M81 (Johannesburg)

The M81 is a short metropolitan route in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa.^[1][2] It connects Craighall Park with Bryanston. For its entire route, it is named Winnie Mandela Drive (formerly William Nicol Drive; renamed on 26 September 2023^{[3][4][5][6][7]}).

Metropolitan route M81
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length	10.1 km (6.3 mi)
Major junctions
South end	M27 in Craighall Park
Major intersections	M75 in Parkmore M13 in Hurlingham M64 in Bryanston M71 in Bryanston M74 in Bryanston
North end	N1 / R511 in Bryanston
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← M80 → M82

Route

The M81 begins as Winnie Mandela Drive (formerly William Nicol Drive^{[3][4][5][6][7]}) just north of Craighall Park at the intersection with Jan Smuts Avenue (M27) (by the Hyde Park Corner Shopping Mall).^[8]: 55 It heads north, passing through the suburbs of Hyde Park, Sandhurst and Hurlingham.^[8]: 55 In Parkmore, the M75 Sandton Drive intercepts the route as a T-junction, the main route to Sandton City.^[8]: 33 Turning north-west, the route crosses the Braamfontein Spruit in Hurlingham Manor and is intersected at a T-junction with the westbound Republic Road (M13), the main road to Randburg.^[8]: 33 It turns north and passes through Sandton and into Bryanston.^[8]: 33 Here it crosses the major road junctions of Main (M71) and Grosvenor Roads (M64).^[8]: 15 It continues north-westwards crossing Bryanston Drive (M74) and shortly reaches the N1 highway (Western Bypass) junction no. 95.^{[8]: 15 [9]} Here, the M81 ends but Winnie Mandela Drive continues north-north-west as the R511.^[8]: 15

References

1. "Johannesburg Roads Agency - Company documents". www.jra.org.za. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
2. "Johannesburg Road Agency Q2 2021 Report" (PDF). Johannesburg Road Agency Website. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
3. Nkonki, Anita (26 September 2023). "EFF celebrates the fight for renaming of William Nicol Drive to Winnie Mandela Drive". IOL. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
4. "Goodbye William Nicol Drive". BusinessTech. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
5. "William Nicol Drive to be renamed Winnie Mandela - eNCA". www.enca.com. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
6. Patrick, Alex. "William Nicol Drive officially renamed Winnie Mandela Drive". News24. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
7. Dentlinger, Lindsay. "Cabinet backs CoJ decision to rename William Nicol Drive to Winnie Mandela Drive". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
8. Street Guide Witwatersrand (8th ed.). MapStudio. 1996.
9. "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.