Meadowhurst, Olivedale and Douglasdale before it intersects the R511/M81 William Nicol Drive in Bryanston. Now taking an easterly direction, it passes under the M71 Main Road, Bryanston, then runs parallel with R564 Witkoppen Road to its north until it intersects with the M9 Rivonia Road Interchange in Woodmead. Here, it becomes 6 lanes in each direction. Continuing east, it passes under the M85 Bowling Avenue and then under the R55 Woodmead Drive where it reaches the Buccleuch Interchange. At this interchange, it has its north-eastern terminus, meeting the M1 Highway South to Johannesburg CBD, N3 Eastern Bypass to the East Rand and the N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway to Midrand and Pretoria in the north. Improvements By creating a narrower emergency shoulder, the freeway was widened during the 1990s from two lanes to three lanes in either direction, to alleviate massive traffic congestion on Johannesburg's roads. From 2007, the Western Bypass was included in the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP), which will improve traffic conditions in the province and create jobs in construction. Three of the benefits for users of the bypass now include lighting for the full length of the bypass, increased lanes in most parts of the bypass and increased capacity at the northern interchanges with the bypass. The trade-off for this will be a toll project, aimed at the entire national road network in Johannesburg. As a result, the entire Western Bypass is now declared an e-toll highway (with open road tolling). Very noticeably, the road is no longer concrete in construction, but has been tarred for its entire length. This spells a death-knell for its Concrete Highway nickname. As with the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project the R511 William Nicol Drive and the M9/R564 Rivonia Road/Witkoppen Road interchanges were completely upgraded. The highway with the improvement project also upgraded all signage to new overhead signage. References Streets and roads of Johannesburg N1 (South Africa) Johannesburg Ring Road