The
Western Bypass is a section of the
N1 and the
Johannesburg Ring Road located in the city of
Johannesburg,
South Africa. The freeway was inially opened in 1975 as a route to avoid the city centre of
Johannesburg and access for the western areas of the
Witwatersrand. From the south, the Western Bypass begins at the Diepkloof Interchange in
Soweto, where it splits from the
N12 freeway. The Western Bypass ends at the Buccleuch Interchange, where it merges with the
N3 and
M1 freeways. The interchanges with which it coincides are (from south to north): Rand Show Road, Soweto Highway, (
soon to be an interchange with the N17 highway), Maraisburg Road, Gordon Road, 14th Avenue, Beyers Naudé Drive, Malibongwe Drive, William Nicol Drive, and Rivonia Road.