R512 (South Africa)
The R512 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Brits, North West with Randburg, Gauteng via the western side of Hartbeespoort. It is an alternative route to the R511 for travel between the Johannesburg Metropole and Brits. Route North West Its northern origin is Brits, North West at an intersection with the R511 as Van Velden Street, becoming Rutgers Street, in a southerly direction. Just south of Brits, the R512 meets the R566 Road from Ga-Rankuwa. The R512 continues southwards to meet the N4 Highway (Platinum Highway). Just after meeting the N4, the R512 reaches an interchange with the Pampoen Nek Pass (which is coming from the N4 West in the west) and it leaves the southerly road to become the Pampoen Nek Pass south-eastwards, passing under the R104 Route, to reach an interchange with the R560 Route west of Kosmos Village. From the R560 interchange, it continues south-east, crossing the Magalies River & turning eastwards at a T-junction by Arrows Rest, bypassing the Hartbeespoort Dam to the south, to pass through the town of Broederstroom. After Broederstroom (west of Pelindaba), by the Crocodile River, as the road eastwards connects to Pretoria, the R512 turns southwards, as Pelindaba