72-835: The Western Bypass is a section of the N1 and the Johannesburg Ring Road located in the city of Johannesburg , South Africa . Known at the time as the Concrete Highway , the freeway was initially opened in 1975 as a route to avoid the city centre of Johannesburg and to provide access to the western areas of the Witwatersrand . From the south, the Western Bypass begins at the Diepkloof Interchange in Soweto , where it splits from
144-705: A concrete road, until just after meeting the N12. The N1 then becomes the Western Bypass portion of the same ring road, passing through Johannesburg's western and north-western suburbs (forming Roodepoort 's eastern boundary and passing through Randburg ) before meeting the northern termini of the N3 (the Eastern Bypass portion of the Johannesburg Ring Road, which connects to Durban ) and Johannesburg's own M1 freeway at
216-661: A dual carriageway again, before reaching Kroonstad . There, the R34 from Welkom joins the N1 freeway for 9 kilometres, bypassing Kroonstad Central to the east, before splitting from the N1 and making its own way towards Heilbron . After the dual carriageway freeway bypass of Kroonstad, the N1 returns to single carriageway status and heads towards the Vaal River and Gauteng as the Kroonvaal Toll Route. Just before passing into Gauteng at
288-739: A few kilometres before crossing back into the Western Cape , and remains in the Western Cape until just after its intersection with the R63 , where it re-enters the Northern Cape. The N1 has a short section in the Northern Cape . After re-entering the Northern Cape, it passes north-east past the town of Richmond before intersecting with the N10 at Hanover . The N1 then continues towards Colesberg , where it meets
360-475: Is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein , Johannesburg , Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe . It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road . Prior to 1970, the N1 designation was applied to the route from Beit Bridge to Colesberg and then along the current N9 to George. The section from Cape Town to Colesberg
432-662: Is no longer concrete in construction, but has been tarred for its entire length. This spells a death-knell for its Concrete Highway nickname. As with the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project the R511 Winnie Mandela Drive and the M9/R564 Rivonia Road/Witkoppen Road interchanges were completely upgraded. The highway with the improvement project also upgraded all signage to new overhead signage. N1 (South Africa) The N1
504-511: Is notorious for claiming many lives in fatigue-related accidents; also, the N1 begins to turn towards the north-east along this stretch of road. Just before Beaufort West, the N12 from George meets the N1; the N12 and the N1 routes are co-signed through Beaufort West and for the next 75 km north-east before splitting at Three Sisters . The N12 later meets the N1 again in Johannesburg , making
576-724: Is now used by traffic to bypass the CBD to the west (The N1 is no-longer the road passing through the town centre). The route then continues for 12 km to end at the Beitbridge border crossing with Zimbabwe on the Limpopo River , where it crosses the river as the Alfred Beit Road Bridge before splitting into two routes, which are the A4 road to Harare and the A6 road to Bulawayo . The border on
648-674: Is now used by traffic to loop around the Polokwane Town Centre (the N1 is no-longer the road passing through the town centre). After Polokwane , the N1 heads north, crossing the Tropic of Capricorn before passing Louis Trichardt . The N1 then winds through the Soutpansberg Mountains (containing two short tunnels) as the Wyllie's Poort Pass before heading to Musina (passing the last tollgate before Musina). The Musina Western Bypass
720-589: Is part of the N1 road that spans the length of South Africa. The southern terminus of the N1 Western Bypass begins at Diepkloof Interchange where the co-signed N12 splits off and heads east as the N12 Southern Bypass . At the same interchange, the N1 meets the M79 Rand Show Road (southbound only). The Western Bypass continues north, with the suburb of Diepkloof to the west, to intersect with
