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M70 (Johannesburg)
The M70 road is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Booysens (south of Johannesburg CBD) with Dobsonville via Diepkloof, Orlando and Meadowlands. For much of its route, it is known as the ''Soweto Highway''. Route The M70 begins at a junction with the M7 Road (Earp Road; Long Street) in the Booysens suburb of Johannesburg (south of Johannesburg CBD). It goes westwards as Ophir Booysens Road, joined by the Pat Mbatha Bus & Taxiway (part of the Rea Vaya road system; lanes are reserved for buses in both directions), to fly over the M1 Highway and bypass the Booysens Reserve suburb, where it changes its name to the ''Soweto Highway''. It flies over the M17 Road and reaches the FNB Stadium (Soccer City) in Nasrec, where it forms an interchange with the M5 Road (Nasrec Road) before passing north of the stadium. From the FNB Stadium, the M70 continues westwards as the Soweto Highway to meet the N1 Highway ( Johannesburg Western Bypass; s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booysens (Johannesburg)
Boysens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ..., located around 3.2 km southwest of city hall. Booysens is bordered on the southwest by Robertsham, on the northwest by Framton, on the north by Ophirton, on the east by the Robinson Deep mine, and on the south from east to west by Turffontein, West Turffontein, and Southdale. North of Booysens Road, the area is predominantly industrial on its border with Ophirton, and most residents live to the south of that road. History Booysens was laid out in 1897 on the eponymous farm of J.A. Booysens. Over the course of the 20th century, the population grew more Afrikaans-speaking over time, from 442 Afrikaans to 754 English-speakers in 1934 to a 383:241 ratio in 1949 to a 1,017: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M1 (Johannesburg)
The M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway is a metropolitan route and major freeway in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. The highway connects the southern areas (including Booysens, Eldorado Park and Soweto) with the city centre and extends further north through Sandton into the Ben Schoeman Highway towards Pretoria. Construction began in 1962 and resulted in the demolition of many properties and houses including numerous historical Parktown Mansions. Route The M1 officially starts at the M68 (Columbine Avenue) Interchange in Southgate, Johannesburg South, just east of the Southgate Shopping Centre. South of this interchange, it is designated as the R82 towards Walkerville. The M1 begins by heading northwards from the M68 off-ramp to reach the Uncle Charlie's Interchange with the N12 Highway ( Southern Bypass) in Ridgeway (west southbound interchange only). It continues north-east towards the city centre as a freeway, passing Ormonde and Booysens, and meets the M2 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M77 (Johannesburg)
The M77 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Moroka in Soweto with Roodepoort via Dobsonville. For its entire route, it is named Elias Motsoaledi Road. Route The M77 begins at a junction with the M68 in the Moroka section of Soweto. It heads northwards for 10 kilometres, through Jabavu (where it meets the western terminus of the M79) and Dobsonville (where it meets the M72 and the western terminus of the M70), to exit Soweto and reach its end at a junction with the R41 in 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 ..., in the suburb of Cresswell Park (south of the town centre). References Streets and roads of Johannesburg Metropolitan routes in Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N17 (South Africa)
The N17 is a national route in South Africa which runs from Johannesburg to Oshoek ( Ngwenya) on the border with Eswatini. It passes through Springs, Bethal and Ermelo. Background The section of the N17 from Johannesburg to Springs is a dual carriageway and is a national toll route. It was the first urban toll road in Gauteng. It runs from the M11 Wemmer Pan Road in Johannesburg to Tonk Meter Road in Springs. The first part of the N17 used to be the old R77 which ran from the M46 Rand Airport Road to the R23. As part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Scheme, two slip roads have been made linking the N17 to the N12. It is now possible to travel from the N17 West to the N12 West and from the N12 East to the N17 East, both at the Elands Interchange (previously only possible via the N3). From Tonk Meter Road the N17 is a single carriageway freeway. The section from Springs to Leandra, ending at the interchange with the R50, was constructed by the then Transvaal Provinci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M10 (Johannesburg)
The M10 is a long metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Lenasia with Johannesburg Central via Soweto. Route The M10 begins at a junction with the R558 Road just north of Ennerdale. It begins by going northwards as Klipspruit Valley Road to enter the town of Lenasia, where it meets the R554 Road adjacent to Trade Route Mall (just east of the Lenasia Town Centre). It continues northwards to cross the N12 Moroka Bypass and enter the township of Soweto. Just after the N12 crossing, it turns to the east as Main Road and enters the Eldorado Park suburb. At the junction with Boundary Road in Eldorado Park, the M10 becomes Boundary Road northwards. At the Union Avenue junction in Klipriviersoog Estate, the M10 becomes Union Avenue westwards before becoming the road northwards at the next junction to be named Klipspruit Valley Road again. It passes through the Pimville suburb to reach a junction with the M68 Road (Chris Hani Road). It bends to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noordgesig
