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Distance from Ruse to O 21

N Ruse → O 21
Road distance
3,537.3 km
Ruse to O 21 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 3,537.3 km in roughly 51 hrs. It also crosses a provincial boundary.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
7,452.8 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
0.47×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
170
Info Travel board
Travel time
51 hrs
Return: 102 hrs 1 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
3060 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
69.3 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 25 planned rest stops
57 hrs 15 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R6,917.30
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R6,924.94
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R6,889.28
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R7,131.24
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R9,126.99
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R9,137.07
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R9,090.03
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R9,409.27
93 Petrol R27.16 / litre
R12,009.20
95 Petrol R27.19 / litre
R12,022.47
Diesel 500ppm R27.05 / litre
R11,960.56
Diesel 50ppm R28.00 / litre
R12,380.62
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
175° S
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
355° N
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
43.8480, 25.9542
End coords Destination point
-23.0379, 30.6494
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Route class Operational trip category
Long-distance
Operator type Service format
Minibus taxi
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Ruse → O 21
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3,537.3 km
51 hrs
Road route
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Two-wheeler
3,537.3 km
~54 hrs 25 min
65 km/h avg
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3,537.3 km 51 hrs 0 min
Start Ruse
Finish O 21
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  1. Start your journey
    0.0 km
  2. Turn left onto Симеон Велики
    0.2 km
  3. At the end of the road, turn right onto Асен Златаров
    0.0 km
  4. Turn left onto Горазд
    0.1 km
  5. Turn left onto Муткурова
    0.0 km
  6. Turn right onto Ген. Паренсов
    0.1 km
  7. At the end of the road, turn right onto бул. Цар Освободител
    0.2 km
  8. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto бул. Цар Освободител
    0.1 km
  9. Continue onto бул. Цар Освободител
    0.7 km
  10. Turn left onto бул. Христо Ботев
    6.4 km
  11. Continue straight
    58.3 km
  12. Turn slight right
    1.5 km
  13. Turn left onto Търговищко шосе
    19.8 km
  14. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  15. Continue
    11.8 km
  16. Continue right
    2.1 km
  17. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.0 km
  18. Keep slight right at the fork
    21.0 km
  19. Turn slight right
    0.4 km
  20. Keep slight left at the fork
    38.3 km
  21. Continue straight onto Васил Левски
    24.0 km
  22. Continue straight
    15.5 km
  23. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  24. Continue
    27.9 km
  25. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  26. Continue
    62.3 km
  27. Continue straight
    19.0 km
  28. Go straight onto Edirne Lalapaşa Yolu
    20.0 km
  29. Take the ramp slight right onto Lalapaşa Kavşağı towards İstanbul
    0.3 km
  30. Merge slight left onto Avrupa Otoyolu towards Kırklareli
    153.8 km
  31. Take the exit ramp slight right onto Kınalı Kavşağı towards O-7
    1.2 km
  32. Keep slight left at the fork onto Kınalı Kavşağı towards O-7: Çatalca
    2.5 km
  33. Continue straight onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
    110.5 km
  34. Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
    4.4 km
  35. Continue straight onto Viyadük-29
    0.6 km
  36. Continue straight onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
    21.4 km
  37. Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
    8.3 km
  38. Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
    44.3 km
  39. Keep slight left at the fork onto Kuzey Marmara Otoyolu
    59.5 km
  40. Merge slight left onto Anadolu Otoyolu
    254.5 km
  41. Merge slight left onto Ankara Çevre Yolu
    33.9 km
  42. Take the exit ramp slight right onto Ankara Çevre Yolu Güney Kavşağı
    1.2 km
  43. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    220.0 km
  44. Continue straight onto Ankara -Tarsus Otoyolu
    27.8 km
  45. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    105.6 km
  46. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-8 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  47. Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu
    1.0 km
  48. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-10 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  49. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    2.2 km
