Telle Bridge,[1] also spelled as Tele Bridge, is a border post located between South Africa and Lesotho.
The actual steel motorbridge spans the Telle River, a tributary of the Orange River that flows across half of South Africa.
The anti-apartheid South African journalist and editor of the Daily Dispatch, Donald Woods entered Lesotho through the Telle Bridge as he was fleeing from South Africa on New Year's Eve, 1977.
| South Africa | Lesotho | |
|---|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Cape | Quthing |
| Nearest town | Sterkspruit | Quthing |
| Road | R393 | R393 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30°25′49″S 27°33′57″E / 30.4303°S 27.5658°E | 30°25′57″S 27°34′05″E / 30.43256°S 27.56805°E |
| Telephone number | +27 (0)51 611 1710 | |
| Fax number | +27 (0)51 633 1099 | |
| Postal address | ||
| Business hours Travellers | 06:00 – 22:00 | 06:00 – 22:00 |
| Business hours General | 07:30 – 16:15 |