M30 (Johannesburg)
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]
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Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport | ||||
Length | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) | |||
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Country | South Africa | |||
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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 Naude 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
- "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.