R24 (South Africa)

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Provincial route R24
OR Tambo Int'l
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CountrySouth Africa
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Highway system
  • Numbered routes of South Africa
← R23→ R25

The R24 is a major East-West

OR Tambo International Airport with Rustenburg via Johannesburg, Krugersdorp and Magaliesburg.[1] The section of the route from OR Tambo International westwards up to a point in Roodepoort has been named Albertina Sisulu Road since 2013, named after anti-apartheid stalwart Albertina Sisulu.[2][3]

Ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Johannesburg City Parks did works on the Albertina Sisulu Freeway section before handing responsibility for the freeway back to the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport.[4]

Route

Map
Detailed Route

Gauteng

The R24 begins at

M37).[1]

In

N3 Eastern Bypass southwards on the Johannesburg Ring Road, leaving the R24 as the westwards freeway into Johannesburg. Just after the interchange with the N3 & N12, it passes north of the Eastgate Shopping Centre and leaves the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality to enter the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Here, the R24 stops being a freeway.[1]

It passes through some of

Roodepoort.[1]

Next, the R24 runs west to Roodepoort. It passes through the

Maraisburg and Florida suburbs, the R24 runs in a northwesterly direction through the CBD of Roodepoort. After bypassing Westgate Shopping Centre, the R24 leaves the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and enters Krugersdorp in the Mogale City Local Municipality.[1]

Through Krugersdorp, it first passes by Factoria before passing through the southern end of Krugersdorp CBD, where it intersects with the R28 route. After Krugersdorp West, the R24 makes up the southern border of the Krugersdorp Game Reserve. It then heads north-west, crossing the N14 national route at Tarlton and continuing towards Magaliesburg, which is a holiday and weekend destination for people of Johannesburg and Pretoria. On this section, just after the N14 junction, it passes by the Tarlton International Raceway. It forms the main road through Magaliesburg, meeting the eastern terminus of the R509 route in the town before meeting the south-western terminus of the R560 route north of the town.[1]

The R24 forms the main road through Magaliesburg

North West

After Magaliesburg in the

national road in September 2012 and is now maintained by SANRAL.[7][8]

Geography

Street name

By October 2013, every street and freeway that makes up the R24 from

Maraisburg suburb of Roodepoort, the street for vehicles going eastwards is still named 9th Street (name did not change) (while the parallel street going the other direction was renamed to Albertina Sisulu Road).[11] The use of the street name Albertina Sisulu Road ends in the northern part of Roodepoort, at the junction with Corlett Avenue, stretching a distance of 45 kilometres from the airport.[12]

Plans to rename Commissioner Street to Albertina Sisulu Road were included initially[13] and the family of Sisulu welcomed this proposal[14] but only the one-way-street for the other direction (east), Market Street, was renamed to Albertina Sisulu Road[6] while Commissioner Street wasn't renamed.

As the R24 is known as the Albertina Sisulu Freeway in Ekurhuleni between

OR Tambo International Airport interchange with the R24 north to the Flying Saucer Interchange with the N1 south of Pretoria (east of Centurion) in City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality.[15][16][17] So, the R21 from Pretoria to OR Tambo International and the R24 from OR Tambo International to the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Bedfordview are together known as the Albertina Sisulu Freeway.[15]

History

e-tolls

Part of the N12 freeway in the Gauteng province was declared an e-toll highway (with open road tolling) from 3 December 2013 onwards,[18] including the 2 km section in Bedfordview where it is co-signed with the R24.[19] As a result, the westward side of the co-signed section had an e-toll gantry installed just before the George Bizos Interchange with the N3 and motorists would be billed for driving on that section on the route.[19]

Many motorists complained of the Loerie e-toll being positioned on the R24, as they believed that the R24 was meant to be a toll-free route for its entire length in which nobody would be charged for transporting from

National Road for only 2 km on the route from Johannesburg's Airport to Johannesburg's city centre.[19] SANRAL then changed the signs on both highways connected (N12 and R24) so as for them to indicate that there is an e-toll ahead when travelling westwards to the N3 interchange (every lane on the N12 and R24 west cosigned section passed through the gantry).[19]

The South African government announced on 28 March 2024[21] that e-tolls in Gauteng would officially be shut down on 11 April 2024 at midnight.[22][23] As a result of the e-toll discontinuation, all the e-toll gantries, including the Loerie e-toll on the N12 and R24 co-signed section, would no-longer operate.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Falkner, John (May 2012). South African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis (Report). National Department of Transport. pp. 1–6. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b Cox, Anna. "Ma Sisulu's name to be on 18 Joburg streets". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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  4. ^ "Gauteng Roads and Transport on Albertina Sisulu highway corridor (English)". 24 October 2013. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Here are the streets affected by Ekurhuleni's new name changes". The Citizen. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Maseng, Kabelo (21 October 2013). "Market Street makes way for Albertina Sisulu". Rosebank Killarney Gazette. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. ^ http://www.nra.co.za/live/content.php?Session_ID=2de9d6f0c7c27c5981d80b19d4b7c935&Item_ID=4680 [dead link‍]
  8. ^ https://www.nra.co.za/live/content.php?Session_ID=ac9f92a91946bc305c576c64415742f1&Item_ID=4877 [dead link‍]
  9. ^ a b "Gauteng to rename R21/R24 road to Albertina Sisulu Drive, 30 Aug | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Johannesburg". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Maraisburg". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Albertina Sisulu Road heralds a new era". IOL. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  13. ^ "More sports facilities planned". joburg.org.za. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  14. ^ "Sisulu family pleased with renaming". thenewage.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  15. ^ a b "allAfrica.com: South Africa: R21/24 Renamed Albertina Sisulu Freeway (Page 1 of 1)". Archived from the original on 31 August 2007.
  16. ^ "R21 renamed Albertina Sisulu". News24. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  17. ^ "The Albertina Sisulu (R21) expressway : Ekurhuleni". IMIESA. 36 (10). January 2011 – via Sabinet.
  18. ^ "E-tolls going live in Gauteng". fin24.com. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  19. ^ a b c d "Untolled misery on road from airport". iol.co.za. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Latest Breaking News news, breaking stories and comment".
  21. ^ Fraser, Luke (28 March 2024). "E-tolls to officially end next month". BusinessTech. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  22. ^ South African Government ends e-tolls in Gauteng press release published 28th of March 2024, retrieved and archived 5th of April 2024 [1]
  23. ^ a b Njilo, Nonkululeko (10 April 2024). "Gauteng set to finally end e-tolls, overdue fees remain". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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