The M5 road is a
metropolitan route in the
City of Tshwane in
Gauteng
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,
South Africa
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. It connects
Fountains Valley in southern
Pretoria
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Pretoria strad ...
with Annlin in northern Pretoria via
Sunnyside,
Arcadia and Gezina.
For much of its route, it is named Steve Biko Road.
Route
The M5 begins just north of
Fountains Valley near
Groenkloof, at a roundabout junction with the
M7 route,
M18 route and
R21 route (this roundabout is known as the ''Fountains Circle''). It begins by heading north-east as Elandspoort Road, bypassing the
University of Pretoria
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Groenkloof Campus, to enter the
Sunnyside suburb, where it meets the
M11 route (Justice Mahomed Street; Rissik Street) and becomes two one-way streets (Steve Biko Road northwards from the M11 and Troye Street southwards to the M11).
The M5 then meets the
M6 route (Kotze Street) before entering the suburb of
Arcadia (just east of
Pretoria CBD), where it meets the
M2 route (Francis Baard Street; Pretorius Street). Here, Troye Street (the southwards one-way street) changes its name to Hamilton Street (the northwards road remains as Steve Biko Road). At the next junction, the M5 meets the
R104 route (Stanza Bopape Street). At the next junction (just west of the
Union Buildings), the M5 meets the eastern terminus of the
M4 route (Johannes Ramokhoase Street; Struben Street).
Leaving Arcadia, the M5 continues northwards and reaches a junction with the
M22 route (Soutpansberg Road) in
Prinshof (adjacent to the
University of Pretoria
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Basic Medical Sciences Building). Just after, it becomes one street northwards (Steve Biko Road) for 500 metres before becoming two one-way streets again (Steve Biko Road northwards & Johan Heyns Drive, formerly Hendrik Verwoerd Drive,
southwards) at the
Steve Biko Academic Hospital and entering the suburb of Gezina (just east of
Capital Park). Just after, it meets the
M8 route (Flowers Street; Trouw Street).
The M8 joins the M5 northwards for 750 metres before becoming its own road eastwards (Nico Smith Street; Frederika Street). The M5 continues north from Gezina, passing through
Wonderboom South, to reach its northern terminus at a junction with Lavender Road (
R101;
R513) in Annlin.
References
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Metropolitan routes in Pretoria