M75 (Johannesburg)

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Joburg road M75.svg
Metropolitan route M75
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length9.6 km (6.0 mi)
Major junctions
West endM64 ZAF jct.svg M64 Grosvernor Road
Major intersectionsM71 ZAF jct.svg M71 Bram Fischer Drive
M81 ZAF jct.svg M81 Winnie Mandela Drive
East endM9 ZAF jct.svg M9 Rivonia Road
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M74 ZAF jct.svg M74 M77 ZAF jct.svg M77

The M75 is a short metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. [1] [2] It connects the suburb of Bryanston with the Sandton city centre.

Route

The M75 begins at Grosvernor Road (M64) in Bryanston. [3] :14 It heads south as Cumberland Avenue hugging the Bryanston Country Club until the road splits turning south-east and becomes Homestead Avenue. [3] :14 Homestead reaches and crosses Main Road / Bram Fischer Drive (M71) and continues eastward passing the Sandton Medi Clinic and St Stithians College as Peter Place which ends as a T-junction with Winnie Mandela Drive (M81). [3] :33 Here co-signed with the M81, it heads south through Hurlingham and Parkmore until Winnie Mandela is intersected by Sandton Drive. [3] :33 Here the route leaves the M81 and heads eastwards to the city of Sandton and ends at Rivonia Road (M9) but the road continues east as Katherine Street (M85). [3] :56 [4]

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References

  1. "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.
  4. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.