Electron Road at a glance
For Electron Road in Cape Town, the road lines shown here total 568 m.
Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 568 mLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
- Municipal area in OSM
- City of Cape TownThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
- Coverage area
- Cape Townpilot area
- Province
- Western CapeSource-backed territorial context
- Locality
- 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
- -33.956241, 18.689990Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Nearest mapped place
- Blackheath · 1,205 mNamed OSM place point inside the City of Cape Town OSM area nearest to the representative point; proximity does not establish suburb membership.
- 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
Confirmed connections
No road connections have been verified for this section in the current sample.
Nearby streets
Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.
The road profile
- Mapped road classification
- Residential on all mapped lines
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.
Tag details and coverage
highwayhighway=residential· 3 segments · 568 m
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 568 m of 568 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Road surface
- Asphalt on all mapped lines
Tag details and coverage
surfacesurface=asphalt· 3 segments · 568 m
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 568 m of 568 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments.
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Traffic direction
- One-way tag on 10% of the mapped length; 90% not recorded
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.
Tag details and coverage
onewayoneway=yes· 2 segments · 57 m
Recorded on 2 of 3 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 57 m of 568 m (10.0%). Unknown: 511 m (90.0%).
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Mapped speed limit
- 60 km/h on all mapped lines
Speed-limit data is missing for 0 of 3 segments.
Tag details and coverage
maxspeedmaxspeed=60· 3 segments · 568 m
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 568 m of 568 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Pavements
- Unknown
Tag details and coverage
sidewalkNo value in the source.
Recorded on 0 of 3 mapped segments; 3 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 568 m (0.0%). Unknown: 568 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.
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
Questions about this street
Is Electron Road a one-way street?
This map data does not establish a single traffic direction for the Electron Road section shown in Cape Town. Recorded tags: One-way tag on 10% of the mapped length; 90% not recorded. 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. Check road signs on site before driving.
Does the map show the whole of Electron Road?
It shows the mapped section in this directory: 568 m of road lines in Cape Town. The street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed. Line length is not a surveyed street length.