The M2 is a major highway and metropolitan route in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is named the Francois Oberholzer Freeway. It runs just to the south of the Johannesburg Central Business District eastwards where it connects with the N3 (only a short segment goes to the west of the Johannesburg CBD) and enters Germiston, ending near its CBD. The north–south M1 intersects with the M2 just to the south-west of the Johannesburg CBD. Route The M2 Route begins in the Germiston City Centre (capital of Ekurhuleni). It begins by heading westwards from Jack Street at the junction with the M93 Refinery Road, where it becomes a highway (Francois Oberholzer Freeway). The motorway continues westwards and reaches the Geldenhuys Interchange with the N3/N12 Highway (Johannesburg Eastern Bypass), where it exits Germiston and crosses into Johannesburg. Crossing under the N3 highway, it continues westwards as the road separating the two industrial areas of Heriotdale and Cleveland and reaches its first off-ramp with the M33 Cleveland Road. It continues westward to the Denver Interchange at Chilvers Street. Shortly after that interchange, there is an exit and on-ramp from the M2 West at the M19 Ruven Road and the same for the M2 East intersection at New Goch Road. The motorway continues westward past the Kaserne Railyards to the Maritzburg Street Interchange. A short distance past that interchange, it passes through the Heidelberg Road Interchange. This interchange connects with the M31 North Joe Slovo Drive (which is an eastern bypass of the CBD to the northern suburbs and the M1 North) and the M31 South Heidelberg Road to Alberton. It then passes shortly over the M11 Mooi Street allowing traffic to exit the M2 East and enter the M2 West. Passing over Rosettenville Road, it reaches Eloff Street where off-ramps on M2 West allow exits to Stott Street and the M9 Rissik Street while the M2 East allows an exit to the M9 Rissik Street and an on-ramp from Village Road. Continuing westward it crosses over the M27 Simmonds Street with an on-ramp to the M2 East and then the route crosses Booysens Road and reaches the Westgate Interchange. Here vehicles can enter and exit the M2 from Ntemi Piliso Street, leave the M2 and exit north on the M1 crossing the CBD via the Goch Street double-decker overpass or exit south to M1 and the southern suburbs. The M2 continues westward to the