Distance from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort

N Alwyn Vorster → Roodepoort
Road distance
68.8 km
Highway dominant · M8 / N1
Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort is a practical regional trip, covering about 68.8 km in roughly 52 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
57.8 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.19×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
22
Info Travel board
Travel time
52 min
Start point
Alwyn Vorster
Return: 1 hr 45 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
52 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
78.0 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 0 planned rest stops
52 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R131.32
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R131.86
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R159.94
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R160.93
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R173.27
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R173.98
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R211.03
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R212.34
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R227.98
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R228.93
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R277.67
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R279.39
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🧭 Route vector
Compass bearing
221° SW
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
41° NE
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
South-West
Start coords Origin point
-25.7660, 28.2682
End coords Destination point
-26.1564, 27.8858
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Travel modes
Alwyn Vorster → Roodepoort
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Car
68.8 km
52 min
Road route
🏍️ Estimate
Two-wheeler
68.8 km
~1 hr 3 min
65 km/h avg
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Places along your journey

Places from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort

Fuel stops, restaurants, shops and services along or near your route.

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Food & drink Near Alwyn Vorster

Polfyntjie tuisnywerhein home industry

73B 13th Street, Pretoria, 0081 2 km from start
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Food & drink Near Alwyn Vorster

Sungardens Coffee Shop

18 Twig Street 2 km from start
Convenience store Near Alwyn Vorster

Shell Select

Atterbury Road, Pretoria, 0081, Gauteng 1 km from start
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Supermarkets Near Alwyn Vorster

Spar

54 Dely Road, Pretoria, 0311 3 km from start
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Supermarkets Soon after Alwyn Vorster

Makro Centurion

2 Bloukrans, Centurion, Pretoria, 0157 13 km from start
Fuel stations Before halfway

Shell

1680, Gauteng 22 km from start
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Supermarkets Around halfway

Woolworths

Woodmead Drive, 2191 36 km from start
Convenience store Around halfway

Shell Select

2157, Gauteng 36 km from start
Convenience store Past halfway

Shell Select

0026, Gauteng 40 km from start
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Food & drink Past halfway

The Loaf

279 Church Street, 2188 41 km from start
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Convenience store Past halfway

Pick n Pay Express

Randburg, 2169, Gauteng 50 km from start
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Food & drink Approaching Roodepoort

Seven Seas Fisheries

118 14th Avenue 54 km from start
Convenience store Approaching Roodepoort

Shell Select

1709, Gauteng 55 km from start
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Convenience store Approaching Roodepoort

Quickshop

Roodepoort 55 km from start
Fuel stations 1.6 km

Shell

77 Main Street, 1724, Gauteng
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University 1.7 km

UNISA Florida Campus

28 Pioneer Avenue, Roodepoort, 1710
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Supermarkets 1.7 km

Shoprite

Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Schools & education 1.7 km

Laersskool Horison

Heron Street, Roodepoort
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Convenience store 1.8 km

Quickshop

Roodepoort
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Schools & education 1.9 km

West Ridge high school

Canary Avenue, Roodepoort, 1850
Convenience store 1.9 km

Shell Select

1709, Gauteng
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Schools & education 2.0 km

West Ridge High School

Canary Avenue, Roodepoort, 1850
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Electronics 2.0 km

Regal Security

191 Ontdekkers Road
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Schools & education 2.1 km

St. John the Baptist Catholic School

11 Amelia Street, 1724
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Convenience store 2.2 km

Bonjour

Roodepoort, 1724
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Supermarkets 2.3 km

Checkers

Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Schools & education 2.3 km

Constantia Kloof Primary

Liebenberg Street, Roodepoort
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Schools & education 2.4 km

Playschool Academy

Ontdekkers Road
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Schools & education 2.4 km

Playschool Academy

Ontdekkers Road
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Convenience store 2.5 km

Quickshop

7 Goldman Street, Roodepoort
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Car services 2.8 km

HailTech

Fairview Drive, Roodeport, 1734
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Banks 2.9 km

