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M9 (Johannesburg)

M9 is a major metropolitan route in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. Passing through the heart of the Witwatersrand, it connects the southern suburbs of Johannesburg via the centre of Johannesburg, with the northern suburbs and business centres of Rosebank and Sandton before ending in the outer northern suburbs. [1][2]

Metropolitan route M9
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length29 km (18 mi)
Major junctions
South end M34 Turf Club Street, Turffontein
Major intersections M2 Eloff Street Interchange
R29 Anderson Street, Marshalltown
R24 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg
M71 Empire Road, Parktown
M1 Oxford Road North Interchange
R25 11th Avenue, Riviera
M20 Glenhove Road, Melrose
M30 Corlett Drive, Illovo
M40 Grayston Drive, Sandown
N1 Western Bypass, Rivonia Road Interchange, Woodmead
North end R55 Woodmead Drive, Barbeque Downs
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
M8 M10

Route edit

The southern terminus begins as T-junction with Turf Club Street in Turffontein.[3]: 129  From this junction, it heads north as Turffontein Road passing the Turffontein Racecourse on its right.[3]: 129  After passing Wembley Stadium, the road becomes Eloff Street, passing over a railway track into Village Deep.[3]: 108  The M9 interchanges with the M2 freeway passing under it into the Johannesburg CBD.[3]: 108  In Marshalltown, it turns left into Anderson Street then right into Rissik Street.[3]: 108  Rissik Street crosses major roadways, the R29 Marshall Street, R24 Commissioner Street and Albertina Sisulu Road where it passes the old Johannesburg City Hall.[3]: 108  Continuing north through the CBD, it crosses over the John Rissik Bridge and the railway lines of the Johannesburg Park Station, the city's main railway station, and into Braamfontein.[3]: 108  Climbing the ridge, the road splits left, becoming Loveday Street, passing the Joburg Theatre on its left and the Civic Buildings to the right.[3]: 81  At the top of the ridge, it turns right into Hoofd Street and then left into Joubert Street passing the Old Fort and the Constitutional Court of South Africa on Constitutional Hill.[3]: 81  The road now descends the hill heading north towards Parktown, passing the old Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children and the old maternity hospital, intersecting and crosses the M17/M71 Empire Road.[3]: 81 

Now called Victoria Avenue, it passes Pieter Roos Park crossing St Andrews Road and then passes the Wits Business School, the University of the Witwatersrand's Education Campus and the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital.[3]: 81  At the intersection with Oxford Road the M9 turns right onto the latter and is briefly parallel with the M1 North freeway before crossing under it heading north-east before turning north in Killarney and it is intersected by the R25 11th Avenue in Riviera.[3]: 82  Crossing the M20 Bolton and Glenhove Road's it passes between the commercial area of Rosebank and the suburb of Melrose to the right.[3]: 56  As it passes Jellicoe Avenue, the M9 turns north-east and passes by Dunkeld and Melrose.[3]: 56  Shortly after passing the M30 Corlett Drive, the route turns north-west as Rivonia Road and heads through Hyde Park and Illovo.[3]: 56  In Sandhurst, the road turns north-east again and crosses the M85 Sandton Drive and Katherine Street into the Sandton central business district.[3]: 56 

Turning north-west in the Sandton CBD, it will leave the area crossing the M40 Grayston Drive into Benmore Gardens and Sandown where it then turns north-east into Morningside.[3]: 34  Crossing Kelvin Drive into Rivonia, the M9 Rivonia Road now kinks north-west then north as it passes through Edenburg, the suburbs main commercial area.[3]: 16  Crossing 12th Avenue, the route enters Woodmead and soon intersects and crosses under the N1 Highway (Western Bypass) at the Rivonia Road Interchange and the R564 Witkoppen Road continuing north into Paulshof and Sunninghill.[3]: 16  After a short distance it becomes Leeukop Road and at the entrance to Leeukop Prison, the road turns north-east as Malindi Road and after 2.4 km in Barbeque Downs the road intersects and ends as a T-junction with the R55 Woodmead Drive.[3]: 6 

