M30 (Johannesburg)
M30 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport | ||||
| Length | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  M18 Ontdekkers Road | |||
 M5 Beyers Naudé Drive M71 Barry Hertzog Avenue M27 Jan Smuts Avenue M9 Oxford Road M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway M11 Louis Botha Avenue | ||||
| East end |  R25 Modderfontein Road | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The M30 is a metropolitan route in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa connecting Florida in the west with Lombardy East and Edenvale.[1][2]
Route
The M30 begins at the Ontdekkers Road (M18) in Delarey.[3]:79 It heads east as Mollie Road before turning north-east as Long Road through Newlands.[3]:79 Continuing through Albertskroon as 5th Street then for a short distance as Milner Avenue where it crosses the Montgomery Spruit through Montgomery Park.[3]:80 The route splits from Millar and becomes Preller Drive and soon crosses the Beyers Naudé Drive (M5) in Linden.[3]:80 Continuing in a north-east direction through Emmarentia, Preller becomes Hoyfmeyr Drive before merging with Tana Road where it crosses 3rd Avenue and Linden Road (M20).[3]:54 Tana crosses the Rustenburg Road / Barry Hertzog Avenue (M71) in Greenside and then becomes 6th Street in Parkhurst in an easterly direction.[3]:55 6th Street becomes 7th Avenue in Parktown North and reaches Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) in Rosebank.[3]:55 The route turns north and co-signs with Jan Smuts Avenue for a short distance and then leaves the latter heading east through Rosebank as Jellicoe Avenue.[3]:55 It reaches Oxford Road (M9) as a T-junction where it turns north through Melrose co-signed with the M9 for a short distance before leaving and heading north-east as Corlett Drive through Illovo crossing the M1 motorway.[3]:56 Heading through Bramley, it intersects Louis Botha Avenue (M11) and into Kew as 9th Road.[3]:57 It then turns south-west as Canning Road into Lombardy West and then through Lombardy East as Wordsworth Road and ends as it reaches Modderfontein Road (R25).[3]:58