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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency andGauteng Department of Roads and Transport | ||||
| Length | 39.4 km (24.5 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  R28 at Noordheuwel | |||
| Major intersections |  M36 at Factoria M67 at Princess R564 at Constantia Kloof M69 at Constantia Kloof M8 at Florida Park M47 at Maraisburg M30 at Delarey M10 at Westbury M5 at Auckland Park M17 at Auckland Park M7 at Cottesloe M27 at Braamfontein M9 at Braamfontein M11 at Hillbrow M31 at HillbrowM10 at Observatory M33 at Cyrildene | |||
| East end |  R24 at Bruma | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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TheM18 is a longmetropolitan route inGreater Johannesburg,South Africa.[1][2] It connectsKrugersdorp withBruma viaConstantia Kloof,Florida,Auckland Park,Braamfontein andObservatory.[3]
It is an alternative route to theR24 route for travel between Krugersdorp and Bruma.
The M18 begins at a junction with theR28 road (Paardekraal Drive) in the Noordheuwel suburb ofKrugersdorp (just north of the Krugersdorp CBD) in theMogale City Local Municipality, heading east-south-east as Voortrekker Road. It bypasses the Coronation Park, meets theM36 road and enters the Silverfields suburb, where it becomes parallel to theR24 road (Albertina Sisulu Road) eastwards for a few kilometres. Just after, at the suburb of Mindalore, the M18 changes its street name to Ontdekkers Road and leaves theMogale City Local Municipality to enterRoodepoort in theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[3]
It enters the Princess suburb ofRoodepoort, where it meets theM67 road and bypasses theWestgate Shopping Centre. It continues east-south-east, through Horizon Park and Ontdekkers Park, to reach a junction with theR564 road (Christiaan De Wet Avenue) west ofConstantia Kloof. It continues east-south-east, through Florida Park (where it meets theM69 road), Floracliffe (where it meets theM8 road),Florida Hills andFlorida Central, to meet the south-eastern terminus of theM47 road (Hendrik Potgieter Road) just north of theMaraisburg suburb. Immediately after, it flies over theN1 highway (Johannesburg Western Bypass) and leaves the city ofRoodepoort to enter the city ofJohannesburg.[3]
It heads eastwards as Main Road, passing through the Delarey and Newlands suburbs (meeting theM30 road), becoming Perth Road and turning east-south-east, to meet theM10 road at a junction. Here, they switch roads, with the M10 becoming the east-south-easterly road and the M18 becoming the east-north-easterly road (still named Perth Road). It becomes Kingsway Avenue eastwards, bypassing theUniversity of Johannesburg Kingsway Campus and meeting theM5 road (Beyers Naudé Drive), to meet theM17 road (Henley Drive).[3]
Just after meeting the M17, the M18 turns south-eastwards as Annet Road to reach a junction with theM7 road (Barry Hertzog Avenue). The M18 joins the M7 and they are one road southwards as Annet Road, then as Solomon Street, before the M18 becomes Enoch Sontonga Avenue eastwards and flies over theM1 highway, bypassing theUniversity of the Witwatersrand to the south.[3]
It continues eastwards as two one-way-streets (Jorissen Street eastwards and De Korte Street westwards), meeting theM27 road (Jan Smuts Avenue) north of theNelson Mandela Bridge inBraamfontein, to meet theM9 road (Civic Boulevard) adjacent to theJoburg Theatre and the Johannesburg City Council. The M18 joins the M9, passing around the City Council offices, to reach the eastern side of the City Council, where the M9 becomes Joubert Street northwards and the M18 becomes Kotze Road eastwards. It enters the suburb ofHillbrow, where it becomes two one-way-streets (Pretoria Street eastwards and Kotze Street westwards) and meets theM11 road (Klein Street).[3]
At the junction with Catherine Avenue, the M18 becomes one street eastwards (Abel Road). It proceeds to reach a junction with theM31 road (Joe Slovo Drive). The M18 joins the M31 and they are one road northwards for 750 metres up to the junction with Raleigh Street, where the M18 becomes Raleigh Street eastwards and separates theYeoville suburb from theBellevue suburb. It becomes two one-way-streets (Hunter Street westwards and Rockey Street eastwards) for a few metres before becoming Observatory Avenue eastwards, passing through theObservatory suburb and bypassing the Observatory Golf Course and the Bezidenhout Park.[3]
It meets theM10 road again and proceeds eastwards as Marcia Street and reaches a junction with theM33 road (Friedland Avenue; Queen Street) in theCyrildene suburb. After a few metres eastwards, it turns towards the south-south-east and crosses theJukskei River, bypasses the Bruma Lake Market and reaches its end at a junction with theR24 road (Albertina Sisulu Road) in the suburb ofBruma, just west of theEastgate Shopping Centre and just north-east ofKensington.[3]
