M32 (Johannesburg)

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Joburg road M32.svg
Metropolitan route M32
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length21 km (13 mi)
Major junctions
West endM39 ZAF jct.svg M39 at Cresslawn
Major intersectionsM92 ZAF jct.svg M92 at Spartan
M84 ZAF jct.svg M84 at Kempton Park CBD
M57 ZAF jct.svg M57 at Kempton Park CBD
M96 ZAF jct.svg M96 at Kempton Park CBD
M45 ZAF jct.svgM43 ZAF jct.svg M45  / M43 at Kempton Park AH
SA road R21.svg R21 at Pomona AH
SA road R23.svg R23 at Bredell
East endM44 ZAF jct.svg M44 at Petit
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M31 ZAF jct.svg M31 M33 ZAF jct.svg M33

The M32 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. The entire route is in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. [1] [2] It goes from the western part of Kempton Park eastwards to the northern parts of Benoni. [3]

Route

The M32 begins at a junction with the M39 road (Isando Road) in the western part of Kempton Park, just east of the Spartan Extensions and just south of Esther Park. [4] :60 It begins by going east as Plane Road, forming the northern border of Cresslawn, Spartan and Rhodesfield Extension 1, to enter the Kempton Park CBD and reach a junction with the M57 road (Pretoria Road). [4] :61 The M32 joins the M57 and they are one road southwards for 400 metres up to the next junction, where the M32 becomes Petrus “Chilly” Magagula Road (formerly Albatross Street) towards the north-east and forms the northern border of the Rhodesfield suburb, separating it from the Kempton Park CBD. [4] :61 From the M57 junction north-eastwards, the M32 is parallel to the R21 freeway. [4] :39

Shortly after splitting from the M57, the M32 flies over the M96 road (Voortrekker Street) to exit the Kempton Park CBD and bypass Kempton Park Extension 1. [4] :39 At Kempton Park AH, the M32 forms an interchange with the M45/M43 (Dann Road) before crossing the R21 freeway (no-longer parallel) to enter the suburb of Pomona. [4] :40

Soon after the R21 interchange, the M32 forms a junction with the R23 road, [4] :41 turns to the east-south-east and passes through Bredell, the last suburb of Kempton Park, as 3rd Avenue before passing through the far northern parts of Benoni (passing through Benoni Farms) as Elm Road and Birch Road before reaching Petit, where it ends at a junction with the M44 road (Pretoria Road), just 1.5 kilometres south-east of the M44's junction with the R51. [4] :43

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The M96 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. The entire route is within the CBD of Kempton Park and consists of two one-way streets.

The M99 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. For its entire route, it parallels the R24 highway in the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

The M31 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects the southern suburbs of Centurion, from the Rietvlei Nature Reserve to Rooihuiskraal via Irene and Highveld.

References

  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. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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