Metropolitan route M74 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport | ||||
Length | 14.5 km (9.0 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | M75 Homestead Avenue | |||
M81 Winnie Mandela Drive M71 Main Road M9 Rivonia Road | ||||
East end | M60 Marlboro Drive | |||
Location | ||||
Country | South Africa | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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.
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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