According to this article the only access between Skukuza and Tshokwane is via Lower Sabie!
http://lowvelder.co.za/377753/damaged-b ... ccessible/
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Re: Road/Gate Closures in Kruger Park - 2017
Saw a latest sightings pic of it. Whole road is gone. Am sure they will priorities getting that road sorted even with a temporary solution.
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Re: Road/Gate Closures in Kruger Park - 2017
Is the S30 taken out as well? Wouldn't that be an alternative route along to the H10?
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Re: Road/Gate Closures in Kruger Park - 2017
Wow, that really is a strategic place to cut the main road, assuming it is below Manzimahle dam!
But one can take the High-level bridge over the Sabie river and turn right on the Salitje road, linking up with the H-10 near Mlondozi. That is if the Salitje road is open? That should be the main alternative if the low-water bridge at LS is closed!

But one can take the High-level bridge over the Sabie river and turn right on the Salitje road, linking up with the H-10 near Mlondozi. That is if the Salitje road is open? That should be the main alternative if the low-water bridge at LS is closed!

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Re: Road/Gate Closures in Kruger Park - 2017
I think they must give this highest priority, using army bridgelayers. It is very important re antipoaching, imo. Two weeks will be too long for even a temporary solution. 

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Re: Road/Gate Closures in Kruger Park - 2017
Army has 22m mobile bridgelayers capable of carrying heavy vehicles, looks like Bethlehem, Kroonstad and Dunnotar, so maybe 2 days away?
Robert, you're an army chap?

Robert, you're an army chap?

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I was mechanized infantry. We drove over the bridges and didn't ask where they came from. 

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Re: Road/Gate Closures in Kruger Park - 2017
Just saw a video of the Salitjie road and there was a massive amount of water flooding over the road... will leave a big hole in it I'm sure, but being gravel might be easier to fix...Richprins wrote:But one can take the High-level bridge over the Sabie river and turn right on the Salitje road, linking up with the H-10 near Mlondozi. That is if the Salitje road is open?
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Ja, Peej, the little concrete drifts normally withstand the water on the gravel roads? 

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Well done, Robert! 

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