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List Of Metropolitan Routes In South Africa
Metropolitan Routes in South Africa, also called Metro Roads or Metro Routes are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around cities in South Africa. East London Cape Town Johannesburg Pretoria Durban Rd, Bulwer Rd, Cleaver Rd, Botanic Gardens Rd, cowey Rd, , , - , M9 , , East/West, , M32 / M10 (Wiggins) – M8 – R102 – ends at Congella , , Wiggins, Glenwood, Congella, , fransisco Rd, , , - , M10 , , East/West then North/South, , M5 (Escombe) – M22 – M20 – M5 (cosigned) – M7 – M9/M32 – M13 (cosigned) – M15 – M17 – M19 (Springfield) , , Escombe, Queensmead, Mount Vernon, Hillary, Bellair, uMkumbaan, Wiggins, Cato Crest, Waterval Park, Sparks, Sydenham, Springfield, , Stella Rd, Sarnia Rd (M5), Wakesleigh Rd, Vusi Mzemela Rd, jam smuts Hwy (M13), brick field Rd, Alpine Rd, , , - , M11 , , East/West, , M8 (Bulwer) – R102 – M4 (Esplanade) , , Bulwer, Esplanade, , Che Guevara Rd, , , - , M12 , , North/Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mdantsane
Mdantsane is a South African urban township situated 15 km away from East London and 37 km away from Qonce in the Eastern Cape. It is the second largest township in the Eastern Cape after Ibhayi near Port Elizabeth and seventeenth largest in South Africa after Vosloorus near Boksburg, Gauteng. The name Mdantsane was derived from a stream that ran from the Nahoon River down to the Buffalo River. Some believe the stream was called Dontsane. Soon after the stream was named, a “white farm” which was at the entrance of Mdantsane ow known as Zone 1was also named after the stream Dontsane or Umdanzani. The township is part of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The Mdantsane township is the largest township in the Eastern Cape, by population. History Establishment In the 1940s, living quarters for Africans East London workers were hard to find. The implementation of the Group Areas Act of 1950 further entrenched racial segregation in East Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M14 Road (Cape Town)
M14, M-14, or M.14 most often refers to: * M14 rifle, an American military rifle ** Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle, an American designated marksman rifle based on the M14 M14, M-14, or M.14 may also refer to: Roads * Highway M14 (Ukraine) * M-14 (Michigan highway), a road connecting Ann Arbor and Detroit * M14 (New York City bus), two New York City Bus routes in Manhattan * M14 (East London), a Metropolitan Route in East London, South Africa * M14 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M14 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa * M14 (Pretoria), a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa * M14 (Bloemfontein), a Metropolitan Route in Bloemfontein, South Africa * M14 (Port Elizabeth), a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa * M14 Road (Zambia) Military * Directorate 14 or M14, a branch of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Weapons * M14 mine, a United States anti-personnel landmine * AN/M14 incendiary grenade, a Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N4 Road (South Africa)
The N4 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Skilpadshek on the Botswana border, past Rustenburg, Pretoria, eMalahleni and Mbombela, to Komatipoort on the Mozambique border. It forms the South African section of the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, which runs from Walvis Bay to Maputo, meaning that it links the east and west coasts of Southern Africa. Since the completion of the A2 through Botswana, the entire Corridor is now a world-class standard highway; it features at least one carriageway in each direction of high-speed traffic plus a paved shoulder for its entire length. The South African section can be divided into two parts with Pretoria in the middle. The western portion links Gaborone and Lobatse in Botswana with Pretoria (Named the Platinum Highway), while the eastern portion links Pretoria with Mbombela in Mpumalanga and Maputo in Mozambique (named the Maputo Corridor). The eastern section from Pretoria to Middelburg is a four-lane dual-carriageway tolled fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R104 Road (South Africa)
The R104 is a regional route in South Africa that is the designation for some of the old sections of roads that were previously the N4, prior to upgrading. It connects Pretoria with Middelburg in Mpumalanga via Bronkhorstspruit and Witbank. It also connects Pretoria with Rustenburg in the North West province via Hartbeespoort and Mooinooi. The R104 is also made up of a road in Nelspruit (Mbombela) which was previously part of the N4 national route. As the N4 bypasses the central part of the city to the north on a newer highway (opened on 13 June 2010), the old short road through Nelspruit central (Samora Machel Drive) is now designated as the R104. Route Mpumalanga The R104 route begins just west of Wonderfontein in Mpumalanga (east of Middelburg), at an intersection with the N4 national route (Maputo Corridor) (Pretoria-Maputo Highway). It heads west for about 50 km to reach Middelburg, where it meets the N11 national route from the south just before the Eastdene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R101 Road (South Africa)
The R101 is a Regional Route in South Africa that is the designation for some of the old sections of roads that were previously the N1, prior to upgrading. It only has 2 sections, from Bellville to Worcester and from Johannesburg to Polokwane. Western Cape The R101 starts in Bellville at the R102 running to the east parallel to the newer N1 freeway and is named 'Old Paarl Road'. It then goes through Brackenfell before entering Kraaifontein as 'Voortrekker Road'. At the intersection with Maroela Road in Kraaifontein East it is renamed 'Old Paarl Road' before entering the Cape Winelands. In the Cape Winelands it goes through Klapmuts and then enters Paarl. South of Paarl, the R101 is joined by the R45 to be co-signed for 6 kilometres northwards, crossing the N1 freeway, before separating from the R45 and turning right in Paarl Central Business District (CBD). It crosses the southern side of the N1, before it crosses the Drakenstein Mountains as Du Toitskloof Pass (820 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Smuts Avenue
