Metropolitan route M6
Route information
Maintained by City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
Length	40.2 km (25.0 mi)
Major junctions
West end	M1 / M2 near Pretoria West
Major intersections	R101 in Pretoria CBD M18 in Pretoria CBD M3 in Pretoria CBD M5 in Sunnyside M7 in Brooklyn M30 in Brooklyn N1 / M16 in Lynnwood M33 in Lynnwood Ridge M12 in Die Wilgers M10 in Wapadrand
East end	R25 near Bapsfontein
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← M5 → M7

The M6 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West with a rural area east of Pretoria via Pretoria CBD, Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Wapadrand.^[1][2][3][4]

Route

The M6 route begins in-between Pretoria West and Pretoria CBD, at a junction with the M2 route (Nana Sita Street) and the M1 route (Es'kia Mphahlele Drive). It starts by being a westwards one-way-street named Visagie Street through the Pretoria CBD (eastwards driving is via Nana Sita Street), meeting the R101 Route (Kgosi Mampuru Street; Schubart Street) and the M18 route (Bosman Street; Thabo Sehume Street), up to the junction with the M3 route (Nelson Mandela Drive), where it becomes Kotze Street (no-longer a one-way street).^{[5]: 38 [6]}

From the M3 junction, the M6 heads eastwards through the Sunnyside suburb, meeting the M5 route (Steve Biko Road; Troye Street), becoming Jorissen Street, to bypass the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, the University of Pretoria and the Pretoria Boys High School, where it becomes Lynnwood Road.^[5]: 39 It passes through the suburb of Brooklyn, where it meets the M7 route (Jan Shoba Street) and the M30 route (Brooklyn Road).^[5]: 39 It forms the northern boundary of the Menlo Park suburb before entering Lynnwood, where it crosses the N1 Highway (Pretoria Eastern Bypass).^[5]: 40

On the other side of the N1, it passes in-between Lynnwood Glen and Lynnwood Manor before passing through Lynnwood Ridge, where it meets the northern terminus of the M33 route (January Masilela Drive).^[5]: 41 It then passes through Die Wilgers, where it meets the southern terminus of the M12 route (Simon Vermooten Road).^[5]: 42 It then forms the southern boundary of the Equestria suburb and reaches Wapadrand, where it meets the M10 route (Solomon Mahlangu Drive).^[5]: 53

The M6 turns to the south-east and heads for 22 km, becoming Graham Road and bypassing Silver Lakes, through a rural area, to end at a junction with the R25 Route about 11 km north-east of Bapsfontein (just north of Welbekend).^[7]

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