M85 (Johannesburg)
The M85 is a short metropolitan route in Sandton, South Africa that connects Sandton Central with Sunninghill via Gallo Manor. Route The M85 begins at a junction with the M9 route (Rivonia Road) and the M75 route (Sandton Drive) in Sandton Central, just east of Sandhurst. It heads east-north-east through Sandown to reach an interchange with the M40 route (Grayston Drive). It continues north-east to leave Sandown and reach the suburb of Kramerville, where it meets the western terminus of the M60 route (Marlboro Drive) before meeting the M74 route (South Road). It continues northwards as Bowling Avenue, through Wendywood (east of Morningside) and Gallo Manor, passing in-between Woodmead & Rivonia Rivonia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Sandton area. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Rivonia is one of the most affluent residential and business suburbs of Johannesburg, and r ... (bypassing the Sandto ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandhurst, Gauteng
Sandhurst is an affluent residential area in Sandton, in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng Gauteng ( , ; Sotho-Tswana languages, Sotho-Tswana for 'place of gold'; or ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts f ..., South Africa. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs in the country and is home to some of the most impressive mansions on the African continent. Part of the commercial centre of Sandton, known as Sandton City, entrales in Sandhurst. A small few estates were built in the early 1900s, however the majority were built in the middle and early-latter parts of the century between 1940 and 1970. Many of these properties have diminished in area however due to subdivisions. References Johannesburg Region B {{Johannesburg-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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M60 (Johannesburg)
The M60 is a short metropolitan route in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Sandton with the Linbro Business Park adjacent to Modderfontein. Route The M60 begins at the northern entrance to Linbro Park (west of Modderfontein; south of Frankenwald), heading westwards. It crosses the N3 highway ( Johannesburg Eastern Bypass) into Sandton Sandton is a financial, commercial and residential area, located in the northern part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, Sandton's name came from the combination of two of its suburbs, Sa ... and separates the Kelvin suburb in the north from Marlboro Gardens in the south. It crosses the M1 freeway (De Villiers Graaff Motorway) and ends immediately thereafter at a t-junction with the M85 road in the suburb of Kramerville. References Streets and roads of Johannesburg Metropolitan routes in Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-road-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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R564 (South Africa)
The R564 is a Regional Route in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Roodepoort with Buccleuch via Northriding and Fourways. Route Its south-western end is a junction with the R41 (Main Reef Road) in Roodepoort, in the southern part of the Florida 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 Constantia Kloof) 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 Weltevredenpark and Radiokop, where it meets the M6 (John Vorster Drive), to exit Roodepoort and enter ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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N1 Western Bypass (Johannesburg)
The Western Bypass is a section of the N1 and the Johannesburg Ring Road located in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Known at the time as the ''Concrete Highway'', the freeway was initially opened in 1975 as a route to avoid the city centre of Johannesburg and to provide access to the western areas of the Witwatersrand. From the south, the Western Bypass begins at the Diepkloof Interchange in Soweto, where it splits from the N12 freeway and ends at the Buccleuch Interchange, where it merges with the N3 Eastern Bypass, M1 South and N1 Ben Schoeman freeways. The Western Bypass is the longest section of the Johannesburg Ring Road. The freeway is mostly four lanes wide in either direction, but fans out into six lanes between Rivonia and Buccleuch, where there is heavy traffic moving north towards Pretoria. The Western Bypass is part of the N1 road that spans the length of South Africa. Route The southern terminus of the N1 Western Bypass is the Diepkloof Interchange, whe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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N1 (South Africa)
The N1 is a national route (South Africa), national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beitbridge, Limpopo, Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe. It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road. Prior to 1970, the N1 designation was applied to the route from Beit Bridge to Colesberg and then along the current N9 road (South Africa), N9 to George. The section from Cape Town to Colesberg, Northern Cape, Colesberg was designated the N9. Route Western Cape Within Cape Town The N1 begins in central Cape Town at the northern end of Buitengracht Street (M62 (Cape Town), M62), outside the entrance to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The first section of the N1 is Concurrency (road), shared with the beginning of the N2 (South Africa), N2; it is a four-lane elevated freeway that runs along a strip of land between the city centre and the Port of Cape Town. On the eastern edge of the city cen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rivonia
Rivonia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Sandton area. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Rivonia is one of the most affluent residential and business suburbs of Johannesburg, and regarded as the hub of upstart and established I.T. companies. The main retail thoroughfare in the area, Rivonia Boulevard, is the location of several shopping complexes as well as many other shops and restaurants. The area known as Rivonia includes the original township of Edenburg, Edenburg Extension 1, and 19 smaller extensions designated 'Rivonia Extension ...', numbered from 0 to 25. There is no designated township (in the legal sense) called Rivonia. The post code for Rivonia is 2128. History Rivonia lies between the Braamfontein Spruit and the Sandspruit, and was the location of Liliesleaf Farm (), where in 1963 many of the accused in the Rivonia Treason Trial were arrested. The earliest public transport into Johannesburg was b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Woodmead
