Editing Bloemfontein (section)

===Road===

Bloemfontein's national and regional roads are as follows: The [[N1 road (South Africa)|N1]], a major highway running roughly SW to NE from [[Cape Town]] to [[Johannesburg]] and [[Zimbabwe]] largely bypasses this city to the west. The [[N8 road (South Africa)|N8]] runs east/west connecting Bloemfontein to [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]] and [[Maseru]], the capital of [[Lesotho]]. Bloemfontein is also the northern end of the [[N6 road (South Africa)|N6 road]] heading roughly southwards to the port of [[East London, Eastern Cape|East London]].

There are also two two-digit R routes: the [[R64 road (South Africa)|R64]], which is the old road to Kimberley, via [[Dealesville]] and [[Boshof]]. It ends at the N1. The [[R30 road (South Africa)|R30]] ends at the N1 north of the town. It is the road to [[Welkom]].

Three other three-digit R routes have their origin in Bloemfontein. The [[R706 road (South Africa)|R706]] takes origin from the N8 in the city centre, and heads south-west towards [[Jagersfontein]] and [[Fauresmith]]. The [[R702 road (South Africa)|R702]] also originates from the N8 in the city centre, but heads south-east towards the towns of [[Dewetsdorp]] and [[Wepener]]. The third road, the [[R700 road (South Africa)|R700]], starts in the city centre from the N8 and heads north, crossing the N1 towards [[Bultfontein]].

Below that level, Bloemfontein has several metropolitan or [[Metropolitan routes in Bloemfontein|M roads]]. These roads are numbered independently of M-roads in other South African cities.