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M30 (Johannesburg)
The M30 is a metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa connecting Florida in the west with Lombardy East and Edenvale. Route The M30 begins at the Ontdekkers Road M18 in Delarey. It heads east as Mollie Road before turning north-east as Long Road through Newlands. Continuing through Albertskroon as 5th Street then for a short distance as Milner Avenue where it crosses the Montgomery Spruit through Montgomery Park. The route splits from Millar and becomes Preller Drive and soon crosses the Beyers Naude Drive (M5) in Linden. Continuing in a north-east direction through Emmarentia, Preller become Hoyfmeyr Drive before merging with Tana Road were it crosses 3rd Avenue and Linden Road (M20). Tana crosses the Rustenburg Road / Barry Hertzog Avenue (M71) in Greenside and then becomes 6th Street in Parkhurst in an easterly direction. 6th Street becomes 7th Avenue in Parktown North and reaches Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) in Rosebank. The route turns north and co-signs with J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gauteng Department Of Roads And Transport
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport is a department of the Government of Gauteng. It is responsible for the development of the transport system in the Gauteng province of South Africa, and for constructing and maintaining buildings and other structures for the other departments of the provincial government. One of their key functions is to develop and maintain all Regional routes and Provincial routes (& some National routes) within the Gauteng province as well as all metropolitan roads in Johannesburg and Metropolitan routes in Pretoria. They are also responsible for passing any transport authority bill or road traffic amendment bill in the province The Department's strategic goals are a to maintain an integrated public transport system that provides customer-centric transport services and strategic economic transport infrastructure that stimulates socio-economic growth; in a modern, accountable and development-oriented department See also * Government of Gaute ... [...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] |
Lombardy East
Lombardy East is a residential suburb of eastern Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. History Originally called the ''Lombardy Estate'', it is named after Lombardy in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ..., a very fertile and productive region of Italy that the landowner M. A. Zoccola wanted to emulate. Zoccola purchased the land in 1893 and consisted of 262 ha. References Johannesburg Region E {{Johannesburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kew, Gauteng
Kew is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. History It became a suburb in 1905 and is named after Kew Gardens in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow .... References Johannesburg Region E {{Johannesburg-stub ... [...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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bramley, Gauteng
Bramley is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. History The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand The Witwatersrand () (locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which ... farm called ''Syferfontein''. It was established in 1904 and was named after one of the landowners, Edward Bramley. References Johannesburg Region E {{Johannesburg-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M1 (Johannesburg)
The M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway is a metropolitan route and major freeway in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. The highway connects the southern areas (including Booysens, Eldorado Park and Soweto) with the city centre and extends further north through Sandton into the Ben Schoeman Highway towards Pretoria. Construction began in 1962 and resulted in the demolition of many properties and houses including numerous historical Parktown Mansions. Route The M1 officially starts at the M68 (Columbine Avenue) Interchange in Southgate, Johannesburg South, just east of the Southgate Shopping Centre. South of this interchange, it is designated as the R82 towards Walkerville. The M1 begins by heading northwards from the M68 off-ramp to reach the Uncle Charlie's Interchange with the N12 Highway ( Southern Bypass) in Ridgeway (west southbound interchange only). It continues north-east towards the city centre as a freeway, passing Ormonde and Booysens, and meets the M2 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illovo, Gauteng
Illovo is a suburb of Sandton, South Africa. It borders Hyde Park, Sandhurst, Inanda and Melrose. Illovo is sought-after and home to many young professionals and creatives because of its close proximity to Sandton and Johannesburg business centres and many affordable apartment blocks. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. History Illovo's name is derived from the Illovo River in KwaZulu-Natal, which in turn takes its name from the Mlovo (or Mlovu) trees growing on its banks. Possibly also the isiZulu word 'Indlovu', meaning elephant. Sports Wanderers Stadium is located in Illovo, which is home to the Highveld Lions, Johannesburg's cricket team. Capacity at the Imperial Wanderers Stadium is around 27 000. Construction on the current stadium commenced in 1955 with the first 1st-class match played between Transvaal and Natal on 16, 17 and 19 November 1956. Education The University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melrose, Johannesburg
Melrose includes several suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Melrose is a developing up-market suburb. History The suburb has it origins when Henry Brown Marshall purchased land in the north of Johannesburg in 1893. Prior to the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886, the suburb lay on land on one of the original farms that make up Johannesburg, called ''Syferfontein''. It was called the Melrose Estate of 713 acres and at the time was 9.7km north of the central business district. He built his home there and planted trees on the land. The suburb was laid out in 1902. Melrose Arch The Melrose Arch mixed-use development is located in Melrose. The development, which cost ZAR 800 million to build, began construction in 2007, with Phase One completed in November 2009. It contains 170,000 m2 of office and retail space, in addition to residential space and 2 hotels. The area is characterised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosebank, Gauteng
Rosebank is a cosmopolitan commercial and residential suburb to the north of central Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and is the location of a Gautrain station. Rosebank has undergone a major face-lift in recent years, with the extensive redevelopment of both the Rosebank Mall and The Zone @Rosebank creating a high-end retail and shopping prescient. Local authorities also identified the node as a priority development area for improved service delivery and infrastructure. As a result, the suburb is estimated to have seen a R7 billion capital injection in recent years. Rosebank is becoming an increasingly popular destination for corporates. Surging demand for office space has seen rentals in the suburb increase by 9% in the second quarter , the strongest growth recorded in any Johannesburg office node. Rentals in second-placed Fourways rose by only 3.4%, while in Sandton rentals increased by just 2.5% durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parktown North
Parktown North is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the older residential areas of the Northern Suburbs, having been created as a residential area for the poorer relatives of the Randlords who had built their mansions on Parktown Ridge during the early days of the Rand gold rush (during the 1890s). It takes its name from being North of Parktown. The suburb has many old colonial-style houses, and manages to maintain a village atmosphere, despite being near to one of the busiest roads in the city, Jan Smuts Avenue. Parktown North is in close proximity to the Gautrain Gautrain is an higher-speed express commuter rail system in Gauteng, South Africa, which links Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kempton Park and O.R. Tambo International Airport. It takes 15 minutes to travel from Sandton to O.R. Tambo Interna ... and has many bus stops that transport commuters to Gautrain stations. Many suburbs of Johannesburg are laid out as grids with numbered streets in one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan Routes In Johannesburg
Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, also called ''Metro Roads'' or ''Metro Routes'' are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around Johannesburg and all areas declared part of Greater Johannesburg (including the Mogale City Local Municipality and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality). Table of M roads See also * National Roads in South Africa * Provincial Roads in South Africa Provincial routes (also referred to as major regional routes) are the second category of road in the South African route-numbering scheme. They are designated with the letter "R" followed by a number from 21 to 82, formerly with the letter "P" f ... Roads in South Africa Transport in Gauteng References {{Johannesburg, built Transport in Johannesburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