Woodmead is mostly a commercial suburb in the northern part of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Four highways meet here, the N1 Western Bypass, N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway, N3 Eastern Bypass, and the M1. The southern terminus of the R55 road is also located here. Access is off the Woodmead offramp to the M1. Several large business are located in Woodmead, including 3M, Ericsson, Accenture, Aspen Pharmacare and SAP. The 94.7 Cycle Challenge starts at the intersection of Woodmead Drive and Van Reenen in Woodmead. This is a 94.7 kilometre cycle race that is held every year and is sponsored by 94.7 Highveld Stereo, a popular regional radio station. Woodmead is also the site of two large 18-hole golf courses A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". ..., which opened in 196 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Morningside, Gauteng
Morningside is a commercial and residential suburb of Johannesburg in Sandton, South Africa, located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. As a part of the former Sandton municipality, it constitutes many affluent residential areas as well as small and medium business enterprises, clinics, schools, hotels and shopping centres. History The suburb is situated on part of an old Witwatersrand The Witwatersrand (, ; ; locally the Rand or, less commonly, the Reef) is a , north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, w ... farm called ''Zandfontein''. It was established on 8 March 1950. The suburb may be named for a suburb of the same name in southern Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. It has been home to Bet David (previously Temple David), a Progressive Jewish congregation since the 1970s. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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M74 (Johannesburg)
The M74 is a short metropolitan route in Sandton, South Africa. It connects the suburb of Bryanston with Rivonia, Morningside and Marlboro. Route The M74 begins at a junction with Grosvenor Road ( M64). It heads north-east as Bryanston Drive until it reaches Winnie Mandela Drive (M81). Here the route turns east and after a short distance crosses Main Road ( M71) continuing eastward as Bryanston Drive before turning south-east. It crosses the Braamfontein Spruit still as Bryanston Drive and into Morningside and eventually reaches Rivonia Drive ( M9). Co-signed with the M9 it heads south on Rivonia Road before leaving the latter, close to the Morningside Clinic, heading eastwards as South Road past Stathavon crossing Bowling Avenue ( M85) into Kramerville. It continues under the M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) motorway, A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorwa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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M40 (Johannesburg)
The M40 is a metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa that connects Sandton with Bedfordview via Wynberg, Kew, Lyndhurst and Senderwood. Route The M40 begins at a junction with the M75 route (Sandton Drive) in Sandhurst, just west of the Sandton city centre (Sandown). It heads north-east, then east, as Grayston Drive to reach a junction with the M9 route (Rivonia Road). It continues eastwards as Grayston Drive through Sandown to meet the M85 route (Katherine Street) before crossing the M1 freeway (De Villiers Graaff Motorway) and entering the industrial area of Wynberg, where it turns to the south-east and becomes one-way streets (Andries Street north-westwards to the M1 & 6th Street south-eastwards from the M1) for a few metres before becoming Arkwright Avenue eastwards and proceeding to meet the M11 route (Pretoria Main Road). At the second junction afterwards, as Arkwright Avenue becomes the M54 route, the M40 becomes 2nd Avenue south-eastwards to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandown, Gauteng
Sandown is an affluent suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, in Sandton. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Sandown is both a residential and commercial area and is home to the offices of many major national and international corporations as well as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in the area known as ''Sandton Central''. The Gautrain rapid rail system's Sandton Station is located in Sandown, linking Sandton to O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg Central and the Capital City, Pretoria. Sandown is named after the town of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, UK. Demographics According to the South African National Census of 2001, 55.7% of the population were White, 35.4% Black African, 7.1% Indian or Asian and 1.8% Coloured. 65.5% spoke English, 7.8% Zulu, 6.0% Tswana, 5.0% Northern Sotho, 3.1% Afrikaans, 2.4% Xhosa, 2.1% Sotho, 1.7% Venda, 1.7% Tsonga Tsonga may refer to: * Tsonga language, a Bantu language spoken in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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M75 (Johannesburg)
The M75 is a short metropolitan route in Sandton, South Africa. It connects the suburb of Bryanston with the Sandton city centre. Route The M75 begins at Grosvernor Road ( M64) in Bryanston. It heads south as Cumberland Avenue hugging the Bryanston Country Club until the road splits turning south-east and becomes Homestead Avenue. Homestead reaches and crosses Main Road / Bram Fischer Drive ( M71) and continues eastward passing the Sandton Medi Clinic and St Stithians College St Stithians College (colloquially known as Saints) is a Private school, private Methodist school situated in the suburb of Lyme Park, Gauteng, Lyme Park in the border of Sandton and Randburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Founded in ... as Peter Place which ends as a T-junction with Winnie Mandela Drive ( M81). Here co-signed with the M81, it heads south through Hurlingham and Parkmore until Winnie Mandela is intersected by Sandton Drive. Here the route leaves the M81 and heads eastwards ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |