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Distance from 1 to Flyover M3

1 to Flyover M3 is a full long-distance road trip, covering about 5,247.3 km in roughly 64 hrs 43 min. It also crosses a provincial boundary.

N 1 → Flyover M3
Road distance
5,247.3 km
M1 N1 N14
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
4,094.6 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.28×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
151
Info Travel board
Travel time
64 hrs 43 min
End point
Nairobi - Nakuru Road
Return: 26 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
3883 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
81.1 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 32 planned rest stops
72 hrs 43 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R8,784.06
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R8,825.62
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R9,785.25
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R9,864.59
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R11,590.08
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R11,644.91
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R12,911.10
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R13,015.78
93 Petrol R23.25 / litre
R15,250.10
95 Petrol R23.36 / litre
R15,322.25
Diesel 500ppm R25.90 / litre
R16,988.28
Diesel 50ppm R26.11 / litre
R17,126.03
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
30° NNE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
210° SSW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-33.7978, 18.9535
End coords Destination point
-0.8787, 36.5677
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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5,247.3 km 64 hrs 43 min
Start 1
Finish Flyover M3
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Destination
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Turn-by-turn directions

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  1. Start your journey
    0.1 km
  2. Turn left
    0.1 km
  3. Turn right onto Huguenot Road
    1.6 km
  4. At the end of the road, turn right onto Main Road
    1.2 km
  5. Take the ramp right towards N1: Worcester
    0.4 km
  6. Merge slight right
    408.0 km
  7. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Donkin Street
    0.1 km
  8. Continue onto Donkin Street
    2.0 km
  9. Continue straight
    917.4 km
  10. Keep slight left at the fork onto Southern Bypass
    3.2 km
  11. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M1: Johannesburg
    0.7 km
  12. Continue straight
    29.1 km
  13. Continue straight onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.6 km
  14. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N14: Pretoria
    0.5 km
  15. Keep slight right at the fork towards N14: Pretoria
    1.6 km
  16. Merge slight right
    162.7 km
  17. Keep slight right at the fork
    220.6 km
  18. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  19. Continue
    5.0 km
  20. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  21. Continue
    10.8 km
  22. Turn slight left
    3.1 km
  23. Continue straight
    89.9 km
  24. Keep slight right at the fork
    1.1 km
  25. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.3 km
  26. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  27. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.9 km
  28. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  29. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    4.1 km
  30. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.1 km
  31. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    280.5 km
  32. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    0.0 km
  33. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Highway
    1.2 km
  34. Continue straight onto Robert Mugabe Way
    0.9 km
  35. Turn left onto Josiah Tongogara Road
    4.2 km
  36. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    145.9 km
  37. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    0.0 km
  38. Continue onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    2.5 km
  39. Take the exit ramp slight left towards Beatrice
    0.2 km
  40. Merge slight right onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    48.8 km
  41. Continue straight onto Harare Masvingo Beitbridge Road
    48.5 km
  42. Continue straight onto Harare-Beitbridge Road
    21.6 km
  43. Continue straight onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    12.7 km
  44. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    0.0 km
  45. Continue onto Simon Mazorodze Road
    5.0 km
  46. Take the exit ramp straight
    0.2 km
  47. Continue straight onto Abdel Gamal Nasser Road
    2.0 km
  48. Turn right onto Samora Machel Avenue
    2.4 km
  49. Turn left onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    0.1 km
  50. Continue straight onto Enterprise Road
    0.5 km
  51. Continue straight onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    2.2 km
  52. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    0.0 km
  53. Continue onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    5.0 km
  54. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    0.0 km
  55. Continue onto ED Mnangagwa Road
    227.8 km
  56. Continue straight
    49.1 km
  57. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  58. Continue
    83.4 km
  59. Go straight onto Zohra Mpadue
    1.6 km
  60. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  61. Continue
    14.5 km
  62. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.1 km
  63. Continue
    3.9 km
  64. Turn slight left onto Estrada Moatize_3
    3.7 km
  65. Continue straight onto Cidade Moatize
    0.9 km
  66. Continue straight onto Paragem Zobue
    104.5 km
  67. Continue straight
    57.4 km
  68. Turn left
    61.2 km
  69. At the end of the road, turn left
    4.6 km
  70. Turn right
    143.3 km
  71. Merge left
    5.8 km
  72. Turn right
    292.8 km
  73. At the end of the road, turn left
    19.0 km
  74. Go straight
    3.8 km
  75. Go straight
    18.8 km
  76. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  77. Continue
    0.6 km
  78. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  79. Continue
    0.6 km
  80. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Luwinga Road
    0.0 km
  81. Continue onto Luwinga Road
    94.1 km
  82. Go straight
    12.3 km
  83. Go straight
    2.1 km
  84. Turn right
    8.8 km
  85. Turn left
    104.2 km
  86. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  87. Continue
    45.7 km
  88. Continue straight
    46.4 km
