The R82 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg with Kroonstad via Vereeniging and Sasolburg.
It starts just south of the M1 Johannesburg Municipal Highway's interchange with the N12 Southern Bypass (Uncle Charlie's Interchange), going south, meeting the R59, R54, R42 & R28 routes at Vereeniging before crossing the Vaal River into the Free State & proceeding to Kroonstad.
It is an alternative, but longer route to the N1 national route between Johannesburg & Kroonstad.
Route
The R82 is an alternative route to the N1 highway from Johannesburg to Kroonstad, with the N1 highway being a shorter and more direct route by about 20 kilometres. Whereas the N1 has tollgates, the R82 is toll-free.
Gauteng
The R82 road begins in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg, at the southern end of the M1 Johannesburg Municipal Highway. It comes from Johannesburg Central in the north as the M1 and changes to the R82 designation just after meeting the N12 highway (Johannesburg Southern Bypass) at the Uncle Charlie's Interchange in Johannesburg South, near the Southgate suburb. At this interchange, only the N12 and the M1 have access to each other (N12 east to M1 north and M1 south to N12 west, with no direct access between the N12 and the R82).
The R82 continues southwards for twelve kilometres to the south-eastern area of Sasolburg (Coalbrook; east of the Zamdela constituency), where it meets the R57 route between Vanderbijlpark and Heilbron and a road linking eastwards to Deneysville (Vaal Dam).