M18 (Pretoria)

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SA road M18.svg
Metropolitan route M18
Route information
Maintained by City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality
Length41.7 km (25.9 mi)
Major junctions
North endSA road R101.svgM22 ZAF jct.svg R101  / M22 in Pretoria CBD
Major intersectionsM4 ZAF jct.svg M4 in Pretoria CBD
SA road R104.svg R104 at Church Square
M2 ZAF jct.svg M2 in Pretoria CBD
M6 ZAF jct.svg M6 in Pretoria CBD
M11 ZAF jct.svg M11 in Pretoria CBD
M3 ZAF jct.svg M3 in Pretoria CBD
SA road R21.svgM5 ZAF jct.svgM7 ZAF jct.svg R21  / M5  / M7 at Fountains Valley
M7 ZAF jct.svg M7 at Fountains Valley
M10 ZAF jct.svg M10 in Lyttelton
M25 ZAF jct.svg M25 in Lyttelton
M19 ZAF jct.svg M19 in Lyttelton
M27 ZAF jct.svg M27 in Lyttelton
SA road N1 jct.svg N1 in Doringkloof
M36 ZAF jct.svg M36 in Irene
M31 ZAF jct.svg M31 in Irene
M38 ZAF jct.svg M38 near Thembisa
South endM39 ZAF jct.svg M39 near Chloorkop
Location
Country South Africa
Major cities Pretoria, Centurion, Olifantsfontein, Thembisa
Highway system
M17 ZAF jct.svg M17 M19 ZAF jct.svg M19

The M18 road is a long metropolitan route in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria with Thembisa via Centurion and Olifantsfontein. [1] [2] [3]

It is an alternative route to the R21 freeway for travel between Pretoria and Thembisa.

Route

The M18 begins in Pretoria, just north of the city centre, at a junction with the two one-way streets of the M22 route (Boom Street & Bloed Street). It begins as two one-way streets (Thabo Sehume Street, formerly Andries Street, [4] southwards from the M22 and Bosman Street northwards to the M22), heading southwards. It meets the M4 road (Struben Street; Johannes Ramokhoase Street) before passing on either side of Church Square, where it meets the R104 road (Helen Joseph Street; WF Nkomo Street). It then meets the M2 road (Nana Sita Street) and the M6 road (Visagie Street). [5]

At the junction with the M11 road (Jeff Masemola Street; Schieding Street), the M18 becomes one road south-south-east (no-longer one-way streets), becoming 3 lanes in each direction, to meet the southern terminus of the M3 road (Nelson Mandela Drive). The M18 becomes Nelson Mandela Drive southwards, being 4 lanes in each direction, and reaches a major junction north of Fountains Valley (known as Fountains Circle), where it meets the M7 road (George Storrar Drive), the southern terminus of the M5 road (Elandspoort Street) and the northern terminus of the R21 road (which connects to O. R. Tambo International Airport). [5]

The M7 joins the M18 and they become one road south-west named Christina De Wit Avenue. After a kilometre, the M7 becomes its own road westwards while the M18 remains as Christina De Wit Avenue southwards to enter the city of Centurion. It passes through Kloofsig and the eastern suburb of Lyttelton as the main road (Botha Avenue), meeting the M10 road (Trichardt Road) before meeting the M19 road (Cantonments Road), the M25 road (Gerhard Street; which connects to the Centurion CBD) and the M27 road (Lenchen Avenue). [6]

The M18 continues southwards to cross the N1 highway (Danie Joubert Freeway; Pretoria Eastern Bypass) and pass through the suburb of Irene, where it meets the M31 road (Nellmapius Drive). [6] After the Irene suburb of Centurion, the M18 leaves the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and enters the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. It enters the town centre of Clayville (Olifantsfontein) as Glen Road. [7]

Just south of the Clayville town centre (adjacent to Olifantsfontein Railway Station), the M18 leaves Glen Road and becomes South View Road westwards. At the next junction, the M18 becomes Industry Road southwards. It passes through Clayville Industrial before crossing the R562 road (Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Road) as an underpass and leaving Olifantsfontein to enter the township of Thembisa.

It bypasses Thembisa Hospital southwards as Reverend RTJ Namane Drive. In the Moriting suburb, the road curves to the west and reaches a junction with Andrew Mapheto Drive, where the M18 becomes Andrew Mapheto Drive towards the south-west. It passes through the Thembisa CBD as the main road before passing in-between the Birch Acres suburb of Kempton Park and the Phomolong suburb of Thembisa. It then meets the southern terminus of the M38 road (Modderfontein Road) and reaches its end at the next junction, where it meets the M39 road (Chloorkop Road; Zuurfontein Avenue). [8]

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