R5 road (Zimbabwe)
R5 Highway is a regional road corridor running from Harare to Mutare. It is one and the same national A3 Highway.
Background
In Harare the A3 Highway starts as Samora Machel Avenue, while the A5 Highway that runs from Harare to Bulawayo also begins as Samora Machel Avenue.
Those in and around Harare like to call it Mutare Road, while those in Mutare call it Harare Road. In actual fact the R5 Highway which is the A3 Highway is a continuation of the R2 Highway to form the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Harare-Mutare Highway.Operations
The R5 Highway links the Trans-African-Highway 9 to the Beira Corridor through the Machipanda Border Post east of Mutare. Together with the R3 it forms part of the Beira-Lobito Highway
Junctions
• At Marondera the P3 Highway turns left to Murehwa. Its common name is the Marondera-Murehwa Road @.
• At Nyazura the R6 Highway turns right to Chivhu. Its common name is the Chivhu-Nyazura Road.
SOURCE: AA MAPWaypoints
Major waypoints are
