N1 Western Bypass (Johannesburg)

National route N1 shield
National route N1
Route information
Length37.9 km (23.5 mi)
Major junctions
South end N12 Diepkloof Interchange, Soweto
Major intersections M79 Rand Show Road, Diepkloof
M70 Soweto Highway, Diepkloof
N17 near Riverlea
R24 Albertina Sisulu Road Interchange, Bosmont
M8 14th Avenue Interchange, Quellerina
M5 Beyers Naudé Drive Interchange, Randpark Ridge
R512 Malibongwe Drive Interchange, Strijdompark
R511 Winnie Mandela Drive, Bryanston
M9 Rivonia Road Interchange, Woodmead
North end N3 / M1 Buccleuch Interchange
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system

The Western Bypass is a section of the N1 and the Johannesburg Ring Road located in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Known at the time as the Concrete Highway, the freeway was initially opened in 1975 as a route to avoid the city centre of Johannesburg and to provide access to the western areas of the Witwatersrand. From the south, the Western Bypass begins at the Diepkloof Interchange in Soweto, where it splits from the N12 freeway and ends at the Buccleuch Interchange, where it merges with the N3 Eastern Bypass, M1 South and N1 Ben Schoeman freeways.

The Western Bypass is the longest section of the Johannesburg Ring Road. The freeway is mostly four lanes wide in either direction, but fans out into six lanes between Rivonia and Buccleuch, where there is heavy traffic moving north towards Pretoria. The Western Bypass is part of the N1 road that spans the length of South Africa.[1][2][3][4]

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