M4 (Durban)

Metropolitan route M4
Route information
Maintained by eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality
Length	60.5 km (37.6 mi)
Major junctions
South end	N2 / R102 near Umlazi
Major intersections	M7 near Clairwood R102 in Durban CBD N3 / M13 in Durban CBD M15 in Durban CBD R102 in Durban CBD M12 in Durban CBD M17 near Durban CBD M21 near Durban North M41 in Umhlanga Rocks M12 in Umhlanga Rocks M27 near Umdloti M43 near Tongaat N2 near Ballito
North end	R102 near Ballito
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← M1 → M5

The M4 is a north-south metropolitan route in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. It runs from the N2 at the defunct Durban International Airport to Ballito via the Durban Central Business District (CBD) and Umhlanga. The sections between the airport and the southern edge of the CBD, and between the northern edge of the CBD and the exit to Umhlanga are classified as freeway. On the section from the southern edge of the CBD (where the freeway ends) to the Bram Fischer Street/Soldier's Way junction, the M4 is cosigned with the R102.

Route

The M4 begins at an interchange with the N2 Highway (Durban Outer Ring Road) and the R102 Road adjacent to the old Durban International Airport & AFB Durban (just east of Umlazi). It begins by going north-north-east for 12 kilometres as a highway, parallel to the R102, to reach the Durban Central Business District near the Port of Durban, where it stops being a highway and makes a left and a right turn to join the R102 and be co-signed with it through the city centre.

While co-signed with the R102, it is Julius Nyerere Street northwards and Market Street southwards (one-way streets). Just after passing under the N3 Highway in the CBD, the M4/R102 turn eastwards and become Johannes Nkosi Street eastwards and David Webster Street westwards (one-way streets).

At the Umgeni Road junction, the R102 becomes Umgeni Road northwards while the M4 remains facing eastwards (still one-way streets). Just after meeting the M12 by the Kingsmead Stadium, the M4 turns northwards to become Stalwart Simelane Street. It goes northwards for 40 kilometres, becoming Ruth First Highway, bypassing the Moses Mabhida Stadium and passing through Durban North (where Virginia Airport is located), Umhlanga Rocks and Tongaat Beach as the Leo Boyd Highway, to exit the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and reach Ballito, where it makes a left turn onto Ballito Drive and meets the N2 Highway again. It ends shortly thereafter at another junction with the R102.

External links

• eThekwini Online - Roads Home Page