The N3 is a national route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg and Durban, respectively South Africa's largest and third-largest cities. Johannesburg is the financial and commercial heartland of South Africa, while Durban is South Africa's key port and one of the busiest ports in the Southern Hemisphere and is also a holiday destination. Durban is the port through which Johannesburg imports and exports most of its goods. As a result, the N3 is a very busy highway and has a high volume of traffic.
N3 freeway approaching Durban, N2/N3 E.B. Cloete Interchange in the foreground
A section of the N3 in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, showing the dual-carriageway freeway.
Pinetown is a city that forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, based just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town is situated 16 km north-west of Durban and 64 km south-east of Pietermaritzburg.
The interchange linking the King Cetshwayo Highway and N3 freeway at Paradise Valley, Pinetown
Main entrance of Pinetown Girls' High School in Josiah Gumede Road, Pinetown's main arterial road