What is Numbered routes in South Africa?
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} In [[South Africa]] some roads are designated as '''numbered routes''' to help with navigation. There is a nationwide [[numbering scheme]] consisting of [[national route (South Africa)|national]], [[provincial route (South Africa)|provincial]] and [[regional route (South Africa)|regional]] routes, and within various urban areas there are schemes of metropolitan route numbering.<ref name=RDDA>{{Cite book |first=John |last=Falkner |date=May 2012 |title=South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis |url=http://www.transport.gov.za/documents/11623/21913/SANoRouteDescriptionDestinationAnalysis.pdf |publisher=National Department of Transport |page=xi |access-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/76NX51ZaD?url=http://www.transport.gov.za/documents/11623/21913/SANoRouteDescriptionDestinationAnalysis.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2012|title=RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS|url=https://www.transport.gov.za/documents/11623/21913/SANoRouteDescriptionDestinationAnalysis.pdf/1c07b3af-099a-4d9a-a72c-f328c706d966|access-date=25 March 2021|website=NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT|archive-date=28 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228095147/http://www.transport.gov.za/documents/11623/21913/SANoRouteDescriptionDestinationAnalysis.pdf/1c07b3af-099a-4d9a-a72c-f328c706d966|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{multiple image | width = 120 | image1 = SA road N1.svg | image2 = SA road R35.svg | image3 = SA road R114.svg | image4 = SA road R512.svg | image5 = Joburg road M2.svg | image6 = SA road M10.svg | image7 = Durban road M16.svg | image8 = Port Elizabeth road M20.svg | footer = [[Road Signs]] in [[South Africa]] }} ==Numbering== In the nationwide numbering scheme, routes are divided into a hierarchy of three categories: [[national routes (South Africa)|national routes]], which are the most important routes connecting major cities; [[provinci