M7 (Cape Town)
The M7, also named Jakes Gerwel Drive, is a limited-access road and metropolitan route in the City of Cape Town, South Africa. It connects Acacia Park with Rocklands on the False Bay Coast via the Cape Flats.
Route
The M7 begins at an interchange with the N1 highway and the southern terminus of the N7 highway adjacent to Acacia Park and Summer Greens. The M7 begins by heading southwards as Jakes Gerwel Drive, forming the western boundary of Goodwood, to meet the R102. The M7 then separates Thornton in the west from the GrandWest Casino in the east before meeting the M16 and separating the two sides of the Epping Industrial Area.It then crosses the N2 highway and proceeds south-south-east for 9 kilometres, through Vanguard, bypassing Manenberg, through Philippi, to reach Mitchells Plain, where it meets the southern terminus of the R300 freeway.
The M7 continues southwards from the R300 junction as the western boundary of Mitchell's Plain to reach Rocklands on the False Bay coast, where it meets the M32 before reaching its end at an intersection with the R310 adjacent to Mnandi Beach.