  50. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-14 Viyadüğü
    0.2 km
  51. Continue straight onto Kırkgeçit-6 Tüneli
    0.8 km
  52. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    10.0 km
  53. Continue straight onto Pozantı - Niğde Otoyolu
    0.9 km
  54. Continue straight onto Ankara-Tarsus Otoyolu
    63.4 km
  55. Continue straight onto K28 Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı
    0.6 km
  56. Take the exit ramp slight left onto Tarsus Doğu Kavşağı towards O-51
    2.4 km
  57. Merge slight left onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    11.8 km
  58. Go straight onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    0.1 km
  59. Keep slight left at the fork onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    0.4 km
  60. Merge slight right onto Adana-Erdemli Otoyolu
    17.9 km
  61. Continue straight onto Fehmi Özeltürkay Tüneli
    0.3 km
  62. Continue straight onto Adana-Şanlıurfa Otoyolu
    59.7 km
  63. Keep slight right at the fork onto Ceyhan-İskenderun Otoyolu
    77.0 km
  64. Keep slight left at the fork onto Belen 1 Kavşağı
    0.6 km
  65. Continue straight onto Antakya-İskenderun Yolu
    3.8 km
  66. Continue straight onto Maraşal Çakmak Caddesi
    1.0 km
  67. Continue straight onto E5 Karayolu Caddesi
    16.4 km
  68. Turn left onto Çevre Yolu Caddesi
    10.6 km
  69. Turn right onto Alpaslan Türkeş Bulvarı
    1.5 km
  70. Continue onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı yolu
    31.8 km
  71. Continue straight onto Kırıkhan-Reyhanlı Yolu
    8.3 km
  72. Keep slight right at the fork onto Antakya - Halep yolu
    5.7 km
  73. Continue straight
    0.7 km
  74. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto ESCWA, ITSAM
    0.0 km
  75. Continue onto ESCWA, ITSAM
    1.3 km
  76. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  77. Continue
    4.5 km
  78. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit
    0.3 km
  79. Continue
    3.7 km
  80. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق سرمدا - حلب
    0.0 km
  81. Continue onto طريق سرمدا - حلب
    16.3 km
  82. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    0.0 km
  83. Continue onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    3.3 km
  84. Turn slight right onto طريق حلب - إدلب
    2.3 km
  85. Merge slight left onto حلب - طريق إدلب
    10.9 km
  86. Continue straight
    8.3 km
  87. Continue straight onto محلق حلب الجنوبي
    7.3 km
  88. Keep slight right at the fork onto محلق حلب الجنوبي
    0.4 km
  89. Continue straight
    2.2 km
  90. Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرمادي
    4.7 km
  91. Continue straight onto طريق حلب الرقة
    179.6 km
  92. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.8 km
  93. Keep slight right at the fork onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    35.0 km
  94. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    82.7 km
  95. Go straight onto Deir EzZor - Ar Raqqa
    5.8 km
  96. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  97. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    4.9 km
  98. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  99. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    2.3 km
  100. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  101. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.2 km
  102. Turn left
    0.1 km
  103. Turn right
    0.3 km
  104. Turn right
    0.1 km
  105. Turn right onto Rue Ash'Sham
    0.1 km
  106. At the roundabout, take the 4th exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  107. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    4.4 km
  108. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  109. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    39.8 km
  110. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  111. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    1.3 km
  112. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  113. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    2.3 km
  114. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  115. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    6.0 km
  116. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    0.0 km
  117. Continue onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    24.2 km
  118. Continue straight onto طريق حلب - الرمادي
    48.1 km
  119. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  120. Continue
    1.0 km
  121. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  122. Continue
    0.0 km
  123. Continue straight
    3.0 km
  124. Continue right onto حلب - الرمادي
    0.1 km
  125. Turn left
    7.7 km
  126. Continue straight
    0.2 km
  127. At the end of the road, turn left
    4.2 km
  128. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  129. Continue
    260.8 km
  130. Take the exit ramp left
    0.6 km
  131. Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    117.5 km
  132. Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1