Jan Smuts Avenue is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa. It begins in Randburg, and passes through important business areas like Rosebank. It passes the Johannesburg Zoo, Zoo Lake and Wits University before becoming Bertha Street, and the Nelson Mandela Bridge near the Johannesburg CBD. It has been described as "the most important road for a tourist" in Johannesburg. It forms part of Johannesburg's M27 route. Route This major northbound Johannesburg road is roughly 12 km long and is mostly a two or three lane dual carriageway. Jan Smuts Avenue begins in Braamfontein's ridge as an extension northwards of Bertha Street around Stiemens Street. It passes the East campus of the University of Witwatersrand on its left and Helpmekaar College on the right before descending into the leafy suburb of Parktown where it crosses over a major intersection, the M71, Empire Road. After crossing Empire Road, passes over the M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway with several entrances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson Mandela Bridge
Nelson Mandela Bridge is a bridge in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the fourth of five bridges which cross the railway lines and sidings located just west of Johannesburg Park Station Johannesburg Park Station is the central railway station in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and the largest railway station in Africa. It is located between the Central Business District and Braamfontein, in the block bordered by Rissik, ..., the first being the Johan Rissik Bridge adjacent to the station. It was completed in 2003, and cost R38 million to build. The proposal for the bridge was to link up two main business areas of Braamfontein and Newtown as well as to rejuvenate and to a certain level modernise the inner city. The bridge forms part of the M27 Route of Johannesburg. History A bridge linking Braamfontein to the Johannesburg city centre was first mooted by Steve Thorne and Gordon Gibson, urban designers, in 1993 in their urban design study of the Inner City of Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Botha Avenue
Louis Botha Avenue (part of Johannesburg Metropolitan Route '' M11'') is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally part of the main road between central Johannesburg and Pretoria, it runs along through the north-eastern parts of the city from Hillbrow to Sandton, passing through numerous older suburbs, including Houghton and Orange Grove, before it becomes the ''Pretoria Main Road'' (R101) which passes the Alexandra Township and continues to Midrand and Pretoria. Route Louis Botha Ave, which is part of the M11 Metropolitan Route, begins at the top of the Johannesburg CBD in the suburbs of Hillbrow and Berea and then heads north-east passing through Houghton to the north and Yeoville and Bellevue to the south. In Houghton it passes close to the private boys schools of St John's College (1889) and King Edward VII school (1911). After this point the road curves and is ominously nicknamed ''Deathbend'' due to the number of car accidents at the spot. The route then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ou Kaapse Weg
Ou Kaapse Weg (Afrikaans for ''Old Cape Way''), numbered as route M64, is a mountain pass in the Cape Peninsula that connects the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town with the Fish Hoek Valley. It traverses the Steenberg mountains and passes through the Silvermine Nature Reserve. Ou Kaapse Weg is one of three routes to the Fish Hoek Valley: the others are Chapman's Peak Drive along the Atlantic coast and Main Road along the False Bay coast. Despite its name, the pass was only constructed in 1968, by the Divisional Council of the Cape. Ou Kaapse Weg begins at a T-junction with Steenberg Road in Westlake, close to the southern end of the M3 expressway. It rapidly ascends the northern face of the Steenberg mountains, through two hairpin bends, to the summit at an elevation of . Near to the summit are entrance gates to the Silvermine Nature Reserve. The pass then descends along the valley of the Silvermine River, passing by Noordhoek to end at a junction with Kommetjie Road ( M6 road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M19 Road (Cape Town)
M19, M.19, or M-19 most commonly refers to: * May 19th Communist Organization (M19), an American far-left female-led terrorist group active during the 1970s–1980s * 19th of April Movement (M-19), a former Colombian guerrilla movement and political party 1970–1990 M19, M.19, or M-19 may also refer to: In science: * Messier 19 (M19), a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus In transportation: * M-19 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan * M19 (East London), a Metropolitan Route in East London, South Africa * M19 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M19 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa * M19 (Pretoria), a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa * M19 (Durban), a Metropolitan Route in Durban, South Africa * M19 (Bloemfontein), a Metropolitan Route in Bloemfontein, South Africa * M19 (Port Elizabeth), a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa * M19 Road (Zambia), a short road in Zambia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M18 Road (Cape Town)
This is a list of roads designated M18. Road entries are sorted in the countries alphabetical order. * M-18 road (Bosnia and Herzegovina) a road connecting Sarajevo, Trnovo, Foča and Trebinje * M18 motorway (Great Britain), a road connecting Rotherham and Goole in Yorkshire, England * M18 motorway (Ireland), a road connecting junction 9 on the Shannon bypass in County Clare and Gort in County Galway * M-18 (Michigan highway), a road connecting US 10 near North Bradley and M-72 near Luzerne * M18 highway (Russia), a road connecting Saint Petersburg and Murmansk * Highway M18 (Ukraine), a road connecting Yalta and Kharkiv * M18 (East London), a Metropolitan Route in East London, South Africa * M18 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M18 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa * M18 (Pretoria), a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa * M18 (Port Elizabeth), a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa * M18 Road (Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
