Jan Smuts Avenue

Metropolitan route M27
Route information
Maintained by Johannesburg Roads Agency and Department of Roads and Transport (Gauteng)
Length	7.75 mi (12.47 km)
Existed	1890s–present
Major junctions
South end	Bertha Street, Braamfontein
Major intersections	M1 Junction 14 Jan Smuts Ave/M27, Parktown M16 Upper Park Drive, Forrest Town Westcliff Drive, Westcliff, Gauteng R25 Cotswold Drive, Saxonwold M20 Chester Road, Parkwood Bolton Road, Parkwood M30 7th Avenue, Parktown North Jellico Avenue, Rosebank M81 Winnie Mandela Drive, Hyde Park M13 Republic Road, Randburg M71 Bram Fischer Drive, Randburg
North end	Bram Fischer Drive, Randburg
Location
Country	South Africa
Highway system
Numbered routes of South Africa

Jan Smuts Avenue is a major street in Johannesburg, South Africa. It begins in Randburg, and passes through important business areas like Rosebank. It passes the Johannesburg Zoo, Zoo Lake and Wits University before becoming Bertha Street, and the Nelson Mandela Bridge near the Johannesburg CBD. It has been described as "the most important road for a tourist" in Johannesburg.^[1] It forms part of Johannesburg's M27 route.