The M53 is a short metropolitan route in

Greater Johannesburg The term Greater Johannesburg may mean: * The area governed by the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council (GJMC) from 1995 to 2000. * The current City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, which superseded the GJMC in 2000 with the incorpor ...

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

Germiston Germiston, also known as kwaDukathole, is a small city in the East Rand region of Gauteng, South Africa, administratively forming part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality since the latter's establishment in 2000. It functions as ...

(capital of the

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality The City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng. The municipality itself is a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. The name ''Ekurhuleni'' m ...

) with

Vosloorus Vosloorus is a large township situated south of Boksburg and just east of Katlehong in Ekurhuleni, just 30 kilometres south-east of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1963 when Black Africans were removed from Stirtonville ...

via Elsburg.

Route

The M53 begins in the Primrose suburb of

, at a junction with the M14 Route (Cydonia Road; Gorst Avenue). It begins by going southwards as Johan Rissik Road to reach a junction with the R29 Route (Main Reef Road). It continues southwards to reach a junction with the M37 Route (also named Johan Rissik Road), where it enters the Germiston City Centre. The M37 joins the M53 and they form one road south-south-east through the city centre, becoming two one-way-streets (Victoria Street southwards and Meyer Street northwards) to reach the Georgetown section, where the M37 becomes its own road to the south-west (Joubert Street) while the M53 remains facing southwards (Victoria Street & Meyer Street). At the southern end of the CBD, the M53 meets the M46 Route (Power Street) and enters Germiston South, where it becomes one road south-east (Elsburg Road; no-longer one-way streets) and bypasses the Germiston Stadium. The M53 reaches the suburb of Elsburg, where it meets the M39 Route (Simon Bekker Street) at a roundabout. The M53 joins the M39 southwards for a few metres before the M39 becomes Voortrekker Street south-eastwards while the M53 remains facing southwards (Olivier Street). It meets the southern terminus of the M49 Route (Webber Road) before crossing the N17 Highway and entering the suburb of Wadeville, where it meets the M94 Route (Dekema Road). It continues southwards as Osborn Road to pass through the Klipoortjie suburb and meet the R554 Route (Van Dyk Road). It turns to the south-west and meets the R103 Route (Old Heidelberg-Alberton Road) just west of the Rondebult suburb. It continues south-west, separating Roodekop from Mapleton, to cross the N3 Highway and enter the township of

. It forms the northern border of Vosloorus before turning south and forming the western border of Vosloorus (separating it from

Katlehong Katlehong is a large township in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. It is 28 km south-east of Johannesburg and south of Germiston between two other townships of Thokoza and Vosloorus next to the N3 highway. It forms part of the City of E ...

) as Brickfield Road. It meets the southern terminus of the M43 Route (Bierman Road) before becoming Mercury Street. It then becomes Kaunda Street and reaches its end at a junction with the M7 Route (Dihlabakela Road) in Zonkizizwe.

References

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