Street atlas

Tortoise Road, Cape Town

Tortoise Road is a mapped street in Cape Town. The represented road geometry totals about 267 m. Nearby mapped records include shops & services.

Mapped length
267 m

Street map

Tortoise Road
Outline of Tortoise Road, Cape Town, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑

Tortoise Road at a glance

Place records along this section
6 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped supermarket nearby
230 mSpar

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

6 records
  • SparSupermarket · 230 m
  • QuickshopConvenience shop · 440 m
  • EdgarsClothing shop · 140 m
Show all 6 shops & services records
  • EdgarsClothing shop · 140 m
  • SparSupermarket · 230 m
  • Zewenwacht MallShopping centre · 270 m
  • Zewenwacht MallSupermarket · 330 m
  • WoolworthsClothing shop · 340 m
  • QuickshopConvenience shop · 440 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
267 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
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
-33.948787, 18.699883Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label
Jagtershof · 790 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 Cape Town 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 a14df14d-cbb2-5480-a418-5b8b00c3e00d · OSM way 541776990
    foot
    no
    highway
    residential
    name
    Tortoise Road
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 97483326-3698-54c0-84ad-5f9b2cb67a39 · OSM way 541776993
    foot
    no
    highway
    residential
    name
    Tortoise Road
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 42f6ff4f-17d9-543f-b56e-8196f4a26b83 · OSM way 541776995
    foot
    no
    highway
    residential
    name
    Tortoise Road
  • Segment b41b1693-df25-545a-85b3-530df3eb3fe2 · OSM way 541776996
    foot
    no
    highway
    residential
    name
    Tortoise Road
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 9b9a54fc-bc04-50b0-b571-f193f1c15402 · OSM way 541778969
    foot
    no
    highway
    residential
    name
    Tortoise Road
    oneway
    yes

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
Residential100% of represented geometry

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

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  • highway
    • highway=residential · 5 segments · 267 m · ways 541776990, 541776993, 541776995, 541776996, 541778969

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 267 m of 267 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 · 5 segments · 267 m · ways 541776990, 541776993, 541776995, 541776996, 541778969

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 267 m of 267 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 91% of the mapped length; 9% not recorded91% 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 · 4 segments · 243 m · ways 541776990, 541776993, 541776996, 541778969

    Recorded on 4 of 5 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 243 m of 267 m (91.1%). Unknown: 24 m (8.9%).

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

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

Mapped speed limit
60 km/h100% of represented geometry

Mapped value — not live traffic guidance

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  • maxspeed
    • maxspeed=60 · 5 segments · 267 m · ways 541776990, 541776993, 541776995, 541776996, 541778969

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 267 m of 267 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 5 mapped segments; 5 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 267 m (0.0%). Unknown: 267 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 Tortoise Road?

The mapped section is in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

What is the postcode of Tortoise 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.