M12 (Cape Town)

Metropolitan route M12 shield Metropolitan route M12
Route information
Maintained by City of Cape Town and Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works
Length	34.5 km (21.4 mi)
Major junctions
North end	File:M13 ZAF jct.svg M13 at Burgundy Estate
Major intersections	File:M8 ZAF jct.svgFile:M14 ZAF jct.svg M8 / M14 near Edgemead File:M26 ZAF jct.svg M26 in Panorama File:SA road N1.svg N1 near Panorama File:M25 ZAF jct.svg M25 in Parow File:SA road R102.svg R102 in Parow File:M16 ZAF jct.svg M16 in Elsie's River File:M151 ZAF jct.svg M151 in Elsie's River File:M10 ZAF jct.svg M10 near Belhar File:M71 ZAF jct.svg M71 in Belhar File:M171 ZAF jct.svg M171 in Belhar File:M180 ZAF jct.svg M180 in Belhar File:SA road R300.svg R300 near Kuils River File:M182 ZAF jct.svg M182 in Kuils River File:M174 ZAF jct.svg M174 in Kuils River File:SA road R102.svg R102 in Kuils River
South end	File:SA road R310.svg R310 near Stellenbosch
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa
← M11 → M13

The M12 is a long metropolitan route in the City of Cape Town, South Africa. It connects Burgundy Estate with Stellenbosch via Parow, Elsie's River and Kuils River.

Route

The M12 begins at a junction with the M13 at Burgundy Estate in Milnerton, north of Cape Town. It begins by going eastwards for a few metres as Sienna Drive before turning southwards as Giel Basson Drive. It flies over the M14 (Plattekloof Road) and meets the M8 (Bosmansdam Road) before separating the Monte Vista and Panorama suburbs and flying over the N1 highway. Just after crossing the N1, it separates the Goodwood and Parow suburbs and reaches a junction with the R102 (Voortrekker Road). From the R102 junction, the M12 continues southwards through Elsie's River to reach a junction with the M10 (Robert Sobukwe Road) north of Cape Town International Airport, where it turns to the east as Stellenbosch Arterial road. It passes through the Belhar suburb before meeting and crossing the R300 freeway (Kuils River Freeway) and passing through the southern part of Kuils River, where it forms another junction with the R102 (Van Riebeeck Road). The M12 continues eastwards as Polkadraai Road, leaving the City of Cape Town and entering the Stellenbosch Local Municipality, to reach its end at a junction with the R310 (Baden Powell Drive; Adam Tas Road) about 4 kilometres west of the Stellenbosch town centre.