M30 (Johannesburg) Explained

Country:ZAF
Route:30
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: Ontdekkers Road
Junction: Beyers Naude Drive
Barry Hertzog Avenue
Jan Smuts Avenue
Oxford Road
De Villiers Graaff motorway
Louis Botha Avenue
Terminus B: Modderfontein Road
Type:JM
Length Km:21.1
Maint:Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Next Type:JM
Previous Type:JM
Previous Route:27
Next Route:31

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] It heads east as Mollie Road before turning north-east as Long Road through Newlands.[3] Continuing through Albertskroon as 5th Street then for a short distance as Milner Avenue where it crosses the Montgomery Spruit through Montgomery Park.[3] The route splits from Millar and becomes Preller Drive and soon crosses the Beyers Naude Drive (M5) in Linden.[3] 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] Tana crosses the Rustenburg Road / Barry Hertzog Avenue (M71) in Greenside and then becomes 6th Street in Parkhurst in an easterly direction.[3] 6th Street becomes 7th Avenue in Parktown North and reaches Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) in Rosebank.[3] 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] 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] Heading through Bramley, it intersects Louis Botha Avenue (M11) and into Kew as 9th Road.[3] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents. 2021-03-23. www.jra.org.za.
  2. Web site: Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report. 23 March 2021. Johannesburg Road Agency Website.
  3. Book: Street Guide Witwatersrand . MapStudio . 1996 . 8th.