M9 (Cape Town)

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SA road M9.svg
Metropolitan route M9
Cape Town M9 route map.svg
Route information
Maintained by City of Cape Town and Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works [1]
Length50.3 km (31.3 mi)
Major junctions
East endSA road N2.svgM165 ZAF jct.svg N2  / M165 near Gordon's Bay
Major intersectionsM153 ZAF jct.svg M153 in Somerset West
M149 ZAF jct.svg M149 in Somerset West
M168 ZAF jct.svg M168 in Somerset West
SA road R44.svg R44 in Somerset West
M156 ZAF jct.svg M156 near Somerset West
SA road R102.svg R102 in Firgrove
SA road N2.svg N2 in Firgrove
SA road R310.svg R310 near Khayelitsha
M56 ZAF jct.svg M56 in Khayelitsha
M51 ZAF jct.svg M51 in Khayelitsha
M32 ZAF jct.svg M32 in Khayelitsha
M50 ZAF jct.svg M50 in Khayelitsha
M45 ZAF jct.svg M45 in Khayelitsha
M44 ZAF jct.svg M44 in Khayelitsha
M49 ZAF jct.svg M49 in Khayelitsha
M171 ZAF jct.svg M171 in Philippi East
M36 ZAF jct.svg M36 in Philippi East
M22 ZAF jct.svg M22 in Nyanga
M83 ZAF jct.svg M83 in Nyanga
M10 ZAF jct.svg M10 in Manenberg
M7 ZAF jct.svg M7 near Manenberg
M17 ZAF jct.svg M17 in Hanover Park
M28 ZAF jct.svg M28 in Kenilworth
West endM4 ZAF jct.svgM152 ZAF jct.svg M4  / M152 in Wynberg
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M8 ZAF jct.svg M8 M10 ZAF jct.svg M10

The M9 is a long metropolitan route in the City of Cape Town, South Africa. [2] [3] It connects Sir Lowry's Pass Village with Wynberg via Somerset West, Firgrove, Macassar, Khayelitsha and Nyanga. [4] [5]

Route

The M9 begins at a junction with the N2 national route just north-east of Gordon's Bay. It begins as Sir Lowry's Pass Village Road by going northwards into the Sir Lowry's Pass Village to reach the Old Sir Lowry's Pass Road, where it turns westwards. It heads west-north-west for 6 kilometres, parallel to the N2, to enter the town of Somerset West and reach a junction with the M153 route, where it changes its name to Main Road. At the next junction, the M9 leaves Main Road to become Andries Pretorius Street via a left turn. It heads north-west for 2 kilometres through the town centre of Somerset West as Andries Pretorius Street, then Upper Orange Street, to reach another junction with Main Road, where the M9 becomes Main Road westwards. It proceeds to reach a junction with the R44 route (Broadway Boulevard).

The M9 continues west-north-west as Main Road to enter Firgrove, where it turns to the south-west and immediately crosses the R102 route (Old Main Road) and the N2 highway again (no-longer parallel). After crossing the N2, it passes through the southern part of Macassar (separating the suburb from the Macassar Dunes Conservation Area) in a westerly direction before crossing the Eerste River. It continues west-north-west and reaches a junction with the R310 route (Baden Powell Drive), where it enters the large township of Khayelitsha.

The M9 heads west-north-west through Khayelitsha for 10 kilometres as Govan Mbeki Drive, meeting the M32 route, to fly over the R300 freeway (Kuils River Freeway) and pass through the Nyanga township and the northern part of the Philippi township westwards as Japhta K Masemola Road. It then crosses under the M7 freeway (Jakes Gerwel Freeway) and passes through the southern part of Hanover Park westwards to reach a junction with the M17 route. It enters Cape Town proper through the Wetton suburb and then passes under the M5 freeway. After the M5, it passes through the southern part of the Kenilworth suburb to reach its ends at a four-way-junction with the M4 Main Road in the suburb of Wynberg.

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