M4 (Pretoria)

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SA road M4.svg
Metropolitan route M4
Route information
Maintained by City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and SANRAL
Length26 km (16 mi)
Major junctions
East endM5 ZAF jct.svg M5 in Arcadia
Major intersections
West endSA road R511.svgSA road R104.svg R511  / R104 near Hartbeespoort
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
← M3 ZAF jct.svg M3 → M5 ZAF jct.svg M5

The M4 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria with Hartbeespoort. [1] [2] [3] [4] The route is a toll road, with two tollgates on the freeway section between Pretoria West and Hartbeespoort (one at either end).

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For its entire length, it is parallel to the R104 road, which also connects Pretoria with Hartbeespoort.

Route

The M4 begins in Arcadia, Pretoria (just west of the Union Buildings), at a junction with the two one-way-streets that form the M5 route (Hamilton Street; Steve Biko Street). It starts as two one-way streets (Johannes Ramokhoase Street, formerly Proes Street, [5] westwards from the M5 and Struben Street eastwards to the M5), heading westwards and meeting the northern terminus of the M3 route (Nelson Mandela Drive) at the next junction. It enters the Pretoria CBD and meets the two one-way streets of the M18 route (Thabo Sehume Street; Bosman Street) before meeting the two one-way streets of the R101 route (Sophie de Bruyn Street; Kgosi Mampuru Street). [6]

At the junction with the M1 route (E'skia Mphahlele Drive) in Marabastad, the M4 stops being two one-way streets and becomes one street westwards named Vom Hagen Street, passing through Pretoria West. At the junction with the R55 route (Transoranje Road) south of Danville, the M4 becomes the Magalies Toll Route and has the Quagga Toll Plaza just after. [6]

The M4 heads west as a freeway for 18 km (11 mi), with one off-ramp north of Atteridgeville (south of Lotus Gardens), to reach the Pelindaba Toll Plaza just before the North West Province boundary. Immediately after the tollgate, the M4 ends at an off-ramp t-junction, with the road southwards providing access to Pelindaba and Broederstroom (7 km [4.3 mi] away) and the road northwards providing access to the R511 road to Hartbeespoort (7 km [4.3 mi] away). [6]

History

The current M4 was part of the original main route from Pretoria to the west towards Rustenburg. The entire stretch of road from Pretoria to Hartbeespoort was previously part of the N4 national route, which connects the Mozambique Border in the east with the Botswana Border in the west. Then, the N4 was realigned on a new highway known as the Pretoria Bypass, which forms part of the Platinum Highway maintained by Bakwena, [7] in order for the city centre to be bypassed to the north and east. [8] So, both Hartbeespoort and Pretoria Central are bypassed to the north.

The old route through Pretoria Central, specifically from the M5 junction to the west, was then re-designated as the M4 Metropolitan Route of Tshwane, [9] although some Global Positioning Systems still label this old route as the N4 together with the newer route north of Pretoria. [6] Even the road signage on the Magalies Toll Freeway section may still have N4 indicated rather than M4, [10] with M4 showing on signs off the highway. [11]

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The M5 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Fountains Valley in southern Pretoria with Annlin in northern Pretoria via Sunnyside, Arcadia and Gezina. For much of its route, it is named Steve Biko Road.

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The M11 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects the Pretoria CBD with Faerie Glen and Garsfontein via Sunnyside, Brooklyn and Menlyn.

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.

The M3 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It consists of only one road in the Pretoria CBD.

The M29 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It is made up of two disjoint segments in the northern suburbs of Pretoria, with one section connecting Rietondale to Waverley and the other section connecting Montana Park to Doornpoort.

References

  1. ↑ "RDDA South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis". National Department of Transport. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Tshwane Bus Routes - A0" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pretoria Map". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Street Name Changes in Pretoria" (PDF).
  6. 1 2 3 4 Google (28 September 2022). "M4 (Pretoria)" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Home". Bakwena. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Franz, Laura. "Platinum toll-road speeds ahead". www.engineeringnews.co.za. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Way: Magalies Toll Route (64316639)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Pelindaba Plaza Sign - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Lotus Gardens Road Sign - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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