The M81 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa.[1][2] It connects Craighall Park with Bryanston. For its entire route, it is named Winnie Mandela Drive (formerly William Nicol Drive; renamed on 26 September 2023[3][4][5][6][7]).

Route

The M81 begins as Winnie Mandela Drive (formerly William Nicol Drive[3][4][5][6][7]) just north of Craighall Park at the intersection with Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) (by the Hyde Park Corner Shopping Mall).[8]: 55  It heads north, passing through the suburbs of Hyde Park, Sandhurst and Hurlingham.[8]: 55  In Parkmore, the M75 Sandton Drive intercepts the route as a T-junction, the main route to Sandton City.[8]: 33  Turning north-west, the route crosses the Braamfontein Spruit in Hurlingham Manor and is intersected at a T-junction with the westbound Republic Road (M13), the main road to Randburg.[8]: 33  It turns north and passes through Sandton and into Bryanston.[8]: 33  Here it crosses the major road junctions of Main (M71) and Grosvenor Roads (M64).[8]: 15  It continues north-westwards crossing Bryanston Drive (M74) and shortly reaches the N1 highway (Western Bypass) junction no. 95.[8]: 15 [9] Here, the M81 ends but Winnie Mandela Drive continues north-north-west as the R511.[8]: 15 

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. ^ a b Nkonki, Anita (26 September 2023). "EFF celebrates the fight for renaming of William Nicol Drive to Winnie Mandela Drive". IOL. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Goodbye William Nicol Drive". BusinessTech. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "William Nicol Drive to be renamed Winnie Mandela - eNCA". www.enca.com. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b Patrick, Alex. "William Nicol Drive officially renamed Winnie Mandela Drive". News24. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b Dentlinger, Lindsay. "Cabinet backs CoJ decision to rename William Nicol Drive to Winnie Mandela Drive". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.
  9. ^ "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M81_(Johannesburg)
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