R562 (South Africa)

Regional route R562
Regional route R562
Route information
	Maintained by Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length	27 km (17 mi)
Major junctions
West end	N14 / R511 in Diepsloot
	R55 in Midrand; N1 in Midrand; R101 in Midrand
East end	R21 near Thembisa
Location
Country	South Africa
Major cities	Diepsloot; Midrand; Clayville; Thembisa;
Highway system
	Numbered routes of South Africa;

The R562 is a

Clayville) and Thembisa via Midrand.^[1]

Route

Its western terminus is an intersection with the R511 road (Winnie Mandela Drive) and the N14 highway at Diepsloot. It heads east as Summit Road, passing by Bridle Park and crossing the R55 (Main Road) to enter Midrand.

At the junction with the R55, the R562 changes its street name to Olifantsfontein Road and continues eastwards, separating the

Ben Schoeman Highway) and crosses it to enter the suburb of Randjespark

.

Just after the N1 interchange, the R562 forms an intersection with the R101 (Old Pretoria Main Road). The R562 joins the R101 northwards for 1.6 km before it becomes its own road eastwards, named Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Drive (previously Olifantsfontein Road^[2]), to form the northern border of the Glen Austin suburb. Just after the Randjesfontein suburb of Midrand, the R562 leaves the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and enters the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.

In Ekurhuleni, the R562 forms the southern border of the town of Olifantsfontein (

Clayville) and the northern border of the township of Thembisa. It forms a junction with the M57 metropolitan route just south of Clayville East before reaching its eastern terminus at an interchange with the R21 highway

.

References

^ "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "Here are the streets affected by Ekurhuleni's new name changes". The Citizen. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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[1] "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[2] "Here are the streets affected by Ekurhuleni's new name changes". The Citizen. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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