The M9 road is a short
metropolitan route in the
City of Tshwane in
Gauteng
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,
South Africa
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. It connects Erasmusrand with
Sunnyside via
Waterkloof Ridge.
It consists of only two streets (Rigel Avenue and Florence Ribeiro Avenue).
Route
The M9 route begins in Erasmusrand (just west of
Erasmuskloof
Erasmuskloof is a suburb in the east of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. It borders the suburbs of Constantia Park, Waterkloof Glen, Moreleta Park, Elardus Park, Erasmus Park, Erasmusrand and Waterkloof Glen.
Erasmuskloof is positioned near t ...
), at a junction with the
N1 highway (Danie Joubert Freeway;
Pretoria Eastern Bypass) and the northern terminus of the
R50 route (Delmas Road). It begins by heading north-north-west as Rigel Avenue, forming the main road through
Waterkloof Ridge.
After 4.7 kilometres, the M9 changes its street name to Florence Ribeiro Avenue (formerly Queen Wilhelmina Avenue
) and forms the boundary between the suburbs of
Groenkloof to the west and
Waterkloof to the east, continuing north-north-west. It then reaches a junction with the
M7 route (George Storrar Drive; Middel Street) and continues for another 1.7 kilometres to reach its end at a junction with the
M11 route (Justice Mahommed Street) in
Sunnyside.
References
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Metropolitan routes in Pretoria