R564 (South Africa)

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SA road R564.svg
Regional route R564
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length35.9 km (22.3 mi)
Major junctions
South-west endSA road R41.svg R41, Roodepoort
Major intersectionsSA road R24.svg R24 Albertina Sisulu Road, Florida Lake
M18 ZAF jct.svg M18 Ontdekkers Rd, Florida Park
M47 ZAF jct.svg M47 Hendrik Potgieter Rd, Strubens Valley
M5 ZAF jct.svg M5 Beyers Naudé Drive, near Randpark Ridge
SA road R512.svg R512 Malibongwe Drive, Northriding
SA road R511.svg R511 Winnie Mandela Dr, Fourways
M9 ZAF jct.svgSA road N1.svg M9  / N1 Rivonia Rd, Rivonia
SA road R55.svg R55 Woodmead Dr, Woodmead
North-east endSA road R101.svg R101 Pretoria Main Road, Buccleuch
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
SA road R563.svg R563 SA road R565.svg R565

The R564 is a Regional Route in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Roodepoort with Buccleuch via Northriding and Fourways. [1]

Route

Its south-western end is a junction with the R41 (Main Reef Road) in Roodepoort, in the southern part of the Florida suburb. It goes northwards through Florida as Westlake Road, meeting the R24 (Albertina SIsulu Road) at the next junction and bypassing Florida Lake, to reach a junction with Clarendon Drive, where it becomes Clarendon Drive westwards. At the next junction, it becomes Christiaan De Wet Drive northwards. [1]

It runs north as Christiaan De Wet Drive, meeting the M18 just after Florida Park (west of Constantia Kloof) and meeting the M86 at Kloofendal, to form an interchange with the M47 (Hendrik Potgieter Drive) at Allen's Nek. It continues north-north-east through the suburbs of Weltevredenpark and Radiokop, where it meets the M6 (John Vorster Drive), to exit Roodepoort and enter the northern suburbs of Randburg and Sandton. [1]

It crosses Johannesburg's M5 road (Beyers Naude Drive) at Honeydew. Here, it becomes known as Northumberland Avenue and heads north-east through the suburbs of Sundowner and Northgate to reach a junction with the R512 (Malibongwe Drive). Before the Malibongwe Drive junction, at the Olivedale Road junction, it passes by the WeBuyCars Dome. [1]

It continues in an east-north-easterly direction from the R512 junction as Witkoppen Road, through the suburbs of Northriding, Bloubosrand, Johannesburg North, Jukskei Park, and Fourways. Here, it meets the south-eastern terminus of the R552 (Cedar Road) and crosses the R511 (Winnie Mandela Drive). After this intersection, it heads east, through Lone Hill, Paulshof (where it meets the M71 Main Road), Sunninghill (where it meets the M9 Rivonia Road) and Woodmead. [1]

At the Eskom Megawatt Park in Sunninghill, it reaches a T-junction with Maxwell Drive and becomes Maxwell Drive eastwards (by way of a right turn). It proceeds to intersect with the R55 road (Woodmead Drive) in Woodmead before passing under the N1 freeway (Ben Schoeman Highway) just north of the Buccleuch Interchange and reaching its end at an intersection with the R101 (Pretoria Main Road) in the Buccleuch suburb. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis (Report). National Department of Transport. pp. 1–6. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.