M6 (Pretoria) Explained

Country:ZAF
Terminus A: near Pretoria West
Next Route:7
Next Type:M
Previous Route:5
Previous Type:M
Terminus B: near Bapsfontein
Direction B:East
Junction: in Pretoria CBD
in Pretoria CBD
in Pretoria CBD
in Sunnyside
in Brooklyn
in Brooklyn
in Lynnwood
in Lynnwood Ridge
in Die Wilgers
in Wapadrand
Direction A:West
Type:M
Length Km:40.2
Maint:City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Route:6
Previous Dab:Pretoria
Next Dab:Pretoria

The M6 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West with a rural area east of Pretoria via Pretoria CBD, Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Wapadrand.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Route

The M6 route begins in-between Pretoria West and Pretoria CBD, at a junction with the M2 route (Nana Sita Street) and the M1 route (Es'kia Mphahlele Drive). It starts by being a westwards one-way-street named Visagie Street through the Pretoria CBD (eastwards driving is via Nana Sita Street), meeting the R101 route (Kgosi Mampuru Street; Schubart Street) and the M18 route (Bosman Street; Thabo Sehume Street), up to the junction with the M3 route (Nelson Mandela Drive), where it becomes Kotze Street (no-longer a one-way street).

From the M3 junction, the M6 heads eastwards through the Sunnyside suburb, meeting the M5 route (Steve Biko Road; Troye Street), becoming Jorissen Street, to bypass the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, the University of Pretoria and the Pretoria Boys High School, where it becomes Lynnwood Road.[5] It passes through the suburb of Brooklyn, where it meets the M7 route (Jan Shoba Street) and the M30 route (Brooklyn Road).[5] It forms the northern boundary of the Menlo Park suburb before entering Lynnwood, where it crosses the N1 highway (Pretoria Eastern Bypass).[5]

On the other side of the N1, it passes in-between Lynnwood Glen and Lynnwood Manor before passing through Lynnwood Ridge, where it meets the northern terminus of the M33 route (January Masilela Drive).[5] It then passes through Die Wilgers, where it meets the southern terminus of the M12 route (Simon Vermooten Road).[5] It then forms the southern boundary of the Equestria suburb and reaches Wapadrand, where it meets the M10 route (Solomon Mahlangu Drive).[5]

The M6 turns to the south-east and heads for 22 km, becoming Graham Road and bypassing Silver Lakes, through a rural area, to end at a junction with the R25 route about 11 km north-east of Bapsfontein (just north of Welbekend).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: May 2012 . RDDA South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis . 25 March 2021 . National Department of Transport.
  2. Web site: Tshwane Bus Routes - A0 .
  3. Web site: City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality - Overview . 2022-05-26 . municipalities.co.za.
  4. Web site: Pretoria Map . 2022-05-26 . www.sa-venues.com.
  5. Book: Map Studio (Firm) . Pretoria street guide : includes Polokwane and Rustenburg . 2005 . Cape Town : MapStudio . Internet Archive . 978-1-86809-793-7.