Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 1.88 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
- -26.284178, 27.921701Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Suburb / locality
- Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
- Nearest OSM place label
- Devland · 1,336 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 4d40af15-1533-5fab-95ec-79d63560007f · OSM way 533147531
highway- tertiary
name- Union Road
- Segment 6160988c-4415-5743-807d-40bb8f25cb8f · OSM way 533147532
highway- tertiary
name- Union Road
oneway- yes
- Segment 59802b5e-d5f6-5f8b-8026-a53d11c519c5 · OSM way 533147533
highway- tertiary
name- Union Road
oneway- yes
- Segment b4b08768-9227-586c-89c8-8db84bf22e9c · OSM way 617009952
foot- no
highway- tertiary
name- Union Road
- Segment 3eecebb9-cf69-5e78-ab1e-f661a6f37d68 · OSM way 1408782078
foot- no
highway- tertiary
name- Union Road
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
Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.
The road profile
- Mapped road classification
- Tertiary road100% of represented geometry
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.
View technical evidence
highwayhighway=tertiary· 5 segments · 1,883 m · ways 533147531, 533147532, 533147533, 617009952, 1408782078
Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,883 m of 1,883 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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surfacesurface=asphalt· 5 segments · 1,883 m · ways 533147531, 533147532, 533147533, 617009952, 1408782078
Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,883 m of 1,883 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Recorded on 5 of 5 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 44% of the mapped length; 56% not recorded44% 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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onewayoneway=yes· 2 segments · 827 m · ways 533147532, 533147533
Recorded on 2 of 5 mapped segments; 3 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 827 m of 1,883 m (43.9%). Unknown: 1,056 m (56.1%).
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
View technical evidence
sidewalkNo value in the source.
Recorded on 0 of 5 mapped segments; 5 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,883 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,883 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 Union Road?
The mapped section is in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
What is the postcode of Union Road?
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.