Regional route R511 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by SANRAL and GDRT | ||||
Length | 192 km (119 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | M71 / M81 in Bryanston | |||
N1 (Western Bypass) in Bryanston R564 in Fourways N14 / R562 / R114 in Diepsloot R104 in Hartbeespoort R514 near Hartbeespoort R513 near Hartbeespoort N4 near Brits R566 near Brits R512 in Brits R516 | ||||
North end | R510 near Thabazimbi | |||
Location | ||||
Country | South Africa | |||
Major cities | ||||
Highway system | ||||
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The R511 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Sandton (north of Johannesburg) with Thabazimbi via Hartbeespoort and Brits. [1]
It is an alternative route to the R512 for travel between the Johannesburg Metropole and Brits.
It begins as Winnie Mandela Drive (formerly William Nicol Drive; renamed on 26 September 2023 [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] ) at its interchange with the N1 highway (Johannesburg Western Bypass) in Fourways, a suburb of Sandton, Johannesburg Metropole, Gauteng. South of the N1, the road is designated the M81.
Heading north out of the city, it passes Montecasino, before crossing the R564 (Witkoppen Road). North of Witkoppen Road, it passes through the affluent Lonehill and Dainfern suburbs into the township of Diepsloot. It then meets the western end of the R562 from Midrand and forms an interchange with the N14 highway.
On the other side of the N14 interchange, it enters the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and intersects with the R114 at a staggered junction (co-signed for 1.6 kilometres). The road then reaches a t-junction, where the north-south road becomes Pretoria's M26 metropolitan route, and the R511 becomes the road to the north-west towards Hartbeespoort via a left turn. The R511 then meets the R104 road (WF Nkomo Street; Elias Motsoaledi Street) before flying over Pretoria's M4 freeway near Flora Park. The R104 joins the R511 and they become cosigned in a north-westerly direction.
After passing over the M4 freeway, the route crosses into the North West and enters the Hartbeespoort suburb of Flora Park in a north-westerly direction. In the Melodie area of Hartbeespoort, the R104 remains on the same road westwards (Tielman Street) towards the Hartbeespoort Dam Wall while the R511 becomes Beethoven Road northwards. After 3 kilometres, the R511 meets the western terminus of the R514 from Pretoria at a t-junction and the R511 becomes the road towards the north-west from this junction. Soon after, it meets the western terminus of the R513 road, which is also coming from Pretoria. The R511 then meets a road which goes south-west to the western side of the Hartbeespoort Dam.
The R511 then forms an interchange with the N4 highway (Platinum Highway). It then crosses the R566, before entering the town of Brits, where it meets the northern terminus of the R512 in the town centre.
From Brits, the R511 continues heading north-north-west, crossing into Limpopo. It then takes on the western terminus of the east-west R516. It ends just south of Thabazimbi at a junction with the R510. From Hartbeespoort to the R510 junction, it follows the Crocodile River.
The area referred to as Fourways is the fastest-developing commercial and residential hub in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. The main access routes to Fourways are off the N1 at R511 Winnie Mandela Drive, or alternatively along R564 Witkoppen Road. It is located mostly in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. It is roughly as far as one can go in the Johannesburg Metropolitan area before it dissolves into rolling hills, game farms and the capital Pretoria, 55 kilometres to the northeast. Hartebeespoort Dam and the Magaliesberg Mountains lie half an hour to the north-west. It is bordered by Bryanston to the east and south and Randburg to the west.
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.
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