The R564 is a Regional Route in

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. Its entire length is now within the metropolis of

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, connecting

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with Buccleuch.

Route

Its south-western end is a junction with the R41 in

, at the southern part of the

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suburb. It goes northwards through Florida as Westlake Road, meeting the R24 (Albertina SIsulu Road) at the next junction and bypassing Florida Lake, to reach a junction with Clarendon Drive, where it becomes Clarendon Drive westwards. At the next junction, it becomes Christiaan De Wet Drive northwards. It runs north as Christiaan De Wet Drive, meeting the M18 just after Florida Park (west of

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) and meeting the M86 at Kloofendal, to form an interchange with the M47 (Hendrik Potgieter Drive) at Allen's Nek. It continues north-north-east through the suburbs of

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, and Radiokop, where it meets the M6 (John Vorster Drive), to exit

and enter the northern suburbs of

Randburg Randburg is an area located in the 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 Roodepoort, ...

and

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. It crosses Johannesburg's M5 road ( Beyers Naude Drive) at Honeydew. Here, it becomes known as Northumberland Avenue and heads north-east through the suburbs of Sundowner and Northgate to reach a junction with the R512 (

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), formerly Hans Strijdom Drive. Here, it becomes Witkoppen Road. Before the Malibongwe Drive junction, at the Olivedale Road junction, it passes by the

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. It continues in an east-north-easterly direction through the suburbs of Northriding, Bloubosrand, Johannesburg North, Jukskei Park, and

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. Here, it meets the southern terminus of the R552 (Cedar Road) and crosses the R511 (William Nicol Drive), the Fourways referred to in the suburb's name. After this intersection, it heads east, through

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(where it meets the M71 Main Road), Sunninghill (where it meets the M9 Rivonia Road) and Woodmead. At the Eskom Megawatt Park, the road reaches a T-junction with Maxwell Drive and becomes Maxwell Drive eastwards (by way of a right turn), intersects with the R55 Road (Woodmead Drive), passes under the N1 just north of the

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interchange, to end at an intersection with the

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(Pretoria Main Road) in the

suburb.

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Regional Routes in Gauteng Streets and roads of Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-road-stub