Noordgesig (meaning "north view/facing") is a township in Soweto, situated at the edge of area's northernmost boundary, but within its territory. It is the first township seen on entering Soweto from the frequently used New Canada Road. Noordgesig is a Coloured township. It is colloquially called "Bulte"(meaning Hills) by its residence and neighbors, as depicted by the Mine Dumps surrounding the Township. The name "Bulte" was coined as a form of endearment by the residence for the longest time. History The township is one of the oldest "Coloured" townships and one of multiple locations that make up greater Soweto. However, this is difficult to discern from historical works, which, if they mention Noordgesig at all, only name it, and predominantly focus on the establishment of Orlando in the mid-1930s, and then later in the 1950s, the construction of Meadowlands and Diepkloof, or the uprising of June 16, 1976. The historical analysis of Soweto largely ignores Noordgesig. Noordges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M83 (Johannesburg)
The M83 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the .... Route The M83 begins at the M68 and ends at the M70. References Streets and roads of Johannesburg Metropolitan routes in Johannesburg {{SouthAfrica-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N1 Western Bypass (South Africa)
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, which is the beginning of the famed Cape to Cairo Road. Route The southern terminus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N1 (South Africa)
The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to 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 to George. The section from Cape Town to Colesberg was designated the N9.http://www.theheritageportal.co.za/sites/default/files/styles/adaptive/public/Department%20of%20Transport%20Map%20South%20Africa%201959.jpg?itok=TncXhikX Route Western Cape The N1 begins in central Cape Town at the northern end of Buitengracht Street (M62), outside the entrance to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The first section of the N1 is shared with the beginning of the 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 centre the two ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M5 (Johannesburg)
M5 is a long metropolitan route in the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area in South Africa. It starts in Ridgeway in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg. It passes through Mayfair and Brixton before travelling through Melville, Roosevelt Park, Northcliff, Blackheath and traversing the N1 Western Bypass at Randpark Ridge. It passes under the N14 freeway near Muldersdrift passing through the agricultural holding before ending at Kromdraai Road in the Lindley Agricultural Holdings. The main part of the route runs along Beyers Naudé Drive. Route The M5 begins in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg at an intersection with Rifle Range Road ( M38) in Ridgeway. As it heads northwards as Nasrec Road, it bypasses the industrial suburb of Aeroton (where it meets a road providing access to the M1 North Highway to Johannesburg CBD) before passing the Nasrec showground. It passes the FNB Stadium (famously known as ''Soccer City'') to the west and the Crown Mines Golf Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FNB Stadium
First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium ( af, ENB-stadion), also known as Soccer City ( af, Sokkerstad) and The Calabash, is an association football (soccer) and Rugby union stadium located in Nasrec, bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa. The venue is managed by Stadium Management South Africa (SMSA) and is a home of Kaizer Chiefs F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League as well as key fixtures for the South African national football team. It is located next to the South African Football Association headquarters (''SAFA House'') where both the FIFA offices and the Local Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup were housed. Designed as the main association football stadium for the World Cup, the FNB Stadium became the largest stadium in Africa with a capacity of 94,736. However, its maximum capacity during the 2010 FIFA World Cup was 84,490 due to reserved seating for the press and other VIPs. The stadium is also known by its nicknam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M17 (Johannesburg)
The M17 is a metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It runs north from the southern suburb of Ridgeway through Mayfair a suburb just west of the Johannesburg Central Business District and ends in the north in Auckland Park. It intersect two main Johannesburg freeways, starting with an intersection to the N12 Southern Bypass and the north–south M1 freeway. Route The M17 has its southern terminus beginning as Xavier Street at major junction with the N12 Southern Bypass. It continues northward and after a short distance it intersects the M38 Rifle Range Road. Passing the west end of the suburb of Robertsham, it crosses the old Kimberley Road and the on and off ramps of the north–south M1 freeway. After passing over the freeway, it becomes Crownwood Road, Evans Park, intersecting as a t-junction with the M34 Ormonde Ext. before continuing northwards through the old mining lands of Crown Mines and the suburb of Theta. There it crosses under the M70 Soweto Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
