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Distance from D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes

D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 4,044.0 km in roughly 53 hrs 50 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

N D490 Ruiri Isiolo → Steiltes
Road distance
4,044.0 km
R36
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
2,939.9 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.38×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
165
Info Travel board
Travel time
53 hrs 50 min
Start point
D490 Ruiri-Isiolo
End point
Enterprise Crescent
Return: 41 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
3230 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
75.1 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 26 planned rest stops
60 hrs 20 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R6,769.60
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R6,801.63
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R7,541.19
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R7,602.33
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R8,932.11
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R8,974.37
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R9,950.18
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R10,030.85
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R11,752.77
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R11,808.38
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R13,092.34
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R13,198.49
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
194° SSW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
14° NNE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
0.1522, 37.6568
End coords Destination point
-25.4941, 31.0037
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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4,044.0 km 53 hrs 50 min
Start D490 Ruiri Isiolo
Finish Steiltes
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  1. Head on D490 Ruiri-Isiolo
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  2. Continue make a U-turn onto D490 Ruiri-Isiolo
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  3. Turn right
    6.9 km
  4. At the end of the road, turn right onto Meru-Maua Road
    4.5 km
  5. Turn left onto Embu-Meru Highway
    1.0 km
  6. Continue straight onto Meru-Nairobi Highway
    0.6 km
  7. Continue right onto Meru-Nairobi Highway
    4.2 km
  8. Continue straight onto Meru-Nairobi Highway
    91.4 km
  9. Continue straight onto Embu-Nairobi Highway
    41.8 km
  10. Take the ramp slight left
    0.4 km
  11. Merge slight right
    78.9 km
  12. Take the exit ramp slight left onto Thika Road
    0.3 km
  13. Continue make a U-turn onto Thika Road
    0.3 km
  14. Take the ramp slight right onto Thika Road
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  15. Merge slight right onto Thika Road
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  16. Take the exit ramp slight left onto Thika Road
    0.7 km
  17. Turn slight left
    0.6 km
  18. Go straight onto Outer Ring Road
    0.5 km
  19. Keep slight right at the fork onto Outer Ring Road
    9.6 km
  20. Continue straight onto Airport South Road
    0.7 km
  21. Turn slight left onto Airport North Road
    1.2 km
  22. Continue straight
    0.1 km
  23. Keep slight left at the fork towards A8
    0.4 km
  24. Merge slight right onto Mombasa Road
    13.6 km
  25. Keep slight left at the fork onto Mombasa Road towards A104
    0.9 km
  26. Keep slight left at the fork onto Nairobi-Namanga Road
    0.8 km
  27. Continue straight onto Namanga Road
    15.5 km
  28. Continue straight onto Nairobi-Namanga Road
    119.8 km
  29. Continue straight onto Arusha Road
    99.5 km
  30. Turn right
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  31. Go straight onto Northwest Arusha Bypass Road
    5.0 km
  32. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
    0.1 km
  33. Continue
    168.1 km
  34. Continue left
    5.2 km
  35. At the end of the road, turn left
    52.3 km
  36. Go straight
    25.9 km
  37. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  38. Continue
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  39. Turn slight left
    136.4 km
  40. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  41. Continue
    17.4 km
  42. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Arusha Road
    0.1 km
  43. Continue onto Arusha Road
    0.6 km
  44. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  45. Continue
    2.2 km
  46. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  48. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  49. Continue
    18.6 km
  50. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  51. Continue
    215.6 km
  52. Go straight
    4.2 km
  53. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  54. Continue
    5.7 km
  55. Keep slight left at the fork onto Dodoma Highway
    6.1 km
  56. Turn left
    0.2 km
  57. Turn right
    0.9 km
  58. Continue straight
    0.8 km
  59. Turn left onto Utalii Road
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  60. Turn right
    0.3 km
  61. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.5 km
  62. At the end of the road, turn right
    0.2 km
  63. At the end of the road, turn left
    0.2 km
  64. At the end of the road, turn right
    159.1 km
  65. Keep slight right at the fork
    160.5 km
  66. Continue left
    41.5 km
  67. Turn slight left
    61.4 km
  68. Continue straight
    45.6 km
  69. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  70. Continue
    221.4 km
  71. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  72. Continue
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  73. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Glyn Jones Road
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  74. Continue onto Glyn Jones Road
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  75. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  76. Continue
    29.2 km
  77. Go straight
    12.5 km
  78. Turn right
    292.7 km
  79. Merge left
    5.8 km
  80. Turn right
    143.4 km
  81. Turn left
    4.6 km
  82. Turn right
    61.2 km
  83. At the end of the road, turn right
    57.4 km
  84. Continue straight
    113.0 km
  85. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  86. Continue
    14.5 km
  87. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  88. Continue
    1.6 km
  89. Go straight onto Kilometro_18
    83.4 km
  90. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
    0.1 km
  91. Continue
    49.1 km
  92. Continue straight
    227.8 km
  93. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto ED Mnangagwa Road
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  94. Continue onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    5.0 km
  95. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto ED Mnangagwa Road
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  96. Continue onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    2.2 km
  97. Continue straight onto Enterprise Road
    0.6 km
  98. Turn right onto Samora Machel Avenue
    2.4 km
  99. Turn left onto Abdel Gamal Nasser Road
    2.2 km
  100. Take the exit ramp left
    0.3 km
  101. Continue straight onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    5.1 km
  102. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Simon Mazorodze Road
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  103. Continue onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    12.6 km
  104. Continue slight right onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    21.8 km
  105. Continue straight onto Harare Masvingo Beitbridge Road
    48.5 km
  106. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    48.9 km
  107. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    0.2 km
  108. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    2.5 km
  109. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    0.1 km
  110. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    145.9 km
  111. Continue straight onto Josiah Tongogara Road
    4.2 km
  112. Turn right onto Robert Mugabe Way
    0.9 km
  113. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    1.2 km
  114. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  115. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    280.5 km
  116. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
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  117. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    4.1 km
  118. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  119. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.9 km
  120. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  121. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.3 km
  122. Continue straight
    94.2 km
  123. Go straight
    10.8 km
  124. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  125. Continue
    5.0 km
  126. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  127. Continue
    33.9 km
  128. Turn left onto R36
    21.2 km
  129. Turn left
    25.2 km
  130. Turn left
    37.9 km
  131. Turn right onto Circle Drive
    1.4 km
  132. Continue straight onto Claude Wheatley Road
    0.4 km
  133. Turn sharp right onto Sapekoe Drive
    85.1 km
  134. Turn left
    17.0 km
  135. Turn right
    33.7 km
  136. Continue straight
    3.5 km
  137. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  139. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  141. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  143. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
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  145. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  147. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
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  148. Continue
    30.7 km
  149. Turn right
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  150. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  151. Continue
    2.3 km
  152. Turn right onto Tom Lawrence Street
    1.2 km
  153. At the end of the road, turn left onto Danie Joubert Street
    0.3 km
  154. Turn right onto Chief Mgiyeni Khumalo Drive
    17.8 km
  155. Turn slight left
    0.1 km
  156. Turn slight left onto Andrew Street
    0.4 km
  157. Turn right onto Paul Kruger Street
    0.5 km
  158. Continue straight onto Ferreira Street
    3.8 km
  159. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Dr. Enos Mabuza Drive
    0.0 km
  160. Continue onto Dr. Enos Mabuza Drive
    0.1 km
  161. Go straight onto Doctor Enos Mabuza Drive
    0.4 km
  162. Turn right
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  163. Turn left onto Schuttle Street
    0.2 km
  164. Turn left onto Enterprise Crescent
    0.3 km
  165. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 1
Known total R61.50
Main toll road Not found
This route includes 1 toll point from our database.
Baobab Toll Plaza
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Routes ↩ Steiltes → D490 Ruiri Isiolo D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Johannesburg D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Pretoria D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Cape Town D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Durban Johannesburg to Steiltes Pretoria to Steiltes Cape Town to Steiltes
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
2,027.3 km
Meru to Mpumalanga
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
26 hrs 55 min • 26 hrs 55 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Meru to Mpumalanga
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
291.2 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
672.6 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
218.4 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.68
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
72.7%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Steiltes
06:18 – 17:27
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
11 hrs 8 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
6 hrs 17 min
SunriseDawn break
06:18
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R16,903.77
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R80.88
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R808.79
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R17,793.45
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (210)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
35
Lane merges Yield required
4
Complex forks Path selection
7
Highway exits Deceleration zones
38
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin D490 Ruiri Isiolo Start: D490 Ruiri-Isiolo 0.15223, 37.65679
Midpoint
2,027.3 km
Total: 4,044.0 km
Midpoint 2,027.3 km
4,044.0 km 53 hrs 50 min
Destination Steiltes End: Enterprise Crescent -25.49408, 31.00369

