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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byJohannesburg Roads Agency andGauteng Department of Roads and Transport | ||||
| Length | 35.9 km (22.3 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South-west end |  R41,Roodepoort | |||
| Major intersections |  R24 Albertina Sisulu Road, Florida Lake M18 Ontdekkers Rd, Florida Park M47 Hendrik Potgieter Rd, Strubens Valley M5 Beyers Naudé Drive, nearRandpark Ridge R512 Malibongwe Drive,Northriding R511 Winnie Mandela Dr,Fourways  M9 /N1 Rivonia Rd,Rivonia R55 Woodmead Dr,Woodmead | |||
| North-east end |  R101 Pretoria Main Road,Buccleuch | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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TheR564 is aRegional Route in theCity of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality inGauteng,South Africa. It connectsRoodepoort withBuccleuch viaNorthriding andFourways.[1]
Its south-western end is a junction with theR41 (Main Reef Road) inRoodepoort, in the southern part of theFlorida suburb. It goes northwards through Florida as Westlake Road, meeting theR24 (Albertina SIsulu Road) at the next junction and bypassing Florida Lake, to reach a junction with Clarendon Drive, where it becomes Clarendon Drive westwards. At the next junction, it becomes Christiaan De Wet Drive northwards.[1]
It runs north as Christiaan De Wet Drive, meeting theM18 just after Florida Park (west ofConstantia Kloof) and meeting theM86 atKloofendal, to form an interchange with theM47 (Hendrik Potgieter Drive) at Allen's Nek. It continues north-north-east through the suburbs ofWeltevredenpark and Radiokop, where it meets theM6 (John Vorster Drive), to exitRoodepoort and enter the northern suburbs ofRandburg andSandton.[1]
It crosses Johannesburg'sM5 road (Beyers Naude Drive) at Honeydew. Here, it becomes known as Northumberland Avenue and heads north-east through the suburbs of Sundowner andNorthgate to reach a junction with theR512 (Malibongwe Drive). Before the Malibongwe Drive junction, at the Olivedale Road junction, it passes by theWeBuyCars Dome.[1]
It continues in an east-north-easterly direction from the R512 junction as Witkoppen Road, through the suburbs ofNorthriding,Bloubosrand,Johannesburg North,Jukskei Park, andFourways. Here, it meets the southern terminus of theR552 (Cedar Road) and crosses theR511 (Winnie Mandela Drive). After this intersection, it heads east, throughLone Hill,Paulshof (where it meets theM71 Main Road),Sunninghill (where it meets theM9 Rivonia Road) andWoodmead.[1]
At the Eskom Megawatt Park, the road reaches a T-junction with Maxwell Drive and becomes Maxwell Drive eastwards (by way of a right turn). It proceeds to intersect with theR55 road (Woodmead Drive) before passing under theN1 freeway (Ben Schoeman Highway) just north of theBuccleuch interchange and reaching its end at an intersection with theR101 (Pretoria Main Road) in theBuccleuch suburb.[1]
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