M80 (Johannesburg)

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Joburg road M80.svg
Metropolitan route M80
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length8.6 km (5.3 mi)
Major junctions
South endM7 ZAF jct.svg M7
North endM95 ZAF jct.svg M95
Location
Country South Africa
Highway system
M79 ZAF jct.svg M79 M81 ZAF jct.svg M81

The M80 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa. [1] [2]

Route

The M80 begins as an intersection with Kliprivier Drive (M7) and heads northwards as JG Strijdom Drive through Albersdal. [3] {{rp|175} It crosses Hennie Alberts Street (M82) and then Delphinium Street as it passes through Mayberry Park and the industrial suburb of Alrode. [3] :175 There it intersects Potgieter Street as a T-junction where the route heads north as that road for a short distance before reaching Swartkoppies Road (R554). [3] :154 It co-signs with the R554 for a very short distance before the route resumes north-west as Jacqueline Street in Randhart. [3] :154 [4] It ends there as an intersection with Nelson Mandela Drive (M95). [3] :154

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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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)