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The M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway is a metropolitan route and major freeway in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa.The highway connects the southern areas (including Booysens, Eldorado Park and Soweto) with the city centre and extends further north through Sandton into the Ben Schoeman Highway towards Pretoria.
The Ben Schoeman Highway heading in the direction of Pretoria. The Ben Schoeman Freeway or Ben Schoeman Highway is the main freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and consists of portions of the M1, N1, and N14. [1] Opened in 1968, it is named after former Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman, [2] and is undoubtedly the busiest road in South ...
Johannesburg is heavily dependent upon freeways for transport around the city due to its location 1,500 metres above sea level, far from the coast or any major bodies of water. There are 10 freeways in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area : the N1 , N3 , N12 , N14 , N17 , R21 , R24 , R59 , M1 and M2 .
Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg, also called Metro Roads or Metro Routes are designated with the letter M, and are usually major routes around Johannesburg and some areas declared part of Greater Johannesburg (including the town of Krugersdorp and the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality).
Johannesburg, Sandton: De Villiers Graaff Motorway: Highway M2: East/West: R41 (Crown Mines) - M1 (cosigned) - M9 - M31 - M19 - M33 - N3/N12 - M93 - M53 - M37 (Germiston) Crown Mines, Selby, Kaserne, Benrose, Denver, Driehoek, Germiston CBD: Johannesburg, Germiston: Francois Oberholzer Freeway, Jack St: Highway M5: North/South
The M2 is a major highway and metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa.It is named the Francois Oberholzer Freeway.It runs just to the south of the Johannesburg Central Business District eastwards where it connects with the N3 (only a short segment goes to the west of the Johannesburg CBD) and enters Germiston, ending near its CBD.
Its northern terminus is an interchange with the M1 highway (De Villiers Graaff Motorway) in Johannesburg South (southbound only). It heads south-west as the Golden Highway and forms an intersection with the M68 road (Columbine Avenue) in Southgate, west of Southgate Shopping Centre and east of Soweto, before meeting the western terminus of the M38 road.
An M1 highway. South Africa has a highly developed road network, considered one of the finest in Africa. [1] [2] According to official records, the total road network spans approximately 535,000 kilometers, comprising 168,000 kilometers of urban roads and 366,872 kilometers of other roads.