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Highway 1 (Israel)



 
 
Highway 1 , is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 with Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
. Highway 1 continues into the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 past Ma'ale Adummim
Ma'ale Adummim

Ma'ale Adumim is an Israeli Settlement and city located east of Jerusalem in the West Bank and on the edge of the Judean desert. It is located within the boundaries of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, but has had its own mayor and municipality independent of the council's jurisdiction since achieving city council in 1991....
, and is then downgraded in size until the Beit HaArava Junction
Beit HaArava Junction

The Beit HaArava Junction is the junction of Israel's Highway 1 and Highway 90 , named for nearby kibbutz Beit HaArava. The junction is situated in the West Bank near Israel's eastern border with Jordan, directly east of Jerusalem, just a few kilometers north of the Dead Sea and south of Jericho....
 with Route 90
Route 90 (Israel)

Route 90 is the longest road in Israel, at about 480 km, and stretches from Metula and the northern border with Lebanon, along the western side of the Sea of Galilee, through the Jordan Valley, along the western bank of the Dead Sea , through the Arabah valley, and until Eilat and the southern border with Egypt on the Red Sea....
 south of Jericho
Jericho

Jericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate, and has a population of over 20,000 Arabs....
 near the shores of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
.

The highway is heavily congested
Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition on networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased Queueing theory....
, especially at the entrances to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The section between Sha'ar HaGai and Jerusalem is also congested at times because of the many accidents and breakdowns caused by the high slopes and winding nature of this section.






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Highway 1 , is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 with Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
. Highway 1 continues into the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 past Ma'ale Adummim
Ma'ale Adummim

Ma'ale Adumim is an Israeli Settlement and city located east of Jerusalem in the West Bank and on the edge of the Judean desert. It is located within the boundaries of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, but has had its own mayor and municipality independent of the council's jurisdiction since achieving city council in 1991....
, and is then downgraded in size until the Beit HaArava Junction
Beit HaArava Junction

The Beit HaArava Junction is the junction of Israel's Highway 1 and Highway 90 , named for nearby kibbutz Beit HaArava. The junction is situated in the West Bank near Israel's eastern border with Jordan, directly east of Jerusalem, just a few kilometers north of the Dead Sea and south of Jericho....
 with Route 90
Route 90 (Israel)

Route 90 is the longest road in Israel, at about 480 km, and stretches from Metula and the northern border with Lebanon, along the western side of the Sea of Galilee, through the Jordan Valley, along the western bank of the Dead Sea , through the Arabah valley, and until Eilat and the southern border with Egypt on the Red Sea....
 south of Jericho
Jericho

Jericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate, and has a population of over 20,000 Arabs....
 near the shores of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea

For the Brian Keene book of the same name, see Dead Sea The Dead Sea is a salt lake between Israel and the West Bank to the west, and Jordan to the east....
.

The highway is heavily congested
Traffic congestion

Traffic congestion is a condition on networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased Queueing theory....
, especially at the entrances to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The section between Sha'ar HaGai and Jerusalem is also congested at times because of the many accidents and breakdowns caused by the high slopes and winding nature of this section. Trucks might also cause slow downs on this narrow four-lane section.

History

The section between Latrun
Latrun

Latrun is a strategic hilltop in the Ayalon Valley overlooking the road to Jerusalem. It is located 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla....
 and Jerusalem roughly follows an ancient path connecting Jaffa and Jerusalem. The Jaffa-Jerusalem road was initially paved by the Ottomans
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 in the 1860s and since then served as the main highway to Jerusalem, favored over more topographically
Topography

Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, Natural satellite, and asteroids. It is also the description of such surface shapes and features ....
 advantageous routes such as Route 443.

