The N7 begins at a four-way interchange with the
N1 national route in
Cape Town, adjacent to
Acacia Park and
Summer Greens, heading northwards. South of this interchange, it is the
M7 route of Cape Town (Jakes Gerwel Drive). The portion of the road within
Cape Town is a
freeway, but it loses limited-access freeway status shortly after exiting the urban limits at the
M12 interchange (Malibongwe Drive). From here, it remains a dual-carriageway and gains limited-access freeway status again at the
Melkbosstrand M19 interchange. It remains a limited-access freeway until just after
Malmesbury at the
R45 intersection. Thereafter, the N7 is a single-carriageway highway with wide paved shoulders to
Piekenierskloof Pass and through the
Olifants River valley until
Clanwilliam. The rest of the N7 to the
Namibian border, through
Vredendal and
Springbok (where it meets the
N14 national route) is a single-carriageway highway with no paved shoulders. After crossing into Namibia, it becomes the
B1 road to
Keetmanshoop and
Windhoek. ==References==