References edit

  1. ^ "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources M9 Johannesburg news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message M9 is a major metropolitan route in the City of Johannesburg South Africa Passing through the heart of the Witwatersrand it connects the southern suburbs of Johannesburg via the centre of Johannesburg with the northern suburbs and business centres of Rosebank and Sandton before ending in the outer northern suburbs 1 2 Metropolitan route M9Route informationMaintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and TransportLength29 km 18 mi Major junctionsSouth endM34 Turf Club Street TurffonteinMajor intersectionsM2 Eloff Street Interchange R29 Anderson Street Marshalltown R24 Commissioner Street Johannesburg M71 Empire Road Parktown M1 Oxford Road North Interchange R25 11th Avenue Riviera M20 Glenhove Road Melrose M30 Corlett Drive Illovo M40 Grayston Drive Sandown N1 Western Bypass Rivonia Road Interchange WoodmeadNorth endR55 Woodmead Drive Barbeque DownsLocationCountrySouth AfricaHighway systemNumbered routes of South Africa M8 M10Route editThe southern terminus begins as T junction with Turf Club Street in Turffontein 3 129 From this junction it heads north as Turffontein Road passing the Turffontein Racecourse on its right 3 129 After passing Wembley Stadium the road becomes Eloff Street passing over a railway track into Village Deep 3 108 The M9 interchanges with the M2 freeway passing under it into the Johannesburg CBD 3 108 In Marshalltown it turns left into Anderson Street then right into Rissik Street 3 108 Rissik Street crosses major roadways the R29 Marshall Street R24 Commissioner Street and Albertina Sisulu Road where it passes the old Johannesburg City Hall 3 108 Continuing north through the CBD it crosses over the John Rissik Bridge and the railway lines of the Johannesburg Park Station the city s main railway station and into Braamfontein 3 108 Climbing the ridge the road splits left becoming Loveday Street passing the Joburg Theatre on its left and the Civic Buildings to the right 3 81 At the top of the ridge it turns right into Hoofd Street and then left into Joubert Street passing the Old Fort and the Constitutional Court of South Africa on Constitutional Hill 3 81 The road now descends the hill heading north towards Parktown passing the old Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children and the old maternity hospital intersecting and crosses the M17 M71 Empire Road 3 81 Now called Victoria Avenue it passes Pieter Roos Park crossing St Andrews Road and then passes the Wits Business School the University of the Witwatersrand s Education Campus and the Nelson Mandela Children s Hospital 3 81 At the intersection with Oxford Road the M9 turns right onto the latter and is briefly parallel with the M1 North freeway before crossing under it heading north east before turning north in Killarney and it is intersected by the R25 11th Avenue in Riviera 3 82 Crossing the M20 Bolton and Glenhove Road s it passes between the commercial area of Rosebank and the suburb of Melrose to the right 3 56 As it passes Jellicoe Avenue the M9 turns north east and passes by Dunkeld and Melrose 3 56 Shortly after passing the M30 Corlett Drive the route turns north west as Rivonia Road and heads through Hyde Park and Illovo 3 56 In Sandhurst the road turns north east again and crosses the M85 Sandton Drive and Katherine Street into the Sandton central business district 3 56 Turning north west in the Sandton CBD it will leave the area crossing the M40 Grayston Drive into Benmore Gardens and Sandown where it then turns north east into Morningside 3 34 Crossing Kelvin Drive into Rivonia the M9 Rivonia Road now kinks north west then north as it passes through Edenburg the suburbs main commercial area 3 16 Crossing 12th Avenue the route enters Woodmead and soon intersects and crosses under the N1 Highway Western Bypass at the Rivonia Road Interchange and the R564 Witkoppen Road continuing north into Paulshof and Sunninghill 3 16 After a short distance it becomes Leeukop Road and at the entrance to Leeukop Prison the road turns north east as Malindi Road and after 2 4 km in Barbeque Downs the road intersects and ends as a T junction with the R55 Woodmead Drive 3 6 References edit Johannesburg Roads Agency Company documents www jra org za Retrieved 23 March 2021 Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report PDF Johannesburg Road Agency Website Retrieved 23 March 2021 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Street Guide Witwatersrand 8th ed MapStudio 1996 nbsp South Africa portal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title M9 Johannesburg amp oldid 1185494364, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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