African Bank

Goldman Street
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Banks 2.9 km

Nedbank

16 Goldman Street, Johannesburg
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Banks 3.0 km

Capitec Bank

21A Goldman Street, Johannesburg, 1709
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Supermarkets 3.0 km

Checkers Hyper

Roodepoort, 1734, Gauteng
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Banks 3.0 km

Standard Bank

Goldman Street
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Professional services 3.0 km

Clearview Office Park

72 Wilhelmina Avenue, Roodeport, 1734
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Professional services 3.0 km

Kruger & Pottinger Attorneys

462 Ontdekkers Road, Roodepoort, 1709
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Supermarkets 3.0 km

Shoprite

Florida, 1709, Gauteng
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Convenience store 3.1 km

Bonjour

Roodepoort, 1709
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Shopping malls 3.1 km

Westgate Shopping centre

120 Ontdekkers Road, Roodepoort, 1725
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Clothing & fashion 3.2 km

Woolworths

Crous Drive Westgate Mall, Roodepoort, 1724
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Gifts & hobbies 3.4 km

Liquor Man

5th Avenue
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Beauty & wellness 3.7 km

sallys beauty institute

988 Geldenhuys Street, roodepoort, 1724
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Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

Pick n Pay Clothing

Struben Valley, 1735, Gauteng
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Clothing & fashion 3.7 km

PEP

14th Avenue, Roodepoort, Gauteng
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Home & garden 4.0 km

the farmhouse

848 Lisbon Avenue, roodepoort, 1724
Convenience store 4.0 km

Shell Select

1709, Gauteng
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Gifts & hobbies 4.2 km

Xaklee Vape

Conrad Street Flora Shopping Centre, Roodepoort, 1709
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Gym & fitness 4.9 km

Decathlon

Cascades Road, Little Falls Roodepoort, 1724
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Home & garden 5.0 km

Leroy Merlin

Hendrik Potgieter Drive, Little Falls Roodepoort, 1724
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Food & drink 5.3 km

Seven Seas Fisheries

118 14th Avenue
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Clothing & fashion 5.7 km

PEP

Mcgarth Street, Roodepoort, 1724, Gauteng
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Beauty & wellness 6.0 km

Phenyo SpaTherapy & Wellness

412 Forbes Road, Zone 9 Meadowland West, 1852
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Car services 6.1 km

johan visser

26 Drakenstein Street
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Government offices 6.2 km

SowetoBtc

2194 Zone 9 Meadowlands Forbes Road, Meadowlands West, 1852
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Agriculture 6.3 km

Kelokitso Community Farm

2031 Tswelopelo Street, Zone 9 Meadowlands West, 1852
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Clothing & fashion 6.4 km

PEP

Mohajana Street, Soweto, 1723, Gauteng
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Gifts & hobbies 6.5 km

Tops at Spar

Roodepoort, Gauteng
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Professional services 6.9 km

M-STAR Technologies

8 Boschendal Road, Randburg, 1709
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Butcheries 7.0 km

Meat World

Shop 1 Weltevreden Road, 2195
Route

Route overview

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Route map

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Start, destination and route line.

68.8 km 53 min
Start Alwyn Vorster
Finish Roodepoort
Map key
Start point
Destination
Driving route
Navigation sign

Turn-by-turn directions

Route directions
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Directions from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort via N1
National highway N1
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Directions from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort via M8
Metro arterial route M8
2 route directions identified on this trip
  1. Head on Alwyn Vorster
    0.1 km
  2. Turn slight right onto Roderick's Road
    0.1 km
  3. Turn right onto Lynnwood Road
    0.8 km
  4. Turn left onto Meiring Naude Road
    0.0 km
  5. Take the ramp slight left towards N1
    1.3 km
  6. Keep slight right at the fork towards N1: Johannesburg
    0.3 km
  7. Merge slight right
    15.2 km
  8. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Johannesburg
    1.6 km
  9. Merge slight right onto Ben Schoeman Highway
    18.9 km
  10. Take the exit ramp slight left towards N1: Germiston
    0.3 km
  11. Keep slight right at the fork towards N1: Roodepoort
    1.5 km
  12. Merge slight right onto Western Bypass
    22.9 km
  13. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M8
    0.4 km
  14. Keep slight right at the fork towards M8
    0.1 km
  15. Turn right onto 14th Avenue
    0.4 km
  16. Continue straight onto William Nicol Street North
    2.0 km
  17. Turn left onto Daniel Malan Avenue
    0.1 km
  18. Turn right onto Louis Botha Drive
    0.7 km
  19. Continue straight onto Honeyball Avenue
    2.0 km
  20. Turn right
    0.0 km
  21. Turn slight left
    0.0 km
  22. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
Navigation sign

