Johannesburg Ring Road
| Johannesburg Ring Road | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 83.2 km (51.7 mi) | |||
| Existed | 1971–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Beltway around Johannesburg | ||||
 N1 in to  N3 at Buccleuch Interchange N3 in to  N12 at Geldenhuys Interchange N12 in to N1 at Diepkloof Interchange | ||||
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Numbered routes of South Africa
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The Johannesburg Ring Road is a major part of the freeways that circle the city of Johannesburg, South Africa and services the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.[1][2][3][4]
History[]
Construction on the Ring Road began in the late 1960s. Sections of the Eastern Bypass first opened in 1971 while the last section of the Southern Bypass opened in 1986.
The Ring Road had two major aims when it was built: to allow traffic not destined for Johannesburg to bypass the city along a number of high-speed freeways in quick and easy fashion and also to allow for the mobility of Apartheid South African Army to defend the state from hostile neighbours or to quell violence in black townships during a state of emergency.[citation needed]
The Route[]
The Road is composed of three freeways that converge on the city, and form an 80-kilometre (50 mi) loop around Johannesburg. The 3 freeway that create the Ring Road include the N3 Eastern Bypass, the N1 Western Bypass and the N12 Southern Bypass.[5]
The entire road was built with asphalt and is mostly 8 lanes wide throughout (4 lanes in either direction), with parts having up to 12 lanes wide in some areas (6 lanes in either direction), the Johannesburg Ring Road is frequently clogged with traffic.[6]
The main intersections that complete the ring road include The , that connects the N3 Eastern Bypass with the N12 Southern Bypass, The , that connects the N12 Southern Bypass with the N1 Western Bypass and finally The connecting the N1 Western Bypass with the N3 Eastern Bypass.
To access the Johannesburg CBD, the M1 connects to the N1 And N3 at the Buccleuch Interchange and runs through the CBD and ends at the R82. The M2 also connect to the CBD running from the Geldenhuys Interchange to the R41[7]
References[]
- ^ "Roads". www.joburg.org.za. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Vivier, Tyler Leigh (10 July 2020). "The Johannesburg ring road was seen from space and its stunning!". Good Things Guy. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Explore SA's best roads: Jozi's Ring Road beltway". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Mitchell, M. F.; Lucykx, L. M. G. P.; Stanway, R. A. (1 January 1990), "The Johannesburg National Ring Road", Orbital motorways, Conference Proceedings, Thomas Telford Publishing, pp. 123–141, doi:10.1680/om.15913.0009, ISBN 978-0-7277-4846-1, retrieved 17 April 2021
- ^ "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
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