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Meru to Mpumalanga
One-way road span 4,044.0 km
Return-cycle span 8,087.9 km
Traversal time 53 hrs 50 min
Maneuver count 165
Maneuver density 4.1 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 2,027.3 km

Coordinate frame

Start 0.15223, 37.65679
Midpoint -12.45509, 34.10364
End -25.49408, 31.00369
Destination services

Available in Steiltes

Useful places near your destination, from everyday essentials to local stops that can help you settle in faster when you arrive.

Service groups 5
Schools Clothing stores Fuel stations and garages Supermarkets Shopping malls
Nearby category Schools Top 6 nearby matches around Steiltes
6
Nearby category Clothing stores Top 3 nearby matches around Steiltes
3
  • Edgars
    Edgars, Brown Street, Nelindja, Mbombela Ward 14, Mbombela, Ehlanzeni, Mpumalanga, 1201, South Africa
  • Woolworths
    Wild Fig Street iLanga Mall, Mbombela, 1200
  • Winmar
    9 Rapid Street
Nearby category Fuel stations and garages Top 1 nearby match around Steiltes
1
  • Shell
    43 Andrew Street, Nelspruit, 1201, Mpumalanga
Nearby category Supermarkets Top 6 nearby matches around Steiltes
6
Nearby category Shopping malls Top 3 nearby matches around Steiltes
3
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How far is D490 Ruiri Isiolo from Steiltes? +
D490 Ruiri Isiolo is about 4,044.0 km from Steiltes by road.
How long does it take from D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes? +
The drive usually takes about 53 hrs 50 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes in one day? +
It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.
Is taxi available from D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R6,769.60 (R23.25 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R6,801.63 (R23.36 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R7,541.19 (R25.90 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R7,602.33 (R26.11 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from D490 Ruiri Isiolo to Steiltes? +
Yes. There is 1 tollgate currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.
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D490 Ruiri-Isiolo
From D490 Ruiri Isiolo To Steiltes
A104
From D490 Ruiri Isiolo To Steiltes
Kilometro_18
From D490 Ruiri Isiolo To Steiltes
Robert Mugabe Way
From D490 Ruiri Isiolo To Steiltes
Enterprise Crescent
From D490 Ruiri Isiolo To Steiltes

Route Locations

Start area
D490 Ruiri Isiolo, Meru
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Steiltes, Mpumalanga
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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