  89. Go straight
    56.4 km
  90. At the end of the road, turn right
    160.6 km
  91. Keep slight left at the fork
    159.0 km
  92. Turn left
    0.2 km
  93. Turn right
    0.2 km
  94. Turn left
    0.8 km
  95. Turn left onto Utalii Road
    0.0 km
  96. Turn right
    1.7 km
  97. Turn left
    0.2 km
  98. At the end of the road, turn right onto Dodoma Highway
    5.9 km
  99. Keep slight right at the fork onto Dodoma Highway
    5.9 km
  100. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  101. Continue
    125.7 km
  102. Go straight
    94.2 km
  103. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.1 km
  104. Continue
    18.6 km
  105. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  106. Continue
    1.2 km
  107. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  108. Continue
    2.2 km
  109. Turn slight left
    0.1 km
  110. At the roundabout, take the 3rd exit
    0.1 km
  111. Continue
    0.6 km
  112. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Arusha Road
    0.1 km
  113. Continue onto Arusha Road
    17.4 km
  114. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  115. Continue
    136.4 km
  116. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit
    0.0 km
  117. Continue
    78.2 km
  118. Turn right
    2.1 km
  119. Turn right
    3.1 km
  120. At the end of the road, turn right
    168.1 km
  121. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit
    0.0 km
  122. Continue
    0.0 km
  123. Continue straight onto Northwest Arusha Bypass Road
    5.0 km
  124. Take the ramp slight left
    0.0 km
  125. Merge slight right
    30.2 km
  126. Go straight
    69.4 km
  127. Continue straight onto Athi River Road
    119.7 km
  128. Continue straight onto Namanga Road
    15.5 km
  129. Continue straight onto Nairobi-Namanga Road
    0.8 km
  130. Take the exit ramp slight left towards A8
    0.4 km
  131. Continue straight onto Mombasa - Nairobi Road
    4.1 km
  132. Keep slight left at the fork onto Mombasa - Nairobi Road
    7.7 km
  133. Continue straight onto Mombasa Road
    2.7 km
  134. Take the exit ramp slight right onto Nairobi Expressway Link
    0.4 km
  135. Merge slight right onto Nairobi Expressway
    10.2 km
  136. Take the exit ramp slight left onto Museum Hill Exit A
    0.6 km
  137. Merge slight right onto Uhuru Highway
    0.2 km
  138. Continue straight onto Chiromo Road
    1.7 km
  139. Keep slight right at the fork onto Westlands Roundabout
    0.0 km
  140. Turn right onto Waiyaki Way
    0.3 km
  141. Keep slight left at the fork onto Waiyaki Way
    1.2 km
  142. Continue straight onto Nairobi Expressway
    1.7 km
  143. Continue straight onto Nairobi expressway
    0.4 km
  144. Continue straight onto Waiyaki Way
    2.3 km
  145. Keep slight right at the fork onto Waiyaki Way
    0.2 km
  146. Keep slight left at the fork onto Waiyaki Way
    5.6 km
  147. Continue straight onto A104
    8.9 km
  148. Continue straight onto Eldoret-Malaba Road
    7.7 km
  149. Continue straight onto Nairobi-Nakuru Road
    12.1 km
  150. Continue straight onto Nairobi - Nakuru Road
    19.7 km
  151. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 50
Known total R1,722.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 50 toll points from our database. The strongest toll-road match is N1. 6 Gauteng open-road / gantry toll points are shown as R0.00 because GFIP e-toll charging ended from 12 April 2024.
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Verkeerdevlei
Road: Road not linked yet
R78.50
Unnamed toll booth near Huguenot
Road: Near Huguenot / N1 corridor
R0.00
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
Huguenot
Road: Road not linked yet
R54.50
e-Toll Ihobe
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.263, 27.976
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Gantry TG001
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.268, 27.950
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.939, 28.140
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Sunbird
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
Vaal
Road: Road not linked yet
R91.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Pumulani
Road: Road not linked yet
R16.50
Carousel
Road: Road not linked yet
R75.00
Kranskop
Road: Road not linked yet
R61.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Nyl
Road: Road not linked yet
R79.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.848, 28.229
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
e-Toll Ivusi
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Stormvoël
Road: Road not linked yet
R12.50
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.819, 28.254
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Sebetiela
Road: Road not linked yet
R24.50
Sebetiela
Road: Road not linked yet
R24.50
Maubane
Road: Road not linked yet
R33.00
Capricorn
Road: Road not linked yet
R63.50
Zambesi
Road: Road not linked yet
R15.00
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Grasmere
Road: Road not linked yet
R27.50
Routes ↩ Flyover M3 → 1 1 to Johannesburg 1 to Pretoria 1 to Cape Town 1 to Durban Johannesburg to Flyover M3 Pretoria to Flyover M3 Cape Town to Flyover M3
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
2,629.2 km
Western Cape to Nyandarua
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
32 hrs 21 min • 32 hrs 21 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Western Cape to Nyandarua
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
377.8 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
872.7 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
283.4 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.68
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
78%
☀ Solar data
Daylight window at Flyover M3
05:27 – 17:32
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
12 hrs 4 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
4 hrs 17 min
SunriseDawn break
05:27
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R21,933.91
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R104.95
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R1,049.47
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R23,088.33
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Very High (182)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
28
Lane merges Yield required
7
Complex forks Path selection
11
Highway exits Deceleration zones
34
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin 1 -33.79778, 18.95351
Midpoint
2,629.2 km
Total: 5,247.3 km
Midpoint 2,629.2 km
5,247.3 km 64 hrs 43 min
Destination Flyover M3 End: Nairobi - Nakuru Road -0.87870, 36.56771

