The M17 road is a
metropolitan route in the
City of Tshwane in
Gauteng
Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'.
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
. It connects the suburb of Kirkney in
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...
with the northern parts of
Soshanguve and
Mabopane.
Route
The M17 route begins in the suburb of Kirkney (north-west of
Pretoria CBD
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothi ...
; just west of
Booysens), at a junction with the
R514 Route (Van Der Hoff Road). It heads north-west as the
Horns Nek Pass for 8.8 kilometres to reach a junction with the
R513 Route (Brits Road). The R513 joins the M17 and they are one road northwards for 400 metres before the R513 becomes its own road eastwards towards
Chantelle.
The M17 continues northwards to meet the
N4 Highway (
Platinum Highway
The Platinum Highway is part of the N4, and a major South African highway built under concessions with a private contractor. In 2001, the project was voted Infrastructure Deal of the Year by Project Finance International Magazine. It took eight ye ...
;
Pretoria Northern Bypass) (eastbound only) before reaching a junction with the
R566 Route just west of
Rosslyn. The M17 joins the R566 eastwards for 1.4 kilometres before becoming its own road northwards (Molotlegi Road). It bends westwards before leaving Molotlegi Road to become the road northwards, bypassing
Ga-Rankuwa
Ga-Rankuwa is a large settlement located about 37 km north-west of Pretoria. Provincially it is in Gauteng province, but it used to fall in Bophuthatswana during the apartheid years, and under the North West province until the early 2000s.
...
to the east.
The M17 continues northwards from the Molotlegi Road junction for 6.3 kilometres to reach a junction with the
M20 route in the southern part of
Soshanguve. It continues northwards for 6.1 kilometres, parallel to a railway (which separates
Mabopane in the west from Soshanguve in the east), to pass under the
M39 route. It continues northwards for 4 kilometres, still parallel to the railway, to reach its end at a junction with the
M44 route.
References
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Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria