M5 (Johannesburg)

Metropolitan route M5
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport
Length	44.9 km (27.9 mi)
Major junctions
North end	R540
Major intersections	R552 at Elandsdrift N14 Interchange, Muldersdrift R564 Christiaan de Wet, Randpark Ridge Northumberland, Sundowner M6 Ysterhout Drive, Randpark Ridge John Vorster Road, Randpark Ridge N1 Western Bypass, Randpark Ridge M8 Judges Avenue/Pendoring Avenue, Blackheath R24 Albertina Sisulu Road, Mayfair West R41 Main Reef Road, Riverlea
South end	M38 Rifle Range Road, Ridgeway, Johannesburg
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← M2 → M6

The M5 is a long metropolitan route in the Greater Johannesburg metropolitan area in South Africa. It starts in Ridgeway in the southern suburbs of Johannesburg. It passes through Mayfair and Brixton before travelling through Melville, Roosevelt Park, Northcliff, Blackheath and traversing the N1 Western Bypass at Randpark Ridge. It passes under the N14 freeway near Muldersdrift passing through the agricultural holding before ending at Kromdraai Road in the Lindley Agricultural Holdings. The main part of the route runs along Beyers Naudé Drive.^[1][2]