M7 is a metropolitan route in the

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. The road connects

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and the southern suburbs of Alberton with suburbs to the west of the

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Route

The M7 begins at a t-junction with Hill Road east of Zonkizizwe. It goes westwards as Dihlabakela Road, meeting the southern terminus of the M53 Route, to pass through the southern part of

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 ...

and

. It flies over a railway and over the M61 Route (Vereeniging Road) to enter the Alrode South suburb of Alberton, where it reaches a T-junction with Kliprivier Drive. It then heads west-north-west as Kliprivier Drive to intersect with the R59 Highway (Sybrand van Niekerk Freeway), where it enters the Brakendowns suburb of Alberton. The M7 turns to the north-west and leaves Alberton to enter

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, where it reaches a junction with the R554 Swartkoppies Road. From the R554 junction, the M7 continues north-west and passes through Mulbarton, where it meets the M68 Route. Continuing north, it meets the western terminus of the M95 Route and passes in-between the

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to its west and

Glenvista Glenvista is a suburb in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa."Glenvista"
''Maplandia''. Retri ...

to its east. Continuing north, the M7 separates

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to its east from

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to its west, where it meets the M68 Route (Columbine Avenue) again. Immediately after, the M7 forms an interchange with the N12 highway ( Johannesburg Southern Bypass) and enters the

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suburb, where it meets the M38 Route (Rifle Range Road). The M7 continues north, passing between the suburbs of

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and

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. It enters Booysens, where it reaches a T-junction with the M27 Booysens Road. The M7 joins the M27 and they are briefly co-signed for 400 m up to the Long Street junction, where the M7 becomes Long Street northwards. After 300 m, it meets the eastern terminus of the M70 Route (Soweto Highway) and it turns left onto Ophir-Booysens Road, then right onto Ophir Road, then left into Treu Road, continuing north out of Booysens. It briefly follows the M1 North before crossing underneath it adjacent to the

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and winding northwards to an intersection with the R41 Route (Main Reef Road) in the suburb of

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(just west of

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). It now enters the western suburbs of Johannesburg, entering

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as Park Drive and intersecting with the R24 (Albertina Sisulu Road). It enters

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and after 180 m, it turns right onto 6th Avenue and then left onto Mint Road where it T-junctions with Subway and Carr Street after 350 m. It turns left onto Subway Street, heading north and crossing under railway lines before reaching a T-junction with the M10 Smit Street. Turning right onto Smit Street, it is briefly co-signed with the M10 before turning left onto Solomon Street and entering Vrededorp, where it meets the M18 Enoch Sontonga Avenue and becomes Annet Road, passing the

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's Bunting Road Campus before ending at an intersection with the M71 Barry Hertzog Avenue.

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