The M8 is a short metropolitan route in the

City of Johannesburg The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality is a Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality that manages the local governance of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is divided into several branches and departments in or ...

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 starts in Florida Park,

Roodepoort Roodepoort is a town in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical g ...

and ends in Linden,

Randburg Randburg is an area located in the Gauteng, Gauteng province of South Africa. Formerly a separate municipality, its administration devolved to the newly created City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, along with neighbouring Sandton and Roo ...

to the east.

Route

The M8 begins as a T-junction with the M18 Ontdekkers Road in Florida Park and heads in a north-east direction as William Nichol Drive. Here it intersects the M47 at Hendrik Potgieter Drive, crossing underneath the road as it continues east as 14th Avenue and after a short distance intersects the N1 Western Bypass in Fairland. After a short distance, the M8 turns north-east as Weltervreden Road in Berario and as Pendoring Road in Northcliff. Here the M8 crosses Beyers Naude Drive and continues north-east, for a short distance, as a Judges Avenue in Cresta and crosses M20 Republic Road. Continuing eastwards as Judges Avenue and intersects R512

Malibongwe Drive Malibongwe Drive, formerly known as Hans Strijdom Drive ( af, Hans Strijdom-rylaan), is a major road that runs through an industrial area in the northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Randburg with Northgate and Lanseria Internat ...

, Cresta as a T-junction. Here the M8 turns north, briefly co-signed with the R512 for 100m and then turns east as the one-way South Road. It reaches 1st Street in Linden where it turns left then right continue south-east and after a brief interval reaches an intersection of M71 at Bram Fischer Drive.

References

{{Reflist Streets and roads of Johannesburg Metropolitan routes in Johannesburg