Street atlas

56th Street, Johannesburg

56th Street is a mapped street in Johannesburg. The represented road geometry totals about 4,062 m. Nearby mapped records include health services.

Mapped length: 4.06 km
Connected street names in this directory: 1

Street map

56th Street

56th Street at a glance

Place records along this section: 1 recordNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped clinic nearby: 190 mSiphumlile Clinic

Everyday places nearby

Along this mapped section · within 500 m

Distances are measured in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Places may be near different sections. Areas use an interior point, not an entrance. These are source records, not unique venues or walking distances. Activity is not corroborated: records come from the September 2026 map snapshot, and an object's edit date does not confirm that a venue operates.

Health services

1 record

Siphumlile ClinicClinic · 190 m

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Siphumlile ClinicClinic · 190 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length: 4.06 kmLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
Municipal area in OSM: City of JohannesburgThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
Coverage area: Johannesburgpilot area
Province: GautengSource-backed territorial context
OSM locality polygon overlaps: Not verifiedLength of the mapped section inside each OSM locality polygon. Overlaps under 20 m or under 5% of the mapped length only touch the edge. Not an official boundary.
Representative point: -26.220637, 27.820648Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality: Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label: Thulani Park · 455 mThis is the nearest mapped OSM place label and does not determine suburb or administrative membership. Measured from the representative point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area.
Section scope: Mapped section shownThe street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed.
Street-delivery postal code: Not verifiedStreet delivery and PO Box codes require separate evidence. Evidence details

View technical evidence

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

Segment ec337fb8-92e4-51e3-8837-bd34eba8036b · OSM way 83005311
alt_name
Mbukazi Street
highway
tertiary
name
56th Street
Segment 57299e99-cfe8-5d00-9c2c-1b52f882b27b · OSM way 83005345
highway
tertiary
name
56th Street
Segment d08f1d5d-2a9e-56f0-a18a-ae1e748787fe · OSM way 599908668
highway
residential
name
56th Street
Segment 1cd7ce90-5599-5561-b6dc-8eaf0979d815 · OSM way 607302895
highway
tertiary
name
56th Street
Segment 0a69c1e2-8b64-51c6-8e24-2b6c9826ef5d · OSM way 733606350
highway
residential
name
56th Street
Segment 40b032d5-0d06-5cb7-afa6-e51bbc5e5bdf · OSM way 1041888352
highway
residential
name
56th Street

Other names in the source

Alternative name recorded in OpenStreetMap: Mbukazi Street

Connections

1 street name in this directory

Mapped topology

Connected sections in this directory share source nodes at compatible levels. Junctions with streets outside this directory are not listed. Names appear once here; nearby sections are listed separately below.

Documented connections

No documented connections have been added from official sources.

Nearby streets

Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.

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The road profile

Mapped road classification: Residential 27% · Tertiary road 73%100% of represented geometry
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use. Values vary along the section.
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highway
highway=residential · 3 segments · 1,103 m · ways 599908668, 733606350, 1041888352
highway=tertiary · 3 segments · 2,959 m · ways 83005311, 83005345, 607302895
Recorded on 6 of 6 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 4,062 m of 4,062 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
Road surface: Asphalt 94% · Dirt 6%100% of represented geometry
Values vary along the section.
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surface
surface=asphalt · 4 segments · 3,827 m · ways 83005311, 83005345, 599908668, 607302895
surface=dirt · 2 segments · 235 m · ways 733606350, 1041888352
Recorded on 6 of 6 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 4,062 m of 4,062 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
Pavements: Unknown
No sidewalk tag recorded
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sidewalk
No value in the source.
Recorded on 0 of 6 mapped segments; 6 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 4,062 m (0.0%). Unknown: 4,062 m (100.0%).
Values apply to their individual tagged segments and sides. Left and right follow the direction of each individual source way; they are not a single orientation for the whole street. An explicit no means no pavement on the tagged segment or side; a missing tag is unknown, and separate means a pavement mapped independently.
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Questions about this street

Where is 56th Street?

The mapped section is in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

What is the postcode of 56th Street?

A street-wide delivery postcode has not been independently verified in the current dataset.

What roads connect with 56th Street?

Mapped topology: 72nd Street.

Where are nearby distances measured from?

Page lists measure a straight line from the nearest part of the whole mapped geometry: 500 m for places and 1 km for passenger transport. The interactive map measures from one selected point, so its counts differ. Neither is a walking distance.