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Scenic Routes :: Mountain Pass
The Nieuwekloof Pass on the R46 was an alternate route constructed out of necessity as the Oudekloof Pass was very difficult to navigate. The road was less steep than the old pass, but was very narrow in places. By the 1760's it had replaced the original pass. To avoid confusion, the old pass was known as the Oude Roodezand Pass and the new one as the Nieuwe Roodezand Pass. In 1805, the area known as Roodezand was renamed Tulbagh. After this the Nieuwekloof was referred to as the Tulbagh Kloof. Thomas Bain inspected the kloof in 1855 and recommended a route on the western side along the left bank of the Klein Berg River. This pass was built between 1859 and 1860 and utilised the same kloof as the original Nieuwekloof Pass. When the railway line was built in 1874, it was situated on the same side as the road. In 1935 the road was widened to accommodate increasing traffic volume. A new route requiring a bridge and rock cutting along the inside bank of the river was later constructed. The new Nuwekloof Pass was opened in 1968 and the old road is still visible from the new one. (Sep-11).
| Address : | Scenic Cape Route 62, 7km or 5min WSW of Tulbagh, Western Cape (Winelands)South Africa |
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| Closest Town : | Tulbagh |
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