    325.3 km
  133. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 8: الى السماوه - محطة وقود
    0.5 km
  134. Merge slight left
    0.1 km
  135. Continue make a U-turn
    0.0 km
  136. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 1: الى البصرة
    0.5 km
  137. Merge slight left onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى البصره
    177.9 km
  138. Keep slight left at the fork onto طريق المرور السريع رقم 1 towards الى سفوان
    55.9 km
  139. Turn right
    3.2 km
  140. At the end of the road, turn right
    1.4 km
  141. At the end of the road, turn left
    2.0 km
  142. At the end of the road, turn right onto شارع عبدالرحمن الصفران
    4.2 km
  143. Turn right
    0.3 km
  144. Take the exit ramp make a U-turn
    81.6 km
  145. Take the exit ramp slight right towards 6
    1.6 km
  146. Merge slight left onto طريق جاسم محمد الخرافي towards Messila
    3.1 km
  147. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.3 km
  148. Keep slight right at the fork towards 70
    1.4 km
  149. Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح
    7.3 km
  150. Take the exit ramp slight right
    0.8 km
  151. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.2 km
  152. Continue
    0.9 km
  153. Merge slight left onto طريق الشيخ صباح السالم الصباح
    94.2 km
  154. Continue straight
    2.6 km
  155. Keep slight left at the fork
    0.1 km
  156. Keep slight right at the fork
    0.3 km
  157. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  158. Continue
    0.8 km
  159. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    0.1 km
  160. Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    1.0 km
  161. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    0.2 km
  162. Continue onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    27.8 km
  163. Continue make a U-turn onto طريق خالد بن عبدالعزيز
    2.7 km
  164. Turn right
    4.3 km
  165. Turn right
    11.6 km
  166. Turn right onto دباية العاذرية
    3.0 km
  167. Turn right
    59.5 km
  168. Turn left onto خط الهدباء
    15.6 km
  169. Turn right onto درب المباركية
    36.9 km
  170. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Routes ↩ O 21 → Ruse Ruse to Johannesburg Ruse to Pretoria Ruse to Cape Town Ruse to Durban Johannesburg to O 21 Pretoria to O 21 Cape Town to O 21
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
1,768.1 km
Русе to Limpopo
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
25 hrs 30 min • 25 hrs 30 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Русе to Limpopo
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
254.7 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
588.3 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
191.0 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.96
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
210.7%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at O 21
06:32 – 17:18
Outside daylight hours
Solar noonHighest sun position
11:55
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 46 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
14 hrs 2 min
SunriseDawn break
06:32
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R14,786.00
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R70.75
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R707.46
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R15,564.21
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (212)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
25
Lane merges Yield required
12
Complex forks Path selection
19
Highway exits Deceleration zones
35
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Ruse 43.84804, 25.95421
Midpoint
1,768.1 km
Total: 3,537.3 km
Midpoint 1,768.1 km
3,537.3 km 51 hrs 0 min
Destination O 21 -23.03795, 30.64938

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Русе to Limpopo
One-way road span 3,537.3 km
Return-cycle span 7,074.6 km
Traversal time 51 hrs 0 min
Maneuver count 170
Maneuver density 4.8 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 1,768.1 km

Coordinate frame

Start 43.84804, 25.95421
Midpoint 36.19427, 37.22128
End -23.03795, 30.64938
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Questions 9
How far is Ruse from O 21? +
Ruse is about 3,537.3 km from O 21 by road.
How long does it take from Ruse to O 21? +
The drive usually takes about 51 hrs 0 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Ruse to O 21 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 Ruse to O 21? +
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 Ruse to O 21? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R6,917.30 (R27.16 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R6,924.94 (R27.19 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R6,889.28 (R27.05 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R7,131.24 (R28.00 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Ruse to O 21? +
No tollgates are 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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