N1 (South Africa)

National route N1
The N1 is indicated in red.
Route information
Maintained by SANRAL, Bakwena, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, and Western Cape Provincial Government. [1]
Length	1,936 km (1,203 mi)
Major junctions
South end	M62 in Cape Town
Major intersections	N2 in Cape Town N7 in Cape Town N12 near Beaufort West N12 at Three Sisters N10 at Hanover N9 at Colesberg N6 in Bloemfontein N8 in Bloemfontein N5 at Winburg N12 near Soweto N3 near Sandton N14 in Centurion N4 in Pretoria N11 near Mokopane
North end	A4A6 A4/A6 at the Zimbabwean border at Beit Bridge
Location
Country	South Africa
Provinces	Western Cape Northern Cape Free State Gauteng Limpopo
Major cities	Cape Town Paarl Worcester Laingsburg Beaufort West Colesberg Bloemfontein Kroonstad Johannesburg Pretoria Bela-Bela Modimolle Mokopane Polokwane Louis Trichardt Musina
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← R730 → N2

The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe.^[1] It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road.

Prior to 1970, the N1 designation was applied to the route from Beit Bridge to Colesberg and then along the current N9 to George. The section from Cape Town to Colesberg was designated the N9.^{[2][citation needed]}