The M12 is a long metropolitan route in the

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, South Africa. It connects Burgundy Estate with

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via Parow,

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and

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Route

The M12 begins at a junction with the M13 at Burgundy Estate in

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, north of

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. It begins by going eastwards for a few metres as Sienna Drive before turning southwards as Giel Basson Drive. It flies over the M14 (Plattekloof Road) and meets the M8 (Bosmansdam Road) before separating the Monte Vista and

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suburbs and flying over the N1 highway. Just after crossing the N1, it separates the Goodwood and Parow suburbs and reaches a junction with the R102 (Voortrekker Road). From the R102 junction, the M12 continues southwards through

to reach a junction with the M10 (Robert Sobukwe Road) north of

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, where it turns to the east as Stellenbosch Arterial road. It passes through the

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suburb before meeting and crossing the R300 freeway (Kuils River Freeway) and passing through the southern part of

, where it forms another junction with the R102 (Van Riebeeck Road). The M12 continues eastwards as Polkadraai Road, leaving the

and entering the

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, to reach its end at a junction with the R310 (Baden Powell Drive; Adam Tas Road) about 4 kilometres west of the

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town centre.

References

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