The M9 road is a short
metropolitan route in the
City of Tshwane
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (also known as the City of Tshwane) () is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pr ...
in
Gauteng
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Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
,
South Africa
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. It connects Erasmusrand with
Sunnyside via
Waterkloof Ridge.
It consists of only two streets (Rigel Avenue and Florence Ribeiro Avenue).
Route
The M9 route begins in Erasmusrand (just west of
Erasmuskloof
Erasmuskloof is a suburb in the east of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It borders the suburbs of Constantia Park, Waterkloof Glen, Moreleta Park, Elardus Park, Erasmus Park, Erasmusrand and Waterkloof Glen.
Erasmuskloof is positioned near ...
), at a junction with the
N1 Highway (Danie Joubert Freeway;
Pretoria Eastern Bypass) and the northern terminus of the
R50 Route (Delmas Road). It begins by heading north-north-west as Rigel Avenue, forming the main road through
Waterkloof Ridge.
After 4.7 kilometres, the M9 changes its street name to Florence Ribeiro Avenue (formerly Queen Wilhelmina Avenue) and forms the boundary between the suburbs of
Groenkloof
Groenkloof (Afrikaans for 'Green ravine') is a residential suburb of Pretoria, South Africa.
This wealthy suburb in Pretoria is famous for its white Jacaranda trees. It is close to the city centre, and to the well-known Brooklyn Square and Me ...
to the west and
Waterkloof
Waterkloof (Afrikaans for "Water Ravine") is a upmarket suburb of the city of Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, located to the east of the city centre. It is named after the original farm that stood there when Pretoria was founded ...
to the east, continuing north-north-west. It then reaches a junction with the
M7 route (George Storrar Drive; Middel Street) and continues for another 1.7 kilometres to reach its end at a junction with the
M11 route (Justice Mahommed Street) in
Sunnyside.
References
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Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria