Metropolitan route M7 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by City of Cape Town and Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works [1] | ||||
Length | 24 km (15 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
North end | N1 / N7 in Acacia Park | |||
M25 in Goodwood R102 in Goodwood M16 in Epping N2 in Thornton M18 in Vanguard M24 in Hatton Estate M9 in Nyanga M10 in Philippi R300 in Mitchell's Plain M181 in Mitchell's Plain M46 in Mitchell's Plain M177 in Mitchell's Plain M32 in Mitchell's Plain | ||||
South end | R310 in Rocklands | |||
Location | ||||
Country | South Africa | |||
Highway system | ||||
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The M7, also named Jakes Gerwel Drive (previously Vanguard Drive; renamed on 18 January 2015 [2] ), is a limited-access road and metropolitan route in the City of Cape Town, South Africa. It connects Acacia Park with Rocklands on the False Bay Coast via the Cape Flats.
The M7 begins at an interchange with the N1 highway and the southern terminus of the N7 highway adjacent to Acacia Park and Summer Greens. The M7 begins by heading southwards as Jakes Gerwel Drive (formerly Vanguard Drive; renamed on 18 January 2015 [2] ), forming the western boundary of Goodwood, to meet the R102 (Voortrekker Road). It then separates Thornton in the west from the GrandWest Casino in the east before meeting the M16 (Viking Way) and separating the two sides of the Epping Industrial Area.
It then crosses the N2 highway and proceeds south-south-east for 9 kilometres, through Vanguard, bypassing Manenberg, through Philippi (bypassing its Horticultural Area), to reach Mitchell's Plain, where it meets the southern terminus of the R300 freeway (Cape Flats Freeway; Peninsula Expressway). It continues southwards from the R300 junction as the western boundary of Mitchell's Plain to reach Rocklands on the False Bay coast, where it meets the M32 (Spine Road) before reaching its end at an intersection with the R310 (Baden Powell Drive) adjacent to Mnandi Beach.
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