Route sheet

Route class Interprovincial corridor
Province span Western Cape to Nyandarua
One-way road span 5,247.3 km
Return-cycle span 10,494.7 km
Traversal time 64 hrs 43 min
Maneuver count 151
Maneuver density 2.9 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 2,629.2 km

Coordinate frame

Start -33.79778, 18.95351
Midpoint -17.26433, 32.37015
End -0.87870, 36.56771
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Questions 9
How far is 1 from Flyover M3? +
1 is about 5,247.3 km from Flyover M3 by road.
How long does it take from 1 to Flyover M3? +
The drive usually takes about 64 hrs 43 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from 1 to Flyover M3 in one day? +
It is possible, but for many travellers this is better treated as a very long same-day trip or an overnight trip.
Is taxi available from 1 to Flyover M3? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from 1 to Flyover M3? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R8,784.06 (R23.25 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R8,825.62 (R23.36 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R9,785.25 (R25.90 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R9,864.59 (R26.11 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from 1 to Flyover M3? +
Yes. There are 50 tollgates currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Very long trip: This is a demanding long-distance route. Treat it as a serious travel day and consider an overnight stop.
Is there a long-trip warning on this route? +
This is a long trip. Plan rest stops, avoid driving tired, and be careful with late-night travel.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a longer road trip, so a fuel or rest stop is recommended. Take a short break about every 2 hours if possible. This route crosses a provincial boundary. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Towns along the route

: Worcester
From 1 To Flyover M3
: Johannesburg
From 1 To Flyover M3
ern Bypass
From 1 To Flyover M3
: Pretoria
From 1 To Flyover M3
Polokwane
From 1 To Flyover M3
Krugersdorp
From 1 To Flyover M3
Robert Mugabe Way
From 1 To Flyover M3
Beatrice
From 1 To Flyover M3
Harare
From 1 To Flyover M3
Zohra Mpadue
From 1 To Flyover M3

Route Locations

Start area
1, Western Cape
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Flyover M3, Nyandarua
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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