The M26 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in

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. It is in the city of

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, connecting the R511 north of Diepsloot with

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via

Erasmia Erasmia is a suburb in the northern outskirts of Centurion in the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. Originally a whites-only area under apartheid Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system o ...

Route

The M26 route begins at a junction with the R511 route approximately 4 kilometres north of Diepsloot. It heads north-east for 12 kilometres to cross 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 ...

and enter the suburb of

. It proceeds north-east for 2 kilometres to end at a junction with the R55 route (Quagga Road) in

References

Metropolitan routes in Pretoria {{SouthAfrica-road-stub