The M9 is a long metropolitan route in the

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, South Africa. It connects Sir Lowry's Pass Village with Wynberg via

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, Firgrove, Macassar,

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and Nyanga.

Route

The M9 begins at a junction with the N2 national route just north-east of Gordon's Bay. It begins as Sir Lowry's Pass Village Road by going northwards into the Sir Lowry's Pass Village to reach the Old Sir Lowry's Pass Road, where it turns westwards. It heads west-north-west for 6 kilometres, parallel to the N2, to enter the town of

and reach a junction with the M153 route, where it changes its name to Main Road. At the next junction, the M9 leaves Main Road to become Andries Pretorius Street via a left turn. It heads north-west for 2 kilometres through the town centre of Somerset West as Andries Pretorius Street, then Upper Orange Street, to reach another junction with Main Road, where the M9 becomes Main Road westwards. It proceeds to reach a junction with the R44 route (Broadway Boulevard). The M9 continues west-north-west as Main Road to enter Firgrove, where it turns to the south-west and immediately crosses the R102 route (Old Main Road) and the N2 highway again (no-longer parallel). After crossing the N2, it passes through the southern part of Macassar (separating the suburb from the Macassar Dunes Conservation Area) in a westerly direction before crossing the Eerste River. It continues west-north-west and reaches a junction with the R310 route (Baden Powell Drive), where it enters the large township of

. The M9 heads west-north-west through Khayelitsha for 10 kilometres as Govan Mbeki Drive, meeting the M32 route, to fly over the R300 freeway (Kuils River Freeway) and pass through the Nyanga township and the northern part of the

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township westwards as Japhta K Masemola Road. It then crosses under the M7 freeway (Jakes Gerwel Freeway) and passes through the southern part of Hanover Park westwards to reach a junction with the M17 route. It enters

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proper through the Wetton suburb and then passes under the M5 freeway. After the M5, it passes through the southern part of the

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suburb to reach its ends at a four-way-junction with the M4 Main Road in the suburb of Wynberg.

References

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