10-843: Steelpoort is a mining town on the R555 road in Sekhukhune District Municipality in the Limpopo province of South Africa . It is located on the border with Mpumalanga province. Mining operations around Steelpoort include the Dwarsrivier chrome mine (30 km from Steelpoort, located in Mpumalanga) owned by Assmang, Tweefontein chrome mine and Tubatse Ferrochrome, owned by Samancor, Two Rivers and Modikwa platinum mines managed by Patrice Motsepe ’s African Rainbow Minerals , as well as Mototolo platinum mine and
20-609: A Regional Route in South Africa that connects Springs with Ohrigstad via Delmas , Ogies , Witbank , Middelburg , Stoffberg and Burgersfort . The R555 begins in Springs , Gauteng , at an intersection with the R29 road north of the city centre. It goes north-east as Welgedacht Road and after 8 kilometres, it becomes the road eastwards by way of a right turn. It heads east-north-east into Mpumalanga , initially paralleling
30-715: Is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa . It was formerly in Mpumalanga province. Marble Hall is a village 26 km north-west of Groblersdal and 96 km south-south-east of Mokopane on the N11 National Route . Laid out in 1942 and proclaimed a township in January 1945, it owes its development to the Marble Lime Mine. Its name is said to be an adaptation of ‘marble hole’, where fifteen varieties of marble occur. While on
40-650: The N12 highway . It goes for 20 kilometres, passing through Eloff , to cross the cosigned R42 / R50 road in Delmas . While still parallel to the N12, It proceeds eastwards for 42 kilometres to the town of Ogies , where it meets the R545 at a staggered junction . It then proceeds for 27 kilometres, turning to the north-north-east, meeting the northern terminus of the R547 and crossing
50-632: The Steelpoort River , passing through Roossenekal (where it meets the western terminus of the R577 ) and Steelpoort before crossing the R37 at a staggered junction at Burgersfort (cosigned for 2 kilometres). 32 kilometres east-south-east of Burgersfort, the route's north-eastern end is reached, at an intersection with the R36 at Ohrigstad (north of the town centre). Marble Hall Marble Hall
60-497: The Lion Ferrochrome smelter, both owned by Xstrata and Marula Platinum (PTY) LTD owned by Impala Platinum. The name Steelpoort is believed to be derived from a hunting expedition that took place either in the late 19th century or the early 20th century. When a group of Voortrekkers from Natal under Frans Joubert had settled there, a man called Scholtz shot an elephant at dusk and on returning next morning found that
70-872: The N12 highway (no longer parallel), to enter Witbank as Provincial Road and reach an interchange with the N4 highway ( Maputo Corridor ) as Walter Sisulu Drive. Just after crossing the N4 highway, at the Witbank Long-Distance Taxi Rank in Witbank Central, the R555 meets the R544 (Beatty Avenue) and the R104 (Diederichs Street). Here, the R544 becomes Walter Sisulu Drive north-north-west towards Verena while
80-803: The R555 becomes Voortrekker Street towards the north-east. From the R544 junction in Witbank, the R555 goes east-north-east for 29 kilometres, leaving Witbank as Voortrekker Street, crossing the Olifants River and meeting the northern terminus of the R575 road , to reach Middelburg . It enters Middelburg as Walter Sisulu Street. At the Cowen Ntuli Street junction, the R555 meets the N11 national route from Marble Hall and they become cosigned on Cowen Ntuli Street eastwards. The co-signed route meets
90-631: The northern terminus of the R35 . Just after meeting the R35, the R555 leaves Cowen Ntuli Street (which remains with the N11 designation) and turns to the north-east. Leaving Middelburg, it goes for 59 kilometres to the town of Stoffberg , where it makes a staggered junction with the R33 (cosigned for 3 kilometres). Just after, it crosses into Limpopo Province and the route continues for 110 kilometres north-east, following
100-401: The tusks had been removed. The river flowing through the poort was then called Steelpoort River (‘steel’ meaning steal). An increase in the mining of chrome and magnetite led to the construction of a railway line between Steelpoort and Lydenburg in 1924. This Limpopo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . R555 (South Africa) The R555 is
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