The M74 is a short metropolitan route in

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. It connects the suburb of

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with

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, Morningside and

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Route

The M74 begins at a junction with Grosvenor Road ( M64). It heads north-east as Bryanston Drive until it reaches Winnie Mandela Drive (

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). 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

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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

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before shortly ending as a T-junction with the Marlboro Drive ( M60).

References

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