In 1948 the Latrun section of the highway was taken over by Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
 and traffic was diverted to a new route called "Derekh Ha'Gvura" (Road of Bravery), which is now part of Highways 44 and 38. In 1965 the old highway was widened to four lanes between Sha'ar HaGai and Jerusalem, and after the Six Day War the Latrun section was reopened and an interchange was built at Mevaseret Zion
Mevaseret Zion

Mevaseret Zion is a suburb of Jerusalem, Israel. Today, Mevaseret Zion is composed of two distinct settlements?Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim?under the jurisdiction of one local council....
 (Harel Interchange). During the 1970s a bypass was built around the village of Abu Ghosh
Abu Ghosh

Abu Ghosh is an Israeli Arab town located 10 kilometers west of Jerusalem on the Highway 1 , 610-720 meters above sea level. Abu Ghosh is one of the most known feodal families in Palestine that exacted a toll from pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem during the Ottoman Empire....
, including the construction of Hemed Interchange.

In 1978 a new section opened, connecting Sha'ar HaGai with former Highway 10
Highway 10 (Israel)

Highway 10 is an expressway in the South District of Israel. It is one of the longest roads in Israel, extending for nearly the entire border of Israel with Egypt from the Gaza Strip in the north to Sayarim junction in the south....
 (Tel Aviv - Ben Gurion Airport). The new section formed the third freeway
Freeway

A freeway is a type of road designed for Road safety#Motorway high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections....
 in the country, after Highways 2
Highway 2 (Israel)

Highway 2 is an Israeli highway located on the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea. It stretches from Tel Aviv to Haifa. The highway is also called The Coastal Highway or The New Haifa - Tel Aviv Highway ....
 and 4
Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire Israeli Coastal Plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier#Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip....
. Although it is about 10 km longer than the old road (now Highway 44 and Route 424) it is much faster. One of the first passengers on this section was Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
ian President Anwar Sadat
Anwar Sadat

Muhammad Anwar Al Sadat, or Anwar El Sadat , was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination on 6 October 1981....
 during his historic visit to Israel in 1977. This section briefly crosses over the Green Line
Green Line (Israel)

The term Green Line is used to refer to the 1949 Armistice Agreements established between Israel and its neighbours after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
 near Latrun
Latrun

Latrun is a strategic hilltop in the Ayalon Valley overlooking the road to Jerusalem. It is located 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla....
.

The section between Ganot
Ganot

Ganot is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the Hiriya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lod Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 513....
 Interchange and Ben Shemen Interchange
Ben Shemen Interchange

Ben Shemen Interchange is a major freeway interchange complex in central Israel, connecting Highway 1 , Highway 6 , Route 443 and Route 444 , as well as several local roads....
 was widened to six lanes in 1998. During the construction of Highway 6
Highway 6 (Israel)

Highway 6 , widely known as the Trans-Israel Highway or Cross-Israel Highway , is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. The highway was officially dedicated as the Yitzhak Rabin Highway , though this name is not generally used....
 (1999-2003), Ben Shemen Interchange was completely rebuilt, a new interchange was built near the village of Kfar Daniel
Kfar Daniel

Kfar Daniel is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located around four kilometres south-east of Lod and covering 2,900 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council....
 and a section of the freeway was widened to eight lanes.

Motza
Motza

Motza is a neighbourhood in the western edge of Jerusalem, Israel, located 600 metres above sea level. In the Judean Hills, surrounded by forest, it is a relatively isolated place connected to Jerusalem by the highway 1 and the winding mountain road to Har Nof....
 Interchange opened in 1990 and Sha'ar HaGai Interchange opened in 1995. In 1998 the left turns in Kiryat Anavim Junction were closed and in 2002 Shoresh Interchange opened, eliminating the last left turn on the highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Although the Sha'ar HaGai - Jerusalem section is fully grade separated
Grade separation

Grade separation is the process of aligning a junction of two or more transport axes at different heights so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other....
, the road does not meet freeway standards due to narrow shoulders, dangerous turns and difficult slopes, and the speed limit on this section is 80 km/h.

Anava Interchange opened on February 4, 2009 together with the eastern section of Route 431
Route 431 (Israel)

Route 431 , is a suburban freeway in the south of the Gush Dan in Israel. The freeway connects the Ayalon Highway in the west with highway 1 in the east....
. It is a complex interchange and the first full freeway to freeway interchange in the country, connecting all eight directions between the two freeways without the use of traffic lights.

The section of the highway east of Jerusalem was first built by the British in the 1920s, also along the path of an ancient road to the Dead Sea. This section was under Jordanian control between 1948 and 1967, and renewed access to this road, which is known as the "Jericho Road" or the Adummim Ascent , was famously noted alongside the reunification of Jerusalem in the famous Israeli song, Jerusalem of Gold.