792-617: The Ben Schoeman Freeway and part of the Pretoria Eastern Bypass ) became toll-free. Download coordinates as: M1 (Johannesburg) The M1 De Villiers Graaff motorway is a metropolitan route and major freeway in the City of Johannesburg , South Africa . The highway connects the southern areas (including Booysens , Eldorado Park and Soweto ) with the city centre and extends further north through Sandton into
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#1732851222544864-697: The Ben Schoeman Highway (N1) to Pretoria . The part of the M1 in Sandton, between Corlett Drive and the Buccleuch Interchange is maintained by SANRAL . Signage and extra lanes have been upgraded in 2010 with the "Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project" (GFIP). The section between Corlett Drive and a portion south of the CBD is maintained by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) with the remainder to
936-575: The Ben Schoeman Highway towards Pretoria . Construction began in 1962 and resulted in the demolition of many properties and houses including numerous historical Parktown Mansions . The M1 officially starts at the M68 (Columbine Avenue) Interchange in Southgate , Johannesburg South , just east of the Southgate Shopping Centre and west of Mondeor . South of this interchange, it is designated as
1008-720: The Huguenot Tunnel , and the R101 through Polokwane Central , where the new N1 highway bypasses the town centre by use of the Polokwane Eastern Bypass . There are exceptions to the usual R101 alternative route designation: The list below only includes mainline toll plazas; ramp toll plazas have not been included. The section of the N1 from the R553 Golden Highway off-ramp in-between the Misgund and Diepkloof interchanges to
1080-627: The M1 Highway south to Johannesburg CBD , the N3 Eastern Bypass to the East Rand in the south-east and the N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway to Midrand and Pretoria in the north. By creating a narrower emergency shoulder, the freeway was widened during the 1990s from two lanes to three lanes in either direction, to alleviate massive traffic congestion on Johannesburg's roads. From 2007,
1152-825: The M5 ( Beyers Naudé Drive ) Interchange near Randpark Ridge . Continuing north-east, it crosses under the M6 Ysterhout Drive in Bromhof . Continuing north-east, it intersects the R512 ( Malibongwe Drive ) Interchange in Strijdompark . The N1 continues north-east through the northern suburbs of Meadowhurst, Olivedale and Douglasdale before it intersects the R511 / M81 Winnie Mandela Drive in Bryanston . Now taking an easterly direction, it passes under
1224-698: The M70 Soweto Highway that connects Soweto to the Johannesburg CBD (northerly off-ramp & southerly on-ramp). Continuing north, near Riverlea, it intersects with a road that is part of the proposed extension of the N17 (northerly on-ramp and southerly off-ramp). It soon crosses under the R41 near Wisbey Dip, heading north-west past the Newclare Cemetery. Here, it forms the borderline between Johannesburg to
1296-885: The M71 Main Road in Bryanston and then runs parallel with the R564 Witkoppen Road to its north until it intersects with the M9 Rivonia Road Interchange in Rivonia . Here, it becomes 6 lanes in each direction. Continuing east, it passes under the M85 Bowling Avenue and then under the R55 Woodmead Drive to reach the Buccleuch Interchange. At this interchange, it has its north-eastern terminus, meeting
1368-423: The N12 freeway and ends at the Buccleuch Interchange, where it merges with the N3 Eastern Bypass , M1 South and N1 Ben Schoeman freeways. The Western Bypass is the longest section of the Johannesburg Ring Road . The freeway is mostly four lanes wide in either direction, but fans out into six lanes between Rivonia and Buccleuch, where there is heavy traffic moving north towards Pretoria . The Western Bypass
1440-539: The N5 , which bypasses the north of Lesotho before its own termination at the N3 in Harrismith . Just after Winburg, the N1 becomes a single carriageway again. Many motorists from Cape Town heading for Durban travel the N1 to Winburg, and then N5 to Harrismith as an alternative to reach Durban via the N3 . This is due to the shorter distance between the two cities (1635 km for the N1, N5 & N3 route and 1710 km for
1512-746: The N6 from East London . This intersection marks the beginning of the Bloemfontein Western Bypass , which is the first freeway section on the route since Paarl. The N8 from Kimberley in the west intersects with the N1 bypass, joining it for 3 km, before heading east through the Bloemfontein CBD and then to Maseru in Lesotho . The N1 is designated as a toll road from the N6 interchange until its end at Beit Bridge. A few kilometres north of Bloemfontein,
