Kloof Nek Road

Kloof Nek Road is a paved passenger vehicle road in Cape Town that runs from Cape Town CBD (the city's economic center) to Camps Bay (a suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region), between Table Mountain and Lion's Head.

One of South Africa's oldest roads, it was built in 1848 as an access road for the suburban pass with the same name, which was used primarily as a look-out post for soldiers, and a supply route to Camps Bay.

The route starts at Kloof Street on the edge of the City Bowl and turns into Camps Bay Road at the end of a mountain pass that runs between Table Mountain and Lion's Head. Despite being only two kilometers long, it is very steep, with an average gradient of 1:11.

The summit of Kloof Nek Road is a small but complicated intersection that's not clearly visible on approach and often catches motorists unaware. The road's steepness may be a contributor to the regular occurrence of often-fatal accidents on Kloof Nek Road.

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