Louis Botha Avenue (part of Johannesburg Metropolitan Route M11) is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa. Originally part of the main road between central Johannesburg and Pretoria, it runs along through the north-eastern parts of the city from Hillbrow to Sandton, passing through numerous older suburbs, including Houghton and Orange Grove, before it becomes the Pretoria Main Road (R101) which passes the Alexandra Township and continues to Midrand and Pretoria. Route Louis Botha Ave, which is part of the M11 Metropolitan Route, begins at the top of the Johannesburg CBD in the suburbs of Hillbrow and Berea and then heads north-east passing through Houghton to the north and Yeoville and Bellevue to the south. In Houghton it passes close to the private boys schools of St John's College (1889) and King Edward VII school (1911). After this point the road curves and is ominously nicknamed Deathbend due to the number of car accidents at the spot. The route then enters the suburb of Orange Grove, passing the new Victory Theatre (2007), the older one torn down in 2005 which has its origins aa a cinema in 1929 and renamed after the end of World War II as the Victory and became a theatre in the early nineties. Radium Beer Hall is on the right. Midway through Orange Grove, the road bends northwards and passes through Orchards and Sydenham and the smaller suburbs of Maryvale, Forbesdale, Cheltondale, Rouxville and Hawkins Estate. The road then crosses the M20 at Atholl Road in the suburbs of Highlands North and Waverley. The road crosses Corlett Drive in Bramley before ending a short distance later at the Artwright Avenue (M40) junction in the light industrial suburb of Wynberg with the old township of Alexandra close by. The road, still designated as the M11, continues on northwards as the Pretoria Main Road. History The roadway originates as far back as 1876 as a wagon track connecting the farms south of the ridge with South African Republic's (ZAR) capital, at Pretoria. The road would pass through Halfway House (now known as Midrand) before heading to Pretoria. Halfway House was laid out in 1890 and became the halfway mark between the two towns on the Zeedeberg coach route. The roadway has its beginnings at the apex of triangular piece of unused government land at Randjelaagte in what is now the suburbs of Hillbrow and Berea. The apex