M59 (Johannesburg)

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Metropolitan route M59

Route information

Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport

Length

7.4 km (4.6 mi)

Major junctions

North end

M37 near Edenvale CBD

M78 at Eden Glen

M92 at Croydon

M16 at Croydon

R24 near Isando

M99 at Isando

M78 at Isando

South end

M39 at Isando

Location

Country

South Africa

Highway system

Numbered routes of South Africa

←

M57

→

M60

The M59 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1]^[2] The entire route is in the western part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, particularly in Kempton Park and Edenvale.^[3]

Route

The M59 begins at a junction with the M37 road (Lungile Mtshali Road) in Edenvale (north of the town centre). It begins by going eastwards as Terrace Road, through the Eastleigh and Eden Glen suburbs, to reach a junction with the M78 road (Harris Avenue) and enter the industrial suburb of Sebenza.^[3]

In Sebenza, the M59 turns to the south-east as Lunik Drive, then as Driefontein Road, to separate the Isandovale suburb of Edenvale in the west from the Croydon suburb of Kempton Park in the east, where it meets the southern terminus of the M92 road (Serena Road). Immediately after Isandovale/Croydon, the M59 reaches a junction with the M16 road (Barbzon Road) and proceeds to meet and cross the R24 Highway (Albertina Sisulu Freeway) as Lazarus Mawela Road (formerly Barbara Road^[4]^[5]).

Immediately after crossing the R24, the M59 meets the M99 road (Electron Avenue; Herman Street) and separates Klopper Park (the northernmost suburb of Germiston) in the west from the Isando Industrial Area (the southernmost suburb of Kempton Park) in the east, where it meets the M78 road again. It ends shortly thereafter at a junction with the M39 road.^[3]

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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "44 name changes for Ekurhuleni streets". Germiston City News. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
^ Staff Writer. "These 44 roads in Ekurhuleni are getting a name change – what you need to know – BusinessTech". Retrieved 2 April 2022.

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