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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.
The N1 between Johannesburg and Pretoria as part of the Ben Schoeman Highway (2011). The N1 then becomes the Ben Schoeman Highway, heading northwards towards Pretoria (passing through Midrand); this section carries 300,000 vehicles per day and is purported to be the busiest stretch of road in South Africa. [10]
They form the highest category in the South African route numbering scheme, and are designated with route numbers beginning with "N", from N1 to N18. Most segments of the national route network are officially proclaimed National Roads that are maintained by the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL), but some segments are maintained by ...
The Johannesburg Ring Road that circles the city is formed by the N1 (Western Bypass), N3 (Eastern Bypass) and N12 (Southern Bypass). [1] The N14 connects the West Rand with Pretoria. The N17 connects the Johannesburg Central Business District and southern parts of the city with Springs on the East Rand and the province of Mpumalanga.
The 1400 Bakkie was assembled by Nissan in Rosslyn, South Africa . [8] Another assembly location for the model was the Aymesa plant in Quito , Ecuador which assembled it under the Datsun brand name as the 1200 PickUp.
The entire N1 section, from the Buccleuch Interchange to the Brakfontein Interchange, was a toll road from 3 December 2013 as part of the Gauteng e-toll system (with open road tolling). [4] On 12 April 2024, e-tolls were discontinued in Gauteng, making the Ben Schoeman Freeway a toll-free road.
First-generation Ford Bantam (facelift) The first-generation Bantam was introduced in South Africa in 1983. It was intended to compete for market share that was, at the time, almost entirely monopolised by Nissan's B140 1400 Bakkie (which had been derived from the B110 sedan), with the remainder accounted for by the recently released Volkswagen Caddy.
The N4 road westbound near Middelburg, Mpumalanga The N4 road eastbound at the interchange with the R556 road near Modderspruit in North West.. The N4 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Skilpadshek on the Botswana border, past Rustenburg, Pretoria, eMalahleni and Mbombela, to Komatipoort on the Mozambique border.