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R114 Road (South Africa)
The R114 is a regional route (South Africa), regional route in Gauteng, South Africa that runs from Muldersdrift (north-east of Krugersdorp) to Centurion, Gauteng, Centurion. The designation R114 is applied to sections of road that were previously part of the N14 (South Africa), N14 that have been replaced by newly built freeway sections. Route The route begins in Muldersdrift (north-east of Krugersdorp), in the Mogale City Local Municipality, at a junction with the N14 (South Africa), N14 national route. It parallels the N14 in a northeasterly direction (while being on the southern side of the N14) and meets the M5 (Johannesburg), M5 road of Johannesburg (Beyers Naude Drive), which connects to Randburg. It is co-signed with the M5 south-east up to the next junction, where it becomes its own road northeast as Nooitgedacht Road. It proceeds to form a junction with the R512 (South Africa), R512 road (Malibongwe Drive) south of Lanseria International Airport in the City of Johannesbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muldersdrift
Muldersdrift, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa, is a picturesque rural area situated 27 km north-west of Johannesburg, between Johannesburg and the Magaliesberg mountain range. The area falls under the West Rand District Municipality, and is part of the Mogale City Local Municipality. Located in the Kromdraai Valley and on the Crocodile River, Muldersdrift forms part of the Crocodile Ramble, a scenic tourist route generally regarded as the most popular of all the craft routes around South Africa. Muldersdrift is the gateway to the West Rand, and forms part of Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. History Muldersdrift is found on a ''drift'', a ford offering a safe crossing point of the Crocodile River. The river crossing point was on an old wagon route that lead from Pretoria in the north-east to Potchefstroom in the south-west. The area was said to have been settled in 1840s as farmland and the area acquired its name in 1866 after the Mulder family when they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malibongwe Drive
Malibongwe Drive, formerly known as Hans Strijdom Drive (), is a major road that runs through an industrial area in the northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Randburg with Northgate and Lanseria International Airport. ''Malibongwe'' is said to mean "be praised" or blessed and which the Johannesburg Development Agency says refers to the 1956 Women's March, a woman's march against the carrying of passes. Hans Strijdom Drive, as well as another major Randburg road, Hendrik Verwoerd Drive, were renamed due to their strong ties to Apartheid. Despite the most popular suggestion for the new name being Nelson Mandela Drive, and Nkululeko Drive emerging as the chosen replacement, Hans Strijdom Drive was renamed Malibongwe Drive at the end of September 2007. The reaction from businesses along Hans Strijdom Drive was generally negative, however, with only 20 percent Tammy O'Reilly"RANDBURG ROADS NOT FINAL", http://www.joburg.org.za, January 26, 2007. supporting the name cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldoraigne
Eldoraigne is a residential suburb east of Centurion In the Roman army during classical antiquity, a centurion (; , . ; , or ), was a commander, nominally of a century (), a military unit originally consisting of 100 legionaries. The size of the century changed over time; from the 1st century BC ..., Gauteng, South Africa. References Suburbs of Centurion, Gauteng {{Gauteng-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wierdapark
Wierdapark is a suburb of Centurion, Gauteng, near Pretoria, and is located in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. History Wierdapark was named after the chief architect of the South African Republic, Transvaal Republic, Sytze Wierda, Sytze Wopkes Wierda, who engineered the Wierda Bridge. The area in which the suburb is located was once part of a farm known as Cyferfontein. References {{reflist Suburbs of Centurion, Gauteng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heuweloord
Heuweloord is a suburb in Centurion, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O .... The suburb is at the intersection of the R55 route and the R114 route. References External links Heuweloord Community Website Suburbs of Centurion, Gauteng {{Gauteng-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R55 (South Africa)
The R55 is a north-south provincial route in Gauteng, South Africa that connects Sandton with Pretoria. It passes Woodmead, Kyalami, Olievenhoutbosch, Heuweloord, Sunderland Ridge, Erasmia, Laudium/Claudius, West Park, the Daspoort Tunnel and Danville. It connects with the M1, N14, and R80 highways. It is also designated as the ''P66-1'' and ''K71'' (newly constructed dual carriageway sections) by the Gauteng Provincial Government. Route The southern terminus of the R55 is a t-junction with the M11/ R101 Pretoria Main Road south of Buccleuch. It then crosses and interchanges the M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway/ Ben Schoeman Highway as it heads northwards through Woodmead. Leaving Woodmead, it crosses under the N1 highway ( Western Bypass) before interchanging with the R564 (Maxwell Drive) in Sunninghill. It continues into Barbeque Downs before crossing the Jukskei River into Kyalami where it intersects the M39 Allandale Road. Leaving the Kyalami Estat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hartbeespoort
