R24 (South Africa)
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The R24 is a major East-West provincial route in the Gauteng and North West provinces that links OR Tambo International Airport with Rustenburg via Johannesburg, Krugersdorp and Magaliesburg. The process of renaming the streets and freeway that form the route from Krugersdorp eastward to OR Tambo International after anti-apartheid stalwart Albertina Sisulu was completed in 2013.
After passing through Central Johannesburg and some of Johannesburg's eastern suburbs (a section maintained by the Johannesburg Roads Agency, a department of the City of Johannesburg), the route becomes a freeway outside Eastgate Shopping Centre in Bedfordview, a section which is maintained by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport, part of the Gauteng Provincial Government. This freeway section of the route intersects with the N3 and the N12 at Gillooly's Interchange. There are offramps that lead to Edenvale, and parts of Kempton Park, before the road ends in the vicinity of OR Tambo International Airport, at the R21 leading to Pretoria and Boksburg.
The Route From East To West
The R24 begins at Johannesburg International Airport in the East Rand (Ekurhuleni).
It heads west as a freeway, beginning with an interchange with the R21, then heads south-west through the southern edge of Kempton Park (where it has a junction at Barbara Road - M58) and Edenvale (where it has junction at Van Riebeeck Road, Also Called Edenvale Road - M37/52).
In Bedfordview (after The Edenvale junction), the R24 intersects the N12 Freeway from the west from Mpumalanga towards Johannesburg for about 2 km, with an e-toll on that section of the national road (the only toll on the entire R24). Right after the e-toll, at the Gillooly's Interchange with the N3, the N12 co-joins with the N3 Eastern Bypass southwards on the Johannesburg Ring Road, leaving R24 as the straight road west into Johannesburg. Just after the interchange with the N3, it passes north of the Eastgate Shopping Centre and crosses the border between the City Of Ekurhuleni and the City of Johannesburg and the R24 stops being a freeway.
It passes through some of Johannesburg's eastern suburbs in a south-westerly direction, including Bruma and Kensington, before passing into Johannesburg CBD and becomes two one-way streets (one going east and the other west). Just before crossing under Johannesburg's M1 Freeway, it intersects with the R41 Road Main Reef Road. The R41 route is an alternative route to the R24 route as they both head for Roodepoort.
Next, the R24 heads for Roodepoort. It crosses the N1 at the Maraisburg junction and enters Roodepoort. After passing through the Maraisburg and Florida suburbs, the R24 becomes a north-westerly route through Roodepoort Central. At Westgate, the R24 enters Krugersdorp, Mogale City Local Municipality.
Through Krugersdorp, it first passes by Factoria before passing through the southern end of Krugersdorp CBD. After Krugersdorp West, the R24 makes up the southern border of the Krugersdorp Game Reserve. It then heads north-west, crossing the N14, towards Magaliesburg, which is a holiday and weekend destination for people of Johannesburg And Pretoria. On this section, it passes by the Tarlton International Raceway.
After Magaliesburg, the R24 leaves Gauteng and enters the North-West Province in a north-westerly direction. It heads for Olifantsnek, where it bypasses the Kgaswane Mountain Reserve. After the Kgaswane Reserve, it crosses the N4 Platinum Highway and enters the city of Rustenburg. It terminates at the intersection with the R104. Although, most sources refer to the road heading north-west through Rustenburg Central up to the intersection with the N4 as the R24 rather than the R104.
The entire section of the R24 in North-West Province is regarded as a national road and is operated by SANRAL.[1]
Street Name
by October 2013, every street and freeway that makes up R24 from Johannesburg International Airport, Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, through Johannesburg and Roodepoort, to Krugersdorp was officially named after Albertina Sisulu.
The use of the street name "Albertina Sisulu Road" ends in Krugersdorp East (coming from Roodepoort), at the junction with Coronation Street. From there, while being the road separating Luipaardsvlei from Krugersdorp CBD, it is known as Luipaard Street. After Krugersdorp CBD, it is known as Rustenburg Road for the remainder of its length, from Krugersdorp, through Magaliesburg, up To Olifantsnek Dam, where it enters Rustenburg.
As the R24 is known as the Albertina Sisulu Freeway in Ekurhuleni between Eastgate Shopping Centre and Johannesburg International Airport, the use of the name doesn't end there. The R21 is often also called the Albertina Sisulu Freeway, Particularly the section from the Johannesburg International Airport interchange north to the N1 Flying Saucer interchange near Centurion and Pretoria in Tshwane.