M10 (Port Elizabeth)

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Port Elizabeth road M10.svg
Metropolitan route M10
Route information
Maintained by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Length33 km (21 mi)
Major junctions
Southeast endM5 ZAF jct.svgSA road R102.svg M5  / R102 Govan Mbeki Ave. in Port Elizabeth
Major intersectionsM8 ZAF jct.svg M8 in Port Elizabeth
SA road N2.svg N2 in Port Elizabeth
M14 ZAF jct.svg M14 in Port Elizabeth
M19 ZAF jct.svg M19 in Uitenhage
M22 ZAF jct.svg M22 in Uitenhage
Northwest endSA road R334.svg R334 Cuyler Road in Uitenhage
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M9 ZAF jct.svg M9 M11 ZAF jct.svg M11

The M10 (sometimes referred to as the R368) is a metropolitan route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa that connects Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage. [1] [2] [3]

It is an alternative route to the R75 Route for travel between Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage.

Route

The M10 begins at a junction with the R102 (Govan Mbeki Avenue) and the M5 (Mount Road) in North End (just north of the Port Elizabeth City Centre), heading north-west. It runs along Harrower Road, then Stanford Road (meeting the M8 Kempston Road), to cross the N2 Highway and pass through the southern part of Bethelsdorp.

At the Booysens Park suburb, the M10 turns northwards onto Nooitgedacht Road and reaches a t-junction with Old Uitenhage Road, where it meets the western terminus of the M14. The M10 becomes the Old Uitenhage Road north-westwards and meets the western terminus of the M19 west of Despatch, adjacent to the Nelson Mandela Bay Logistics Park. Here, it becomes Algoa Road and enters Uitenhage Industries, crossing the Swartkops River. It then bends to the west, meeting the M22 and becoming Durban Street, to end at a junction with the R334 (Cuyler Street) in the Uitenhage town centre.

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References

  1. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. "Port Elizabeth Metro Map". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. "Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 31 January 2022.