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#17328512225441584-642: The R82 towards Walkerville and Vereeniging . The M1 begins by heading northwards from the M68 off-ramp to reach the Uncle Charlie's Interchange with the N12 highway ( Southern Bypass ) in Ridgeway (west southbound interchange only). It continues north-east towards the city centre as a freeway, passing Ormonde and Booysens , and meets the M2 highway (Francis Oberholzer Freeway) at
1656-729: The Ben Schoeman Highway northwards to Pretoria Central and the N1 becoming the Pretoria Eastern Bypass (named the Danie Joubert Freeway) towards the north-east, proceeding to intersect with the R21 highway coming from O. R. Tambo International Airport at the Flying Saucer Interchange before Pretoria East. After the R21 interchange, the N1 proceeds in a more northerly direction through the eastern suburbs. East of Pretoria CBD, at
1728-619: The Braamfontein Railway Bridge in Braamfontein required to connect the future M1 north and southern motorways. The Johannesburg City Engineer Department began its planning for the M1 motorway, that included a motorway from the Braamfontein Railway Bridge under construction, south to a future Westgate Interchange and included a double-decker section above Goch Street. The construction on the Sivewright Road / Berea Street and
1800-403: The Buccleuch Interchange north-east of Sandton . The N1 then becomes the Ben Schoeman Highway , heading northwards towards Pretoria (passing through Midrand ); this section carries 300,000 vehicles per day and is purported to be the busiest stretch of road in South Africa . At the Brakfontein Interchange in Centurion , the N1 meets the N14 and they switch highways, with the N14 becoming
1872-440: The CBD, the speed limit again increases. Before an upgrade in 2012, the speed limit was 120 km/h on the provincial government maintained stretch in Sandton, dropping to 100 km/h as it ran through the Northern Suburbs of Johannesburg (from the start of the JRA maintained section before Corlett Drive). However, subsequent to rehabilitation work in 2012, the limit in the northern section was also dropped to 100 km/h. Both
1944-438: The Crown Interchange (which is immediately south-west of the Johannesburg CBD ). The M1 then proceeds north-north-east through the leafy northern suburbs of Johannesburg such as Parktown , and the industrial area separating Sandton and Alexandra . The M1's northern terminus is at the Buccleuch Interchange, where it meets with the N1 ( Western Bypass ) and the N3 ( Eastern Bypass ) highways of Johannesburg and becomes
2016-406: The Huguenot Tunnel is tolled, although there were formerly plans to toll the N1 from the junction with the R300, roughly to De Doorns . This would have allowed for upgrading of the N1, most especially the opening and construction of the Northern Bore of the Huguenot Tunnel so that two lanes of traffic could pass in each direction through the tunnel, and the building of grade separated junctions along
2088-559: The Johannesburg municipal boundary in the northern suburbs. The Westgate section would connect up with an east/west motorway running just south of the Johannesburg CBD. A third section involved the reconfiguration of roads to form an eastern CBD bypass connecting the north–south motorway with Saratoga Avenue. Improvements began on Harrow Road ( Joe Slovo Drive) to widen and deepen the road and included new bridges crossing over it at Joel Road, Alexandra Street and Barnato Street. Where Harrow Street met Louis Botha Avenue in Berea , this
2160-402: The M1 and M2 motorways have their beginnings in a 1948 traffic planning scheme developed by the Johannesburg City Council and examined by American traffic engineering consultant Lloyd B. Reid in 1954. Two 10-year plans examined among other things the idea of new urban motorways and improving existing highways. The plan called for two motorways, one running east–west along the southern CBD and
2232-457: The M1 motorway, heading northwards, in Braamfontein to construct a cutting through what then was known as the University Ridge. This route would separate the Witwatersrand Agricultural Society grounds and the University of Witwatersrand . Also planned was a forty-metre bridge allowing Showground Road (now Enoch Sontonga Avenue) to cross the new motorway slightly south of the new cutting. Other essential road changes became important in accessing
