Strand Street


Strand Street is a major road in Cape Town CBD, the economic center of Cape Town, South Africa. It crosses the CBD north to south, just behind the Foreshore area, running from the southern part of Green Point, to the start of the northeastern part of District Six.

Location

Strand Street runs northwest-southeast through the middle of the suburb, from Green Point to Woodstock. passing the Golden Acre shopping centre, the Cape Town railway station, the Lutheran Church in Strand Street, the Koopmans-de Wet House, and the Castle of Good Hope.
Originally, in the vicinity of the Castle, Strand Street ran along the Table Bay shore - "strand" being the Dutch and Afrikaans word for "beach" - but land reclamation to create the Foreshore and the modern Port of Cape Town has moved the shoreline about a kilometre to the northeast.
East of the city centre, Strand Street passes under the N2 freeway, to which it is connected by ramps. It continues as New Market Street and then Albert Street, eventually becoming Voortrekker Road, the original road route from Cape Town to Bellville and the interior. West of the centre it becomes High Level Road to Sea Point.

Features

At its widest, Strand Street has 8 passenger vehicle lanes - 4 in each direction - plus wide sidewalks on both sides of the road, and a wide, bricked median dividing it.
Unlike numerous other large roads in Cape Town CBD, Strand Street does not feature bicycle lanes, however it crosses streets that do.
Strand Street also does not have any dedicated lanes for the MyCiTi BRT system. It is close to Adderley Street and Hertzog Boulevard, which do have dedicated bus lanes, and is also near the Civic Centre MyCiTi station - one of the city's main bus hubs.
The street has one of Cape Town CBD's busiest pedestrian crossings, situated at the St George's Mall intersection. The culmination of 6 months of artwork revealed a new African daisy-themed crosswalk in late 2025. Designer Heather Moore had to work within the constraints of legal road paint legislation, and said she chose daisies because they're, "happy, everyday flowers".
The project, which received a positive response from road users, was driven by nonprofit Mission for Inner City Cape Town, which works to bring private money to public spaces, improving safety and comfort for residents.

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