M74 (Johannesburg)

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Joburg road M74.svg
Metropolitan route M74
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length14.5 km (9.0 mi)
Major junctions
West endM75 ZAF jct.svg M75 Homestead Avenue
Major intersectionsM81 ZAF jct.svg M81 Winnie Mandela Drive
M71 ZAF jct.svg M71 Main Road
M9 ZAF jct.svg M9 Rivonia Road
East endM60 ZAF jct.svg M60 Marlboro Drive
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M72 ZAF jct.svg M72 M75 ZAF jct.svg M75

The M74 is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. [1] [2] It connects the northern suburbs of Bryanston with Rivonia, Morningside and Marlboro.

Route

The M74 begins as a T-junction with Homestead Avenue (M75) [3] :32 and heads north-east as Bryanston drive past the Bryanston Country Club and reaches Grosvenor Road (M64). [3] :15 It crosses that road and continues north-east as Bryanston Drive until it reaches Winnie Mandela Drive (M81). [3] :15 Here the route turns east and after a short distance crosses Main Road (M71) continuing eastward as Bryanston Drive before turning south-east. [3] :15 It crosses the Braamfontein Spruit still as Bryanston Drive and into Morningside and eventually reaches Rivonia Drive (M9). [3] :16 Co-signed with the M9 it heads south on Rivonia Road before leaving the latter, close to the Morningside Clinic, heading eastwards as South Road past Stathavon crossing Bowling Avenue (M85) into Kramerville. [3] :34 It continues under the M1 motorway before shortly ending as a T-junction with the Marlboro Drive (M60). [3] :34 [4]

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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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.
  4. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.