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2304-450: The M1 southern section, work was begun on the Xavier Street Bridge and the Crown Gardens Interchange. While on the M1 northern section just past the end of the new Braamfontein Railway bridge, work started on the Smit Street Interchange in Braamfontein. On the M1 North, the Goch Street double decker and its two ends, a connection to a future Westgate Interchange and Braamfontein Railway bridge, were completed. Kimberly Road reconfiguration
2376-409: The Misgund Interchange in the southern outskirts of Johannesburg, the N12 once again meets the N1, and they are co-signed northwards as one highway for 4 kilometers (bypassing Soweto ) up to the Diepkloof Interchange, where the N12 splits off eastwards to become the Southern Bypass portion of the Johannesburg Ring Road . From just north of the Vaal River the N1 changes from being a tarred road to
2448-417: The N1 meets the R30 to Brandfort ; the N1 continues as a single carriageway but with two lanes in each direction until 5 km before the toll plaza at Verkeerdevlei , halfway between Bloemfontein and Winburg. Initial plans were for the N1 from Bloemfontein to Winburg to be a dual-carriageway freeway. At Winburg , the N1 bypasses the town to the west as a dual carriageway and meets the western terminus of
2520-401: The N1 through Worcester. Although the town centre is bypassed, there are a number of traffic lights on the N1 through Worcester. From the top of the pass, the N1 passes Touws River and Matjiesfontein before passing through Laingsburg , then heads towards Beaufort West , passing the towns of Prince Albert Road and Leeu-Gamka . The 200 km section between Laingsburg and Beaufort West
2592-405: The N12 an alternative route to the N1, passing through Kimberley as opposed to Bloemfontein . The N1 from Bloemfontein onwards is tolled while the N12 is toll-free. Whereas the N12 passes through most of the towns en route to Johannesburg, the N1 bypasses every town between Beaufort West and Johannesburg (avoiding town centres). The N1 briefly crosses into the Northern Cape at Three Sisters for
2664-412: The N12 northwards from Three Sisters) In numerous places in South Africa, specifically near major cities, the N1 route has been rebuilt to freeway standards. The original routes usually carry the designation of R101 and are often alternative routes to the newer, sometimes tolled, highways. Two examples are the R101 over Du Toitskloof Pass , where the new N1 highway bypasses the pass altogether by use of
2736-405: The N4 west. From the interchange with the N4 Platinum Highway, the N1 is tolled for the remainder of its length, with various toll plazas located along it (including upon off-ramps). The N1 heads to the north, bypassing Hammanskraal , and crosses into the Limpopo province. The N1 then passes near Bela-Bela (previously Warmbaths) and Modimolle (previously Nylstroom). At the Modimolle exit,
2808-484: The Proefplaas Interchange in Pretoria to the Bela Bela exit is maintained by a private concessionaire, namely Bakwena , under license from SANRAL . The N1 then heads past Mokopane (previously Potgietersrus), where the N11 intersects it at the Nyl Toll Plaza (north off-ramp only) (leaving the N18 and the N17 as the only national roads that do not intersect with the N1), before heading to Polokwane (previously known as Pietersburg). The Polokwane Eastern Bypass
2880-432: The Proefplaas Interchange with the N4 in Pretoria East was effectively declared an e-toll highway (with open road tolling ) from 3 December 2013 onwards. The South African government announced on 28 March 2024 that e-tolls in Gauteng would officially be shut down on 11 April 2024 at midnight. As a result of the e-toll discontinuation, this section of the N1 (which includes the Johannesburg Western Bypass , part of
2952-405: The Proefplaas Interchange, the N4 national route from Witbank in the east joins the N1 and they are one highway for 12 km northwards before the N4 splits off to the west to become the Platinum Highway ( Pretoria Northern Bypass ) towards Brits and Rustenburg . At this interchange with the Platinum Highway (N4) is the Pumulani Toll Plaza on the N1 north and the Doornpoort Toll Plaza on
