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{{Short description|Metropolitan route in the City of Cape Town, South Africa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox road
{{Cape Town freeways}}▼
| country = ZAF
| type = CTM
| route = 7
| maint = [[City of Cape Town]] and [[Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Western Cape Department: Transport and Public Works|url=https://provincialgovernment.co.za/units/view/124/western-cape/transport-and-public-works|access-date=2021-04-11|website=provincialgovernment.co.za}}</ref>
| map = Cape Town M7 route map.svg
| map_alt =
| map_notes =
| map_custom =
| length_mi =
| length_km = 24
| length_round =
| length_ref =
| established =
| direction_a = North
| direction_b = South
| terminus_a = {{Jct|country=ZAF|N|1|N|7}} in Acacia Park
| terminus_b = {{Jct|country=ZAF|R|310}} in Rocklands
| junction = {{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|25}} in [[Goodwood, Cape Town|Goodwood]]<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|R|102}} in Goodwood<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|16}} in [[Epping, Cape Town|Epping]]<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|N|2}} in [[Thornton, Cape Town|Thornton]]<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|18}} in Vanguard<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|24}} in Hatton Estate<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|9}} in [[Nyanga, Western Cape|Nyanga]]<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|10}} in [[Philippi, Cape Town|Philippi]]<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|R|300}} in [[Mitchell's Plain]]<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|181}} in Mitchell's Plain<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|46}} in Mitchell's Plain<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|177}} in Mitchell's Plain<br />{{Jct|country=ZAF|CTM|32}} in Mitchell's Plain
| previous_dab = Cape Town
| next_dab = Cape Town
| previous_type = M
| next_type = M
| previous_route = 6
| next_route = 8
}}
The '''M7''', also named '''Jakes Gerwel Drive''' (previously Vanguard Drive; renamed on 18 January 2015<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/vanguard-drive-named-after-jakes-gerwel-1.1806141 | title=Vanguard Drive named after Jakes Gerwel | publisher=IOL | access-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>), is a [[limited-access road]] and [[Metropolitan Routes in Cape Town|metropolitan route]] in the [[City of Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. It connects [[Acacia Park, Cape Town|Acacia Park]] with Rocklands on the [[False Bay]] Coast via the [[Cape Flats]].
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== Route ==
The M7 begins at an interchange with the [[N1 (South Africa)|N1 highway]] and the southern terminus of the [[N7 (South Africa)|N7 highway]] adjacent to [[Acacia Park, Cape Town|Acacia Park]]. The M7 begins by heading southwards as Jakes Gerwel Drive (formerly Vanguard Drive; renamed on 18 January 2015<ref name=":0" />), forming the western boundary of [[Goodwood, Western Cape|Goodwood]], to meet the [[R102 (South Africa)|R102]] (Voortrekker Road). It then separates [[Thornton, Cape Town|Thornton]] in the west from the GrandWest Casino in the east before meeting the [[M16 (Cape Town)|M16]] (Viking Way) and separating the two sides of the [[Epping, Cape Town|Epping Industrial Area]].
It then crosses the [[N2 (South Africa)|N2 highway]] and proceeds south-south-east for 9 kilometres, through Vanguard, bypassing [[Manenberg]], through [[Philippi, Western Cape|Philippi]] (bypassing its [[Philippi Horticultural|Horticultural Area]]), to reach [[Mitchells Plain|Mitchell's Plain]], where it meets the southern terminus of the [[R300 (South Africa)|R300 freeway]] (Cape Flats Freeway; [[Peninsula Expressway (Cape Town)|Peninsula Expressway]]). It continues southwards from the R300 junction as the western boundary of Mitchell's Plain to reach Rocklands on the [[False Bay]] coast, where it meets the [[M32 (Cape Town)|M32]] (Spine Road) before reaching its end at an intersection with the [[R310 (Western Cape)|R310]] (Baden Powell Drive) adjacent to Mnandi Beach.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Roads in Cape Town]]
[[Category:Highways in South Africa]]
[[Category:Metropolitan routes in Cape Town]]
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