Metropolitan route M17 shield
Metropolitan route M17
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length15.9 mi (25.6 km)
Major junctions
South end N12 Southern Bypass, Winchester Hills Ext. 3
Major intersections
  • M38 Rifle Range Road, Robertsham
  • M34 Northern Parkway, Ormonde Ext.
  • M1 Xavier Street, Robertsham
  • R41 Main Reef Road, Crown
  • R24 Albertina Sisulu Road, Mayfair
  • M10 Bartlett Way, Brixton
  • M18 Kingsway Avenue, Auckland Park
North end M7 / M71 Empire Road, Auckland Park
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
← M16→ M18

The M17 is a metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It runs north from the southern suburb of Ridgeway through Mayfair a suburb just west of the Johannesburg Central Business District and ends in the north in Auckland Park. It intersect two main Johannesburg freeways, starting with an intersection to the N12 Southern Bypass and the north–south M1 freeway.[1][2]

Route

The M17 has its southern terminus beginning as Xavier Street at major junction with the N12 Southern Bypass.[3]: 129  It continues northward and after a short distance it intersects the M38 Rifle Range Road.[3]: 129  Passing the west end of the suburb of Robertsham, it crosses the old Kimberley Road and the on and off ramps of the north–south M1 freeway.[3]: 129  After passing over the freeway, it becomes Crownwood Road, Evans Park, intersecting as a t-junction with the M34 Ormonde Ext. before continuing northwards through the old mining lands of Crown Mines and the suburb of Theta.[3]: 106  There it crosses under the M70 Soweto Highway without any intersections.[3]: 106  Passing the old Langlaagte Deep Village, it intersects the east–west R41 Main Reef Road and continues north as Church Street into Mayfair.[3]: 107 

Here in Mayfair, it intersects the east–west R24 Albertina Sisulu Road that connects Johannesburg to the West and East Rand's.[3]: 107  It continues north briefly as Church Street before turning left into Queens Road before turning right again and intersects and co-signs briefly with M5/M10 Bartlett Way.[3]: 107  Resuming a northward direction briefly as Brixton Road, it passes the Brixton Cemetery to its east before becoming Symons Road.[3]: 106  It passes the Brixton Tower, Brixton and becomes Henley Road in Auckland Park passing the SABC broadcast centre.[3]: 81  Shortly thereafter as it intersects the M18 Kingsway Avenue and becomes co-signed with the M18 up to the next junction, where the M18 becomes Annet Road south-eastwards and the M17 continues eastwards as Empire Road to reach its terminus at a junction with the M7 and M71.[3]: 81 

References

  1. ↑ "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.
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