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3024-476: The Siemert Road / End Street reconfiguration, important to connecting the future eastern bypass connecting the M1 in the northern suburbs at the proposed Killarney interchange with the M2 East at the proposed Heidelberg Interchange, was nearing completion. Both road reconfigurations were situated in Doornfontein , east of the Johannesburg CBD. The Johannesburg City Engineer Department continued its engineering work on plans for Goch Street double-decker section of
3096-407: The South also maintained by the provincial government. The northern section maintained by the Gauteng Provincial Government is also designated the P206-1. Speed limits, which are strictly enforced, change as one gets nearer to the centre of Johannesburg, from 100 km/h in the northern section, beginning at the Buccleuch interchange, finally dropping to 80 km/h near the city centre. South of
3168-429: The Vaal River, the N1 becomes a dual-carriageway freeway and features another toll plaza (the Vaal Toll Plaza) just south of its interchange with the R59 road , which provides access to the Vaal Triangle ( Vereeniging and Sasolburg ) in the east and Parys in the west. After crossing the Vaal River, the N1 continues towards Johannesburg , bypassing Vanderbijlpark and featuring another toll plaza at Grasmere . At
3240-406: The Western Bypass was included in the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), which improved traffic conditions in the province and created jobs in construction. Three of the benefits for users of the bypass now include lighting for the full length of the bypass, increased lanes in most parts of the bypass and increased capacity at the northern interchanges with the bypass. The trade-off for this
3312-437: The current N2 route), as well as the much better quality of this route compared with the N2, especially between Port Shepstone and Grahamstown (although that stretch of road has been improved in the past few years ). However, after the new N2 Wild Coast Toll Route has been completed, the N2 will be the shorter road between Durban and Cape Town (1621 km). The N1 continues north and bypasses Ventersburg , where it becomes
3384-472: The east and Roodepoort to the west. It then intersects the R24 Albertina Sisulu Road Interchange in Bosmont . Continuing in a roughly northerly direction it passes under the M18 Ontdekkers Road before interchanging Gordon Road in Florida Glen . Heading north-west, it intersects with the M8 14th Avenue Interchange at Quellerina. Turning north-east, it passes between the suburbs of Weltevredenpark and Fairland to enter Randburg . Here, it intersects with
3456-425: The eastern CBD bypass to the M1 in the northern suburbs. M1 in the northern suburbs was extended from Houghton's 11th Avenue (R25) offramp to Glenhove Road in Oaklands . Part of the Crown Interchange connecting to the Westgate Interchange was now open. Work on the M1 South from the Crown Interchange was under construction. M1 in the northern suburbs was now completed to Bramley at Corlett Drive and connected
3528-428: The eastern bypass to connect the M1 North with M2 east was completed on Siemert Road and End Street and was awaiting the completion of the Heidelberg Interchange. In January 1971 construction started on the last section of the M1 northern motorway from Parktown to Bramley . Construction of the Crown Interchange on the M1/M2 was postponed when the tenders received were consider too expensive. Work began on improving
3600-414: The final cost while land acquisitions represented 19% of the final cost. The project moved 8.3 million cubic metres of land made up of 0.3 million cubic metres of rock, 8 million cubic metres of slime and earth. Eighty new bridges were constructed, and ten mine dumps moved. Seventy kilometres of drainage pipes were laid and 500,000 cubic metres of concreted poured. The M1 Motorway, after it opened in 1974,
3672-455: The freeway ends, and the N1 is tolled as it passes through the Huguenot Tunnel running underneath the Du Toitskloof Mountains ; the tunnel was opened in the late 1980s to replace the old Du Toitskloof Pass (now designated as part of the R101 ) running over the mountain. Traffic volumes through the tunnel range from an average of 12,000 vehicles daily with up to 22,500 vehicles using it daily in peak periods on holidays. After emerging from
