M4 (Pretoria)

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Metropolitan route M4 shield
Metropolitan route M4
Route information
Maintained by City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and SANRAL
Length26 km (16 mi)
Major junctions
East end M5 in Arcadia
Major intersections
West end R511 / R104 near Hartbeespoort
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
  • Numbered routes of South Africa
← M3→ M5

The M4 road is a metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria with Hartbeespoort.[1][2][3][4] The route is a toll road, with two tollgates on the freeway section between Pretoria West and Hartbeespoort (one at either end).

For its entire length, it is parallel to the R104 road, which also connects Pretoria with Hartbeespoort.

Route

The M4 begins in

M18 route (Thabo Sehume Street; Bosman Street) before meeting the two one-way streets of the R101 route (Sophie de Bruyn Street; Kgosi Mampuru Street).[6]

At the junction with the

M1 route (E'skia Mphahlele Drive) in Marabastad, the M4 stops being two one-way streets and becomes one street westwards named Vom Hagen Street, passing through Pretoria West. At the junction with the R55 route (Transoranje Road) south of Danville, the M4 becomes the Magalies Toll Route and has the Quagga Toll Plaza just after.[6]

The M4 heads west as a freeway for 18 km (11 mi), with one off-ramp north of Atteridgeville (south of Lotus Gardens), to reach the Pelindaba Toll Plaza just before the North West Province boundary. Immediately after the tollgate, the M4 ends at an off-ramp t-junction, with the road southwards providing access to Pelindaba and Broederstroom (7 km [4.3 mi] away) and the road northwards providing access to the R511 road to Hartbeespoort (7 km [4.3 mi] away).[6]

History

Main article: N4 (South Africa) § History and Developments

The current M4 was part of the original main route from

Pretoria Bypass, which forms part of the Platinum Highway maintained by Bakwena,[7] in order for the city centre to be bypassed to the north and east.[8]
So, both Hartbeespoort and Pretoria Central are bypassed to the north.

The old route through Pretoria Central, specifically from the M5 junction to the west, was then re-designated as the M4 Metropolitan Route of Tshwane,[9] although some Global Positioning Systems still label this old route as the N4 together with the newer route north of Pretoria.[6] Even the road signage on the Magalies Toll Freeway section may still have N4 indicated rather than M4,[10] with M4 showing on signs off the highway.[11]

References

  1. ^ "RDDA South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis". National Department of Transport. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Tshwane Bus Routes - A0" (PDF).
  3. ^ "City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality - Overview". municipalities.co.za. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Pretoria Map". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Street Name Changes in Pretoria" (PDF).
  6. ^ a b c d Google (28 September 2022). "M4 (Pretoria)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Home". Bakwena. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  8. ^ Franz, Laura. "Platinum toll-road speeds ahead". www.engineeringnews.co.za. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Way: Magalies Toll Route (64316639)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Pelindaba Plaza Sign - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Lotus Gardens Road Sign - Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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