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| Maintained byGDRT | ||||
| Length | 62 km (39 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  M1 inOrmonde,Johannesburg | |||
| Major intersections |   N1 /N12 inEldorado Park,SowetoN12 in Eldorado Park, Soweto R554 east ofLenasia  R558 /R557 in Lenasia South R551 inOrange Farm R28 inEvaton R28 /R54 inSebokeng R57 inVanderbijlpark | |||
| South end |  R42 in Vanderbijlpark | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Major cities | Johannesburg,Soweto,Lenasia,Orange Farm,Sebokeng,Vanderbijlpark | |||
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TheR553 is aRegional Route inGauteng,South Africa that connectsJohannesburg withVanderbijlpark viaEldorado Park,Ennerdale,Evaton andSebokeng. It is known as theGolden Highway for much of its length.[1]
Its northern terminus is an interchange with theM1 highway (De Villiers Graaff Motorway) inOrmonde,Johannesburg South (southbound only). It heads south-west as the Golden Highway and forms an intersection with theM68 road (Columbine Avenue) inSouthgate, west ofSouthgate Shopping Centre and east ofSoweto, before meeting the western terminus of theM38 road.[1]
Continuing south-west, it forms an interchange with theN1 highway (which is co-signed with the N12). The R553 is parallel to the N1 from here for most of its length. From there, it passes throughEldorado Park (the south-eastern corner ofSoweto) in a south-westerly direction before it forms another interchange with theN12 national route (which is now its own highway).[1]
From the N12 interchange, it exits Johannesburg to the south-south-west. It passes through theOlifantsvlei Nature Reserve and forms an intersection with theR554 road just east ofLenasia before reaching Lenasia South and bypassingEnnerdale.[1]
East of Ennerdale, it intersects with theR558 (which provides access toKanana Park across the nearby N1 highway) before crossing back to the eastern side of the parallelN1 highway next to the N1's Grasmere Toll Plaza.[1]
Next, it meets the western terminus of theR557 just after the N1 overbridge and passes in-betweenDrieziek andOrange Farm (where it meets the western terminus of theR551) before exiting theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and enteringEvaton andSebokeng. At Evaton, it is joined by theR28 and they areone road southwards through western Sebokeng for 9 kilometres.[1]
At the intersection with theR54 road, the R28 stops cosigning with the R553 southwards and begins cosigning with the R54 eastwards towardsVereeniging, leaving the R553 as the road southwards. Next, the R553 reaches an intersection with theR57 (which takes over the nameGolden Highway) at the northern edge ofVanderbijlpark, with the R57 providing access to Vanderbijlpark Central andSasolburg in the south-east.[1]
The R553 continues south-west from this intersection for 8 kilometres as Fred Dorste Road to end at a t-junction with theR42 road west of Vanderbijlpark. (The R42 connects westwards toParys)[1]
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