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Johannesburg is heavily dependent upon freeways for transport around the city due to its location 1,500 metres above sea level, far from the coast or any major bodies of water. There are 10 freeways in the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area : the N1 , N3 , N12 , N14 , N17 , R21 , R24 , R59 , M1 and M2 .
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 Ben Schoeman Freeway or Ben Schoeman Highway is the main freeway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, and consists of portions of the M1, N1, and N14. [1] Opened in 1968, it is named after former Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman , [ 2 ] and is undoubtedly the busiest road in South Africa.
The R82 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg with Kroonstad via Vereeniging and Sasolburg.It starts just south of the M1 Johannesburg Municipal Highway's interchange with the N12 Southern Bypass (Uncle Charlie's Interchange), going south, meeting the R59, R54, R42 & R28 routes at Vereeniging before crossing the Vaal River into the Free State & proceeding to Kroonstad.
The N12 and the N1 meet again later, in Johannesburg South, Gauteng. The N12 is the only national route other than the N1 that links the Western Cape with Johannesburg, with the N12 passing through Kimberley and the N1 passing through Bloemfontein. [1] While the N1 is a toll road from Bloemfontein onwards, the N12 is toll-free for its length. [1]
The N3 is a national route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg and Durban, [1] respectively South Africa's largest and third-largest cities. Johannesburg is the financial and commercial heartland of South Africa, while Durban is South Africa's key port and one of the busiest ports in the Southern Hemisphere and is also a holiday destination.
The R24 begins at Johannesburg International Airport (OR Tambo International Airport) in the East Rand (), Gauteng.It heads west as a freeway, beginning with an interchange with the R21 (Pretoria-Boksburg highway), then heads west-south-west through the southern edge of Kempton Park (where it has a junction at Lazarus Mawela Road, formerly Barbara Road – M59) and Edenvale (where it has a ...
The R29 begins in Johannesburg, Gauteng, at a junction with the R41 road (Main Reef Road) in the Westgate suburb adjacent to the Johannesburg CBD, as Marshall Street eastwards and Anderson Street westwards (one-way streets). The R29 continues eastwards as John Page Street by way of a right turn after the Jeppestown suburb. Shortly after, it ...