Tolls on this route

R
Tolls found 12
Known total R0.00
Main toll road N1
This route includes 12 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.
e-Toll Pikoko
Road: Road not linked yet
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
e-Toll Owl
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.819, 28.254
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.041, 28.077
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.092, 27.968
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Blouvalk
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
e-Toll Ihobe
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -25.848, 28.229
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
e-Toll Ivusi
Road: Road not linked yet
R0.00
Unnamed e-Toll gantry near -26.131, 27.938
Road: GFIP / Gauteng e-Toll network
R0.00
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
34.4 km
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
26 min • 26 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Mid-route reference
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
5.0 L needed
Moderate efficiency • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
11.4 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
3.7 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
84.1%
Solar data
Daylight window at Roodepoort
06:44 – 17:25
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 41 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
3 hrs 6 min
SunriseDawn break
06:44
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R287.47
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R1.38
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R13.75
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R302.60
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Moderate (15)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
0
Lane merges Yield required
3
Complex forks Path selection
3
Highway exits Deceleration zones
3
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin Alwyn Vorster Start: Alwyn Vorster -25.76598, 28.26824
Midpoint
34.4 km
Total: 68.8 km
Midpoint 34.4 km
68.8 km 53 min
Destination Roodepoort -26.15639, 27.88583

Route sheet

Route class Resolved South Africa route
Province span South Africa
One-way road span 68.8 km
Return-cycle span 137.6 km
Traversal time 53 min
Maneuver count 22
Maneuver density 32.0 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 34.4 km

Coordinate frame

Start -25.76598, 28.26824
Midpoint -26.01050, 28.11827
End -26.15639, 27.88583
Destination brief

Travelling to Roodepoort

A polished arrival snapshot covering what stands out, who the place suits best and what to keep in mind before you get there.

Signature West Rand urban district
Standout Residential-western Gauteng base with local attractions
Roodepoort is most useful as a western Gauteng district destination, where lakes, heritage, suburban stays and west-side city access matter more than conventional sightseeing expectations.
Best for Who this destination suits
West Rand stay Suburban access Practical city routing Short business trip
Arrival What to expect on arrival
The final suburb matters because Roodepoort covers a broad urban area and a stay near Florida Lake is not the same as one closer to the highway or industrial side.
Regional base Good base for nearby trips
Use Roodepoort as a western Gauteng base for suburban stays, local attractions and route positioning on the West Rand.
Destination facts Quick reference details
Regional travel information highlights attractions such as Florida Lake and local museums
Roodepoort is best understood as a broad urban district rather than a single compact centre
Its route value comes from west-side Gauteng positioning
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Route FAQ

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Questions 8
How far is Alwyn Vorster from Roodepoort? +
Alwyn Vorster is about 68.8 km from Roodepoort by road.
How long does it take from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort? +
The drive usually takes about 53 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort in one day? +
Yes, for many drivers this can be done in one day.
Is taxi available from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort? +
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 Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R131.32 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R131.86 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R159.94 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R160.93 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from Alwyn Vorster to Roodepoort? +
Yes. There are 12 tollgates currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Practical regional trip: This route is very manageable in one day and usually works well as a same-day return.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is a regional road trip that can usually work as a same-day return. National roads appear in this route, so watch for toll signs and busier sections.
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Route Locations

Start area
Alwyn Vorster, Gauteng
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Roodepoort
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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