| Country: | ZAF |
| Type: | R |
| Route: | 52 |
| Maint: | NWDPWRT |
| Map: | Map of the R52 (South Africa).svg |
| Length Km: | 162 |
| Direction A: | Southwest |
| Terminus A: | in Biesiesvlei |
| Junction: | between Lichtenburg and Koster |
| Direction B: | Northeast |
| Terminus B: | near Rustenburg |
| Cities: | Biesiesvlei, Lichtenburg, Koster, Rustenburg |
| Previous Type: | R |
| Previous Route: | 51 |
| Next Type: | R |
| Next Route: | 53 |
The R52 is a provincial route in North West, South Africa that connects Biesiesvlei with Rustenburg via Lichtenburg and Koster.[1]
The R52 begins in Biesiesvlei (20 kilometres north-east of Sannieshof), at a junction with the N14 national route.[2] It begins by going north-east for 36 kilometres, through Itekeng, to the town of Lichtenburg.[2] It reaches a junction with the R503 route and the R505 route (Nelson Mandela Drive).[2]
All 3 routes form one road northwards through the Lichtenburg CBD as Nelson Mandela Drive up to the junction with Gerrit Maritz Street, where the R52 splits from the R503/R505 to become Gerrit Maritz Street eastwards. The R52 heads north-east for 84 kilometres, meeting the R53 route, to the town of Koster, where it turns northwards in the town centre, becoming Rissik Street, and meets the R509 route.[2] After the Reagile suburb of Koster, the R53 turns to the north-east and heads for 35 kilometres to reach its end at a t-junction with the N4 national route (Platinum Highway) just west of Rustenburg.[2]