Street atlas

Tessa Avenue, Johannesburg

Tessa Avenue is a mapped street in Johannesburg. The represented road geometry totals about 497 m.

Mapped length: 497 m

Street map

Tessa Avenue

Street facts

Mapped geometry length: 497 mLength 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: -25.986415, 27.950193Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality: Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label: None within 2 kmThe nearest named place point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area is Lion Park Informal Settlement, 2.1 km away: too far to describe this location. Use the municipal area and coordinates.
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 787ae4a3-ad96-52fb-b0fe-6fa7672f0444 · OSM way 43076366
highway
residential
name
Tessa Avenue
Segment 7bf9ad8f-ac00-58c7-b154-0a6546aa9716 · OSM way 740431179
highway
residential
name
Tessa Avenue
Segment ccaa1e63-45e2-51cd-9351-e6e3d067eac3 · OSM way 740431180
highway
residential
name
Tessa 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 · 3 segments · 497 m · ways 43076366, 740431179, 740431180
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 497 m of 497 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: Dirt 76% · Unpaved 24%100% of represented geometry
Values vary along the section.
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surface
surface=dirt · 1 segment · 379 m · ways 43076366
surface=unpaved · 2 segments · 118 m · ways 740431179, 740431180
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 497 m of 497 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 3 mapped segments; 3 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 497 m (0.0%). Unknown: 497 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 Tessa Avenue?

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

What is the postcode of Tessa 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.