M30 (Johannesburg)

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M30

Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length21.1 km (13.1 mi)
Major junctions
West end M18 Ontdekkers Road
Major intersections 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
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
M27 M31

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

References

  1. ^ "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
  2. ^ "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.