Jan Smuts Avenue

Jan Smuts Avenue is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa. It begins in Randburg, and passes through important business areas like Rosebank. It passes the Johannesburg Zoo, Zoo Lake and Wits University before becoming Bertha Street, and the Nelson Mandela Bridge near the Johannesburg CBD. It has been described as "the most important road for a tourist" in Johannesburg. It forms part of Johannesburg's M27 route.

Metropolitan route M27
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Department of Roads and Transport (Gauteng)
Length7.75 mi (12.47 km)
Existed1890s–present
Major junctions
South endBertha Street, Braamfontein
Major intersections M1 Junction 14 Jan Smuts Ave/M27, Parktown
M16 Upper Park Drive, Forrest Town
Westcliff Drive, Westcliff, Gauteng
R25 Cotswold Drive, Saxonwold
M20 Chester Road, Parkwood
Bolton Road, Parkwood
M30 7th Avenue, Parktown North
Jellico Avenue, Rosebank
M81 Winnie Mandela Drive, Hyde Park
M13 Republic Road, Randburg
M71 Bram Fischer Drive, Randburg
North endBram Fischer Drive, Randburg
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Highway system
  • Numbered routes of South Africa
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