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In metropolitan numbering schemes the local authority can designate routes consisting of M followed by any number, but it should not use numbers the same as those used by national, provincial or regional routes in the same area. This rule is not universally followed, for example in
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Numbering and Road Traffic Signs Sub Committee within the Roads Co-ordinating Body, an organisation which contains representatives from road authorities in national, provincial and
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Traffic Signs Manual, Volume 1: Uniform Traffic Control Devices
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African Numbered Route Description and Destination Analysis
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484:List of Metropolitan Routes in South Africa
303:List of Metropolitan Routes in South Africa
474:List of provincial routes in South Africa
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524:Metropolitan Routes in Pietermaritzburg
479:List of regional routes in South Africa
469:List of national routes in South Africa
455:Metropolitan Routes in Pietermaritzburg
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519:Metropolitan Routes in Port Elizabeth
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514:Metropolitan Routes in Bloemfontein
499:Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg
417:Metropolitan Routes in Bloemfontein
366:Metropolitan Routes in Johannesburg
489:Metropolitan Routes in East London
320:Metropolitan Routes in East London
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29:Numbered Routes in South Africa
18:Numbered Routes in South Africa
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509:Metropolitan Routes in Durban
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36:some roads are designated as
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296:metropolitan municipality
196:Regional parallel routes
271:where there is both an
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648:Roads in South Africa
344:City of Johannesburg
250:Metropolitan Routes
424:Nelson Mandela Bay
216:Transvaal Province
327:City of Cape Town
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537:References
348:Ekurhuleni
236:Free State
151:Road Signs
50:provincial
390:Ethekwini
360:West Rand
331:Cape Town
290:area and
163:Numbering
642:Category
599:25 March
564:Archived
407:Mangaung
377:Pretoria
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