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Shepherd Avenue, Johannesburg

Shepherd Avenue is a mapped street in Johannesburg. The represented road geometry totals about 1,913 m. Nearby mapped records include shops & services, education, parks & green spaces.

Mapped length
1.91 km

Street map

Shepherd Avenue
Outline of Shepherd Avenue, Johannesburg, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑
© OpenStreetMap contributors

Shepherd Avenue at a glance

Place records along this section
5 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped park nearby
480 mBryanston Park
Mapped school nearby
80 mSandton Junior School
Mapped supermarket nearby
370 mWoolworths

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.

Shops & services

2 records
  • WoolworthsSupermarket · 370 m
  • SparSupermarket · 440 m
Show all 2 shops & services records
  • WoolworthsSupermarket · 370 m
  • SparSupermarket · 440 m

Education

2 records
  • Sandton Junior SchoolSchool · 80 m
  • Randburg Clinic SchoolSchool · 480 m
Show all 2 education records
  • Sandton Junior SchoolSchool · 80 m
  • Randburg Clinic SchoolSchool · 480 m

Parks & green spaces

1 record
  • Bryanston ParkPark · 480 m
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
  • Bryanston ParkPark · 480 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
1.91 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
Bryanston (1.49 km, 78%)Length 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
-26.067764, 28.003198Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label
Vandia Grove · 853 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
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Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

  • Segment d0590e4e-a5f3-56a5-9fad-dca8bfef52d2 · OSM way 10566884
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
  • Segment 5efb1d5c-8365-5a21-bc26-324388753afd · OSM way 10567369
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
  • Segment 05ba8d91-f3ad-5af5-acb6-9a2d91dbdc4e · OSM way 641313444
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
  • Segment d53d4010-1ac0-531e-b4f6-962fcbacc332 · OSM way 641313446
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
  • Segment 70803fb7-0d2c-5953-b9d4-e84ab67cd922 · OSM way 641313447
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
  • Segment 60d06c49-004c-5352-813d-ce5bc7d4b884 · OSM way 641341900
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 8f784ef6-14f9-5666-ae40-da09c59a849c · OSM way 641341901
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 23d86150-df15-5d6f-bcfa-79a4811bf573 · OSM way 949603411
    highway
    residential
    name
    Shepherd Avenue

Connections

Mapped topology

No road connections are verified from the mapped topology in the current dataset.

Documented connections

No documented connections have been added from official sources.

Nearby streets

Nearby streets have not been established for this section. This does not mean there are none.

The road profile

Mapped road classification
Residential100% of represented geometry

This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.

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  • highway
    • highway=residential · 8 segments · 1,913 m · ways 10566884, 10567369, 641313444, 641313446, 641313447, 641341900, 641341901, 949603411

    Recorded on 8 of 8 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,913 m of 1,913 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
Asphalt100% of represented geometry
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  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 8 segments · 1,913 m · ways 10566884, 10567369, 641313444, 641313446, 641313447, 641341900, 641341901, 949603411

    Recorded on 8 of 8 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,913 m of 1,913 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Recorded on 8 of 8 mapped segments.

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

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Traffic direction
One-way tag on 9% of the mapped length; 91% not recorded9% of represented geometry

Tags describe individual mapped segments. They do not establish one traffic direction for the whole street: separate carriageways can be mapped as separate one-way lines, and untagged lines are unknown, not two-way.

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  • oneway
    • oneway=yes · 2 segments · 172 m · ways 641341900, 641341901

    Recorded on 2 of 8 mapped segments; 6 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 172 m of 1,913 m (9.0%). Unknown: 1,741 m (91.0%).

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 8 mapped segments; 8 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,913 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,913 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.

Mapped area overlaps

  • Bryanston

    1.49 km, 78% of the mapped length inside this OSM locality polygon.

Questions about this street

Where is Shepherd Avenue?

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

What is the postcode of Shepherd Avenue?

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

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.