M9 (Pretoria)
Road in Pretoria, South Africa
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The M9 road is a short metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Erasmusrand with Sunnyside via Waterkloof Ridge.[1][2][3][4] It consists of only two streets (Rigel Avenue and Florence Ribeiro Avenue).
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality | ||||
| Length | 7.6 km (4.7 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   N1 / R50 in Erasmuskloof | |||
 M7 in Groenkloof | ||||
| North end |  M11 in Sunnyside | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route
The M9 route begins in Erasmusrand (just west of Erasmuskloof), at a junction with the N1 highway (Danie Joubert Freeway; Pretoria Eastern Bypass) and the northern terminus of the R50 route (Delmas Road). It begins by heading north-north-west as Rigel Avenue, forming the main road through Waterkloof Ridge.[5]
After 4.7 kilometres, the M9 changes its street name to Florence Ribeiro Avenue (formerly Queen Wilhelmina Avenue[6]) and forms the boundary between the suburbs of Groenkloof to the west and Waterkloof to the east, continuing north-north-west. It then reaches a junction with the M7 route (George Storrar Drive; Middel Street) and continues for another 1.7 kilometres to reach its end at a junction with the M11 route (Justice Mahommed Street) in Sunnyside.[5]
