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The highway has also been upgraded between Corlett Drive and the Buccleuch Interchange and consists of 3/4 lanes in each direction. Lighting is found along the highway from Brakfontein Interchange to Corlett Drive. The highway now includes upgraded overhead signage as well as electronic signage.
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The northern section of the highway between Brakfontein Interchange and Potgieter Street has not been upgraded, although the road has been resurfaced at times. It remains 2 lanes in each direction, does not have central lighting, and does not have any overhead signage. As a result of the
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b) The second major upgrade of the highway, also from Buccleuch interchange to the Brakfontein Interchange was part of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project. The highway was upgraded from 3 lanes to 4 - 5 lanes in each direction, although between the Buccleuch Interchange and the
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a) The first upgrade in the late 1980s saw the section between Buccleuch and Brakfontein Interchanges upgraded to a minimum of 3 lanes in each direction. The highway was completely rebuilt using concrete. New interchanges were added at the New Road and Samrand Avenue.
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The highway was in fact opened in the reverse order, beginning in 1968 with the section from Potgieter Street to just south of Brakfontein. The second section to be opened ran from Brakfontein to just south of the then
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Allandale Road Interchange this has been increased to 6 lanes. Although concrete underlies some of the lanes for heavy/slow traffic, the road surface is now tar for the entire length of the Ben Schoeman Highway.
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Two major upgrades have been done on the Ben Schoeman Highway, which was initially 2 lanes in each direction from Potgieter Street to Corlett Drive.
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The M1 and N1 sections of the Ben Schoeman Highway, that is from the Corlett Drive (M30) off-ramp to the Brakfontein Interchange, are maintained by
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The entire N1 section, from the Buccleuch Interchange to the Brakfontein Interchange, was a toll road from 3 December 2013 as part of the Gauteng
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In Centurion, at the Brakfontein interchange, the N1 meets the N14 and they switch highways, with the N1 becoming the eastwards highway (
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From the Brakfontein Interchange, the Ben Schoeman Highway continues northwards as the N14 directly into
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at Kgosi Mampuru Street (formerly Potgieter Street) in Salvokop, south of Pretoria Central.
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press release published 28th of March 2024, retrieved and archived 5th of April 2024
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The two main interchanges on the Ben Schoeman highway northwards are the
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to Krugersdorp), where the highway changes from N1 to N14 designation.
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The Ben Schoeman Highway begins under the designation of the
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The Ben Schoeman Highway heading in the direction of
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The Ben Schoeman Highway heading in the direction of
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was changed, and so southbound traffic now exits to
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