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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport | ||||
| Length | 6.8 km (4.2 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  M68 | |||
| North end |  M77 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The M72 road is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. [1] [2] Its a single ring-road through the centre of Soweto.
The M72 begins roundabout at an intersection with Chris Hani Road (M68). [3] : 125 It is a westerly ring road called Koma Street and starts in the suburb of Moroka. [3] : 125 Heading westwards then northwards through various Soweto suburbs, passing by the Jabulani Civic Centre and the Jabulani Mall before heading north-east ending at an intersection at Elias Motsoaledi Road in the suburb of Mofolo. [3] : 124 [4]
The Western Bypass is a section of the N1 and the Johannesburg Ring Road located in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Known at the time as the Concrete Highway, the freeway was initially opened in 1975 as a route to avoid the city centre of Johannesburg and to provide access to the western areas of the Witwatersrand. From the south, the Western Bypass begins at the Diepkloof Interchange in Soweto, where it splits from the N12 freeway and ends at the Buccleuch Interchange, where it merges with the N3 Eastern Bypass, M1 South and N1 Ben Schoeman freeways.
The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe. It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road.
The N12 is a national route in South Africa which runs from George through Beaufort West, Kimberley, Klerksdorp and Johannesburg to eMalahleni.
The N17 is a national route in South Africa which runs from Johannesburg to Oshoek (Ngwenya) on the border with Eswatini. It passes through Springs, Bethal and Ermelo.
The R101 is a Regional Route in South Africa that is the designation for some of the old sections of roads that were previously the N1, prior to upgrading. It only has 2 sections, from Bellville to Worcester and from Johannesburg to Polokwane.
The M17 is a metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It runs north from the southern suburb of Ridgeway through Mayfair a suburb just west of the Johannesburg Central Business District and ends in the north in Auckland Park. It intersect two main Johannesburg freeways, starting with an intersection to the N12 Southern Bypass and the north–south M1 freeway.
The M5 is a long metropolitan route in the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area in South Africa. It starts in Ridgeway in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg. It passes through Mayfair and Brixton before travelling through Melville, Roosevelt Park, Northcliff, Blackheath and traversing the N1 Western Bypass at Randpark Ridge. It passes under the N14 freeway near Muldersdrift passing through the agricultural holding before ending at Kromdraai Road in the Lindley Agricultural Holdings. The main part of the route runs along Beyers Naudé Drive.
M7 is a metropolitan route in the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area. The road connects Thokoza and the southern suburbs of Alberton with suburbs to the west of the Johannesburg CBD.
M9 is a major metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. Passing through the heart of the Witwatersrand, it connects the southern suburbs of Johannesburg via the centre of Johannesburg, with the northern suburbs and business centres of Rosebank and Sandton before ending in the outer northern suburbs.
M11 is a major metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. Historically it was part of the main road between Johannesburg and Pretoria; it now runs through the central and north-eastern parts of the city from Bassonia, passing through Johannesburg CBD and Hillbrow, passing through numerous older suburbs, including Houghton and Orange Grove and the Alexandra Township as Louis Botha Avenue, before it becomes the (R101) Old Pretoria Road and continues to Midrand and Pretoria.
M27 is a major road in Johannesburg, South Africa. A large part of the route is named Jan Smuts Avenue which is roughly 12 km long. It begins in the southern suburb of Booysens and heads northwards through the Johannesburg CBD and the northern suburbs of Randburg.
M16 is a metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It begins in the north-western suburb of Greenside and heads eastwards through some of Johannesburg's northern suburbs and through Edenvale to end at the East Rand town of Kempton Park.
The M31 is a metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. The road connects the southern suburbs of Alberton with Johannesburg's northern suburbs. The routes eastern bypass in the Johnannesburg CBD connects the M2 motorway at the Heidelberg Interchange with M1 North motorway in Houghton and then the route follows the M1 motorway northwards until the M31 ends in Bramley.
The M10 is a long metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Lenasia with Johannesburg Central via Soweto.
The M20 is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Randburg in the western part of Johannesburg with Edenvale in the east.
The M38 is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. The entire route is in the Johannesburg South area, connecting Southgate with Tulisa Park via Ridgeway. It is parallel to the Johannesburg Southern Bypass for its entire route.
The M68 is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects the south-western part of Soweto with Mulbarton via Diepkloof, Southgate and Glenvista.
The M70 road is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Booysens with Dobsonville via Diepkloof, Orlando and Meadowlands. For much of its route, it is known as the Soweto Highway.
The M77 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Moroka in Soweto with Roodepoort via Dobsonville. For its entire route, it is named Elias Motsoaledi Road.
The M79 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. It connects Jabavu in the western part of Soweto with Nasrec via Orlando and Diepkloof. On physical street signs, it is signposted as the M12 on the eastern part of the route.
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