M5 (Cape Town)

Metropolitan route M5 shield
Metropolitan route M5
Route information
Maintained by City of Cape Town and Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works[1]
Length37 km (23 mi)
Major junctions
North end N7 in Dunoon
Major intersections M14 in Killarney Gardens
M87 in Milnerton
M8 in Milnerton
N1 in Brooklyn
M16 in Maitland
N2 / M52 in Mowbray
M18 in Athlone
M34 in Rondebosch
M24 in Kenilworth
M68 in Plumstead
M38 in Southfield
M55 in Grassy Park
M35 in Grassy Park
South end R310 in Muizenberg
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
M4 M6

The M5 is an expressway in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. It connects Milnerton on the Western Seaboard in the north to Muizenberg in the south, and crosses both the N1 and the N2. For part of its length, from the N1 interchange to Plumstead, it is a limited-access freeway (motorway).[2][3] From Mowbray to Muizenberg it is parallel to the M4 Main Road.

  1. ^ "Western Cape Department: Transport and Public Works". provincialgovernment.co.za. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS". NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT. May 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "WCPP 2018/2019 Annual Report" (PDF). Western Cape Department Of Transport and Public Works. 2018–2019. Retrieved 11 April 2021.