The M19 road is a short
metropolitan route in the
City of Tshwane
The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (; ; ), also known as the City of Tshwane (), is the metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of northern Gauteng in South Africa. The metropolitan area is centred on the city of Pre ...
in
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
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. It is in the city of
Centurion
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, connecting
Lyttelton with Highveld via the Centurion CBD.
Route
The M19 begins in
Lyttelton Manor, at a junction with the
M18 route (Botha Avenue). It begins by heading south-west as Cantonments Road, then as Rabie Street, meeting the
M34 route (Jean Avenue) adjacent to the Jean Crossing Mall, to enter the
Centurion
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CBD, where it crosses the
Hennops River
The Hennops River is one of the larger rivers that drains Gauteng, South Africa. It has its source near Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg and meets the Crocodile River shortly before Hartbeespoort Dam. It is one of Gauteng's most polluted riv ...
, bends to the south and becomes John Vorster Drive.
The M19 reaches a junction with the
M25 route (Hendrik Verwoerd Drive) and continues south-south-east as a dual carriageway (John Vorster Drive). It meets the
M27 route (Lenchen Avenue) and passes through the eastern part of
Zwartkop
Zwartkop is a residential suburb next to Centurion lake in Centurion, South Africa. Historically the suburb was part of the town of Centurion. The suburb is located on a cluster of hills south-west of the Centurion lake. The suburb contains multip ...
before crossing the
N1 highway (Danie Joubert Freeway;
Pretoria Eastern Bypass). It proceeds to meet the
M36 route (Olievenhoutbosch Avenue) before separating the Highveld suburb in the west from the Centurion Country Club in the east and reaching its end at a junction with the
M31 route (Nellmapius Drive) just north of the Southdowns Residential Estate.
References
Metropolitan routes in Pretoria
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