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#17328512225443744-433: The freeway ends; the section of freeway between the Vaal River and Modimolle is the longest freeway in South Africa by route number at approximately 265 km (although there are two changes in the alignment of freeway in Gauteng , at the Buccleuch and Brakfontein Interchanges; South Africa's longest continuous freeway is the N3 between Durban and Ladysmith , which is approximately 20 km shorter). The section from
3816-425: The further one proceeded from the CBD. The motorway is named after the white South African opposition leader and United Party head, Sir De Villiers Graaff . An early long-term motorway plan was envisaged for a future Johannesburg. The first was a north–south motorway of 18.4 km stretching from Westgate just south of the Johannesburg CBD to connect up with the existing main Pretoria Road, 5.6 km outside
3888-429: The future M1 North route. Planning also started on a future M1 South bridge and interchange at Xavier Street in Robertsham . Johannesburg City Engineer Department's planning was completed on the Goch Street double-decker section on the future M1 northern route. The design called for a 1,100 m section made up of a 500m double-decker motorway and two 300m sections on either end of the main section. Planning begun on
3960-411: The motorway and Johannesburg to the Provincial and National government's N1 Ben Schoeman Highway and Pretoria . The M1 South was finally connected to Kimberley Road (now the R553 Golden Highway ) on 16 August 1974. The final cost of the twelve-year M1 and M2 project was R85.5 million through the awarding of twenty-seven contracts. The Provincial and National government's contributed R21 million of
4032-429: The motorway was to cross under Jan Smuts Avenue on this section, work was begun on an underpass. Work that had started on the eastern-bypass, the Berea-Sivewright Street section, was completed. At the southern end of the M1 Goch Street double-decker section, work began on the Westgate Interchange that would connect the M1 and M2 motorways, but work was problematic when mine workings below the site became an issue. On
4104-417: The northern terminus of the N9 just south-west of the town. Approximately 35km after Colesberg, the N1 crosses the Orange River and enters the Free State . After the Orange River crossing, the N1 makes a direct line for Bloemfontein , passing the towns of Springfontein , Trompsburg and Edenburg , heading in a more northerly direction. Upon entering Bloemfontein, the N1 meets the northern terminus of
4176-406: The other running to north–south on the western side of the CBD. The plan was linked to national and provincial governments plan by the National Transport Commission for the Western and Eastern Bypasses , the future N1 and N3 in northern Johannesburg. The plan for the original motorway began in Bramley at Corlett Drive and headed south through Killarney and Parktown before cutting through
4248-416: The other side of the Limpopo River is also called Beitbridge . The section of the N1 from Cape Town to the split with the N12 national route at Three Sisters, Northern Cape is declared part of the Trans-African Highway Network no. 4 or Cairo-Cape Town Highway , which is the route designated by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa between Cairo and Cape Town . (The route continues as
4320-400: The planned motorways. Booysens Road was widened to become a dual carriageway to connect with the future M1 on its southern route. The Harrow Road (Joe Slovo Drive) scheme was completed. Work continued on the Berea-Sivewright motorway bypass works. On the M1 motorway northern route, contracts were awarded for work from Braamfontein through University Ridge to Rockridge Road in Parktown. As
4392-413: The remaining sections, costing R10.3 million of which the land cost R2 million, that would connect both the M1 and M2. During October 1969, the M1 northern motorway section from De Korte Street in Braamfontein to Sherbourne Avenue, Parktown was opened. In February 1970 the Smit Street off-ramp, just north of Braamfontein Railway Bridge, opened connecting the M1 to Braamfontein. Project work on part of
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#17328512225444464-409: The ridge between the University of the Witwatersrand and the Milner Park Agricultural Showgrounds and then over the Braamfontein railway yards through Newtown to the east–west interchange. From there it would cross Crown Mines land and head southwards past Robertsham to another proposed interchange and future Western Bypass (N12) before ending at the beginning of the Kimberley Road. Ground
