok | |||
| Major intersections |  N10 inUpington N18 atVryburg N1 inCenturion | |||
| East end |  R101 Kgosi Mampuru Street/Sophie De Bruyn Street inPretoria | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Provinces | Northern Cape,North West,Gauteng | |||
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TheN14 is anational route inSouth Africa which runs fromSpringbok in theNorthern Cape toPretoria inGauteng. It passes throughUpington,Kuruman,Vryburg,Krugersdorp andCenturion.[1] The section between Pretoria and Krugersdorp is maintained by theGauteng Provincial government and is also designated the P158.
The N14 begins as Voortrekker Street inSpringbok, at an intersection with theR355, just next to its N7 off-ramp. It leaves the town towards the east, crossing under theN7 and then heads north-east past Carolusberg and through theGoegap Nature Reserve. It then entersPofadder from the west, intersecting theR358 in the town centre. It leaves eastwards, then turns to the north-east towardsKakamas, entering the town from the west. It's intersected by theR359 in the town before leaving to the north, crossing theOrange River and then heading east to intersect with the northern terminus of theR27 inKeimoes before heading north out of the town. The N14 continues north-east, following the Orange River, to reachUpington. In the town centre, it intersects with theN10 at a staggered junction before continuing north-east toOlifantshoek andKuruman, meeting theR385 andR325 routes. It passes through Kuruman as its main road, intersecting theR31 in the town. It leaves north-east and crosses into theNorth West province.
Crossing into the province, the route is intersected at t-junction by theR371. The N14 continues east-north-east and entersVryburg from the south-west, becoming the town's main road through the centre (Market Street) and crossing theN18 before leaving Vryburg to the east. The road continues south-east, meeting the north-western terminus of theR34, before turning north-east to head toDelareyville. Just outside the town, theR377 intersects from the west, while the N14 enters the town from the west. It meets theR507 and heads north through the town as its main road (Generaal Delarey Street). Leaving north-east, it passes the Barberspan Dam and nature reserve before passing through Roosville as its main road. The route goes north-east throughSannieshof toBiesiesvlei, where the N14 meets the south-western terminus of theR52 before turning east to reach theR505 at a t-junction in Ga-Maloka. It co-signs with the R505 southwards for 150 metres before continuing east and north-east toColigny. Here it cosigns with theR503 for 2 km as a ring road to the south of the town before heading eastwards toVentersdorp. The route bypasses the town to the south, first crossing theR30 and then theR53, as it leaves heading east again. Shortly after the village ofKlerkskraal, it entersGauteng province.
The N14 enters the province heading north-east, crossing theR500 and the western terminus of theR41 near the village of Holfontein. It continues north-east, later crossing theR24 south of theTarlton International Raceway and north of theKrugersdorp Game Reserve, and then skirts the latter to its north. It bypasses north of theKrugersdorp CBD, intersecting theR563 andR540. At an intersection at Cradlestone Mall in Krugersdorp, it meets theR28 that heads south-west to the town centre and theM47 Hendrik Potgieter Road that heads south-east toRoodepoort. The N14 turns north-east at this junction, becoming a dual carriageway freeway with 2 lanes in each direction, crossing theCrocodile River, passing throughMuldersdrift and crossing theR114. Shortly after Muldersdrift, there is an interchange with theM5 (Beyers Naude Drive) that heads south-east toRandburg andJohannesburg. The next interchange follows shortly where theR512 (Malibongwe Drive) crosses over the N14 just south ofLanseria International Airport. Continuing north-east, it crosses theJukskei River and interchanges the R114 again and theR511/R562 north ofDiepsloot, where it becomes 3 lanes in each direction. It soon takes an easterly direction to enter the city ofCenturion, interchanging theR55 atOlievenhoutbosch and thereafter reaching the Brakfontein Interchange with theN1 (Ben Schoeman Freeway) in the southern suburbs of Centurion. The N14 and N1 switch highways, with the N1 now becoming the eastwards highway (thePretoria Bypass) and the N14 now becoming the Ben Schoeman Freeway northwards. It bypasses Centurion Central and intersects theM34 (Jean Avenue) at Die Hoewes and theM10/M24 near Lyttelton Manor. The next interchange is with theM7 at theGroenkloof Nature Reserve nearFountains Valley. Shortly thereafter it ends in the southern suburb of Salvokop inPretoria (just south of thePretoria CBD), where it joins theR101 (Kgosi Mampuru Street) northbound, marking its eastern terminus.
Between 2015 and 2017, the N14 highway was upgraded and re-tarred from Krugersdorp to Diepsloot.[2][3] Between 2017 and 2019, the section from Diepsloot to the Brakfontein Interchange was upgraded, increasing that from 2 lanes to 3 lanes in each direction.[4] The upgrades were done by theJohannesburg Roads Agency (JRA).[4]
The N14 highway has a 160 km section of the highway betweenPofadder andKakamas that allows a speed limit of 250 km/h for authorised vehicles for speed testing.[5]
