M6 (Port Elizabeth)

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Port Elizabeth road M6.svg
Metropolitan route M6
Route information
Maintained by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
Length11.3 km (7.0 mi)
Major junctions
East endM19 ZAF jct.svgSA road R75.svg M19  / R75 in Despatch
Major intersectionsSA road R75.svg R75 near Uitenhage
West endSA road R334.svgM20 ZAF jct.svg R334  / M20 in Uitenhage
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M5 ZAF jct.svg M5 M7 ZAF jct.svg M7

The M6 is a metropolitan route in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in South Africa that connects the eastern part of Despatch with the Uitenhage (Kariega) town centre. [1] [2] [3]

Route

The M6 begins at a junction with the M19 route east of the Despatch town centre (west of the Azalea Park suburb), just 190 metres north of the M19's interchange with the R75 route. The M6 begins by going northwards as Uitenhage Road, crossing the Swartkops River and turning westwards, to reach another interchange with the R75 route, where it leaves Despatch and enters Uitenhage. It continues westwards from the R75 junction as Union Avenue, then Caledon Street, to reach a junction with the R334 route in the Uitenhage town centre, marking its end. [1] [4]

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References

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