4536-410: The roads connecting to the M1 on Oxford Avenue, Corlett Drive and Jan Smuts Avenue in Rosebank. More motorway on the M1 north was opened extending it from Parktown to Houghton when the 11th Avenue (R25) offramps were completed. The Crown Interchange tender on the M1/M2 was finally awarded and a completion date set for 1974. Heidelberg Interchange on the M2 eastern section was opened and connected
4608-435: The suburbs of Goodwood and Bellville , where the R300 terminates at it, before heading towards Paarl . Within the City of Cape Town the volume of two-way traffic ranges between 95,000 and 120,000 vehicles a day. During week days during peak traffic times (inbound towards the Cape Town city bowl in the morning and outbound in the afternoon) traffic jams extending up to 12 kilometers in length are common. At Paarl,
4680-421: The tunnel, the N1 winds through the Molenaar River Valley (which is a short dual carriageway section) before emerging from the valley and heading towards Worcester , bypassing Rawsonville . From Worcester, the route heads through the Hex River Valley , passing De Doorns and then enters the Karoo by ascending the Hex River Pass en route to Touws River . Currently only the section of the N1 passing through
4752-407: The two roads split, and the N1 turns east as Table Bay Boulevard, passing the Ysterplaat Air Force Base and Century City before the N7 intersects it on its own way out of the city towards Namibia . Major improvements have been made to the Koeberg Interchange, where the N1 meets the M5 , one of the main arterial routes linking Milnerton with the Southern Suburbs . The N1 then heads through
4824-407: Was a toll project, aimed at the entire national road network in Johannesburg. As a result, the entire Western Bypass was declared an e-toll highway (with open road tolling ) with 4 electronic tolling gantries in each direction from 3 December 2013 onwards. On 12 April 2024, e-tolls in Gauteng were shut down, effectively making the entire Western Bypass a toll-free route. Very noticeably, the road
4896-407: Was also completed and would connect the road to the M1 South at the southern end of the motorway on the latter's completion. Work on the Siemert Road / End Street route making up part of the eastern bypass was completed. Empire Road and Oxford Road's connections to the M1 northern route had been realigned and re-orientated. In March 1969, the 2.4 km West Street to Braamfontein connection begun on
4968-404: Was broken for the new North-South Motorway on 28 May 1962 by Transport Minister Ben Schoeman , Administrator of the Transvaal, F.H. Odendaal and Johannesburg Mayor, Keith Flemming, just north of the Braamfontein Yards, site of the first bridge on the elevated motorway. The first section would be opened in the CBD in 1967 and rest of the motorway between 1972 and 1974. A two three-lane motorway
5040-413: Was designated the N9. The N1 begins in central Cape Town at the northern end of Buitengracht Street ( M62 ), outside the entrance to the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront . The first section of the N1 is shared with the beginning of the N2 ; it is a four-lane elevated freeway that runs along a strip of land between the city centre and the Port of Cape Town . On the eastern edge of the city centre
5112-437: Was planned with large medians for breakdowns, elevated in the Central business district (CBD) as it crossed the Braamfontein railway yards and then became a double-decker motorway south through to an interchange near Westgate where it met the East-West Motorway (M2). The speed limit was set at between 80 km/h (50 mph) in the city, increased to 100 km/h (60 mph) and was set to reach 110 km/h (70 mph)
5184-497: Was to become an underpass of the latter. At the southern end of Harrow Road, a flyover would cross Saratoga Avenue and would eventually connect with the redesigned Siemert and Sivewright Roads. Planning began for six-lane bridge that would have to cross the Braamfontein Railway Yard and would be part of the M1 motorway to connect the city with its northern and southern suburbs. Construction finally began in 1962 on
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