The M45 also named Queen Nandi Drive is a short metropolitan route in the

eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality () is a metropolitan municipality (South Africa), metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 Districts of South Africa, di ...

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. The road connects Briardene in

Durban North Durban North is an area to the north of Durban in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, eThekwini Metropolitan municipality (South Africa), Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Durban North lies between the N2 road (South Afr ...

KwaMashu KwaMashu is a township north of Durban, South Africa. The name honours Sir Marshall Campbell and means ''Place of Marshall''. KwaMashu is bordered by Newlands East to the south, Newlands West to the west, Ntuzuma to the north, Phoenix to the ...

History

The

decided to construct a new link road, the Queen Nandi Drive between the R102 North Coast Rd and

. A joint venture partnership between eThekwini and

Tongaat Hulett Tongaat Hulett is an agriculture and agri-processing business, focusing on the complementary feedstocks of sugarcane and maize. The company had its origins on the North coast of KwaZulu-Natal, specifically the town of Tongaat (now oThongathi). ...

to develop and sell the sites was formed in June 2000, and construction on the Queen Nandi Drive along with the Interchange on the N2 commenced in 2002.

Route

The M45 begins at the intersection with the R102 Chris Hani Road (North Coast Rd) in Briardene and curves through hills in a north-westerly direction for the entire route. It passes through Kenville before entering

Newlands East Newlands East is a township located 17 kilometres (11 mi) north-west of the Durban CBD in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Geography Newlands East is bordered by Newlands West to the west and south, Durban North to the east and K ...

at Riverhorse Valley and crossing the

N2 highway N, or n, is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages, and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History ...

at the exit 174 off-ramp. It continues through the western side of Riverhorse Valley and curving through the rest of Newlands East. It intersects with the M5 Dumisani Makhaye Drive before entering

and ends at the intersection with the M21 Malendela Road.

References

{{reflist Metropolitan routes in Durban