Hartbeespoort, informally known as "Harties", is a small resort town in the North West Province of South Africa, situated on slopes of the Magaliesberg mountain and the banks of the Hartbeespoort Dam. The name of the town means "gateway of the hartbees" (a species of antelope) in Afrikaans. Schoemansville, named after General Hendrik Schoeman, a Boer General in the Anglo-Boer War, who owned the farm that the Hartbeespoort Dam was built on, is the oldest neighbourhood of Hartbeespoort. Hartbeespoort is the collective name of a few smaller towns situated around the Hartbeespoort Dam, including the towns of Meerhof, Ifafi, Melodie, Schoemansville and Kosmos. The town consists of holiday homes and permanent residences around the dam as it is popular with visitors from nearby Gauteng Province. It is home to the ''Om Die Dam'' () ultra marathon of 50 km, which takes place annually in the first half of the year. Some of the main tourist attractions in or around the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R511 (South Africa)
The R511 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Sandton (north of Johannesburg) with Thabazimbi via Hartbeespoort and Brits. It is an alternative route to the R512 for travel between the Johannesburg Metropole and Brits. Route Gauteng It begins as Winnie Mandela Drive (formerly William Nicol Drive; renamed on 26 September 2023) at its interchange with the N1 highway ( Johannesburg Western Bypass) in Fourways, a suburb of Sandton, Johannesburg Metropole, Gauteng. South of the N1, the road is designated the M81. Heading north out of the city, it passes Montecasino, before crossing the R564 (Witkoppen Road). North of Witkoppen Road, it passes through the affluent Lonehill and Dainfern suburbs (where it crosses the Jukskei River) to reach the township of Diepsloot. Just after Diepsloot, it meets the western end of the R562 from Midrand and forms an interchange with the N14 highway. On the other side of the N14 interchange, it enters the City of Tshwane Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (; ; ), also known as the City of Tshwane (), is the Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa. The metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pretoria with surrounding towns and localities included in the local government area. History The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality was established on 5 December 2000, comprising 13 former city and town councils and managed under an executive mayoral system. The Metsweding District Municipality was incorporated into the municipality with effect from 18 May 2011 (the date of the 2011 South African municipal elections, 2011, municipal elections). Geography The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality's land area increased from in 2010 to after the incorporation of Metsweding District Municipality, Metsweding, making it the largest Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa. The Tswaing crat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, Sandown, Gauteng, Sandown and Bryanston, Gauteng, Bryanston. History Early settlers Archaeological findings suggest the area which Sandton comprises today, had originally been occupied by various indigenous groups, before European settlement, most notably the Tswana people, Tswana and, to a lesser extent, Sotho people. The old Tswana people, Tswana people often refer to Sandton as "Ga Lowe" which in the language of Setswana means the place of origin. The remains of an Iron Age smelter was discovered in Lone Hill, a suburb of northern Sandton. One of the first Voortrekker parties to settle in the area were the Esterhuysen family on the farm Zandfontein (Afrikaans and Dutch language, Dutch for ''Sandy Spring'' or ''Sand Fountain''). A mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourways
The area referred to as Fourways (which is a collection of suburbs, including the traditional suburb of Fourways) is the fastest-developing commercial and residential hub in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The main access routes to Fourways are off the N1 at R511 Winnie Mandela Drive, or alternatively along R564 Witkoppen Road. It is located mostly in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is roughly as far as one can go in the Johannesburg Metropolitan area before it dissolves into rolling hills, game farms and the capital Pretoria, 55 kilometres to the northeast. Hartebeespoort Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains lie half an hour to the north-west. It is bordered by Bryanston to the east and south and Randburg to the west. The Fourways area is also home to the Fourways Mall which became the largest shopping centre in Africa post an extensive upgrade. Montecasino, which is a leisure and casino complex, is also located in the Fourways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R552 (South Africa)
The R552 is a Regional Route in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Lanseria International Airport with Fourways. Route Its north-western terminus is a junction with the M5 ( Beyers Naudé Drive) at a place named Elandsdrift. It heads eastwards as Elandsdrift Road to reach a junction with the R512 (Malibongwe Drive; Pelindaba Road) at Bultfontein, just south of the Lanseria International Airport entrance. It continues south-east as 6th Avenue to fly over the N14 highway and reach a staggered junction with the R114 (Lion Park Road). From the R114 junction, it continues south-east as Cedar Road, through the suburb of Dainfern, through the suburbs of Broadacres and Craigavon, to reach its end at a junction with the R564 (Witkoppen Road) in Fourways, Sandton Sandton is a financial, commercial and residential area, located in the northern part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