In the late 1980s, a new road was built north of Jericho Road, between French Hill
French Hill

French Hill , also Giv'at Shapira is a predominantly Jewish neighborhood located in north-central Jerusalem. It is located on territory captured during the Six-Day War in 1967, later annexed by Israel under the Jerusalem Law in 1980....
 neighborhood in northern Jerusalem and the town of Ma'ale Adummim
Ma'ale Adummim

Ma'ale Adumim is an Israeli Settlement and city located east of Jerusalem in the West Bank and on the edge of the Judean desert. It is located within the boundaries of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, but has had its own mayor and municipality independent of the council's jurisdiction since achieving city council in 1991....
. This section was improved by 1995, when it was widened and a new interchange was built at Ma'ale Adummim. A bypass of this section, designed to relieve congestion at Sha'ar Mizrah Interchange, opened in 2002, connecting the highway through a tunnel under Mount Scopus
Mount Scopus

Mount Scopus is a mountain in northeast Jerusalem, Israel. Overlooking Jerusalem, Mount Scopus has been strategically important as a base from which to attack the city since antiquity....
 towards central Jerusalem and the Hebrew University. As part of this project, the new HaZeitim interchange was built at the foot of the Mount of Olives
Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is a mountain ridge in east Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south. The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters ....
.

The sections west and east of Jerusalem are linked by an expressway
Expressway

An expressway is a divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial control of access. The degree of access allowed varies between country and even between regions within the same country....
 segment running north of the city centre. Known internally as Yigal Yadin road, the stretch has divided lanes
Dual carriageway

A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median....
, but includes three at-grade intersection
At-grade intersection

An at-grade intersection is a junction at which two or more transport axis cross at the same level ....
 alongside its interchange
Interchange

An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is used in a number of different contexts....
s.

Jerusalem Route 9

In 2001 Moriah, the Jerusalem Development Company, started building a bypass
Bypass (road)

A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety....
 of the city's oft-congested western entrance, designated as Jerusalem Route 9. The 3.6 km road descends from the purpose-built Sha'ar Moriah interchange to allow continuous separate grade
Grade separation

Grade separation is the process of aligning a junction of two or more transport axes at different heights so that they will not disrupt the traffic flow on other transit routes when they cross each other....
 access to Yigael Yadin Interchange and the northern and eastern continuation of Highway 1. It includes two 400 meter tunnels (one for eastbound traffic and one for westbound), four bridges over the Sorek stream and two new interchanges.

While the highway was originally scheduled for completion in early 2005, work was slowed to a near halt between 2003 and 2006 and the project's completion was postponed for over two years.

Route 9 was scheduled for opening on May 21, 2007, however the opening was postponed for over two months due to Moriah's failure to complete the required environmental mitigation
Environmental mitigation

Environmental mitigation, compensatory mitigation, or mitigation banking, are terms used primarily by the United States government and the related environmental industry to describe projects or programs intended to offset known impacts to an existing natural resource such as a stream, wetland, or endangered species....
. On July 17, 2007 Moriah was given permission to open the highway, under the condition that the company, as well as the City of Jerusalem, provide guarantees that the environmental mitigation will be completed after the opening. Route 9 finally opened on July 25, 2007 and constitutes part of Highway 1.

Future plans

Heavy construction work is currently taking place along the eastern section of the highway, to widen the road to four lanes between Ma'ale Adummim and Jericho.

Israel Railways
Israel Railways

Israel Railways is Israel's government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all Inter-city rail and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country....
 is building a new high speed rail line between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. This line will cross the highway at three points: over a viaduct
Viaduct

A viaduct is a bridge composed of several small spans. The term viaduct is derived from the Latin via for road and ducere to lead something....
 east of Ben Gurion Airport, in a tunnel at Anava Interchange and in another tunnel at the western entrance to Jerusalem.

To relieve congestion at the entrance to Tel Aviv, an express toll lane
Toll road

A toll road, , is a road for which a driver pays a toll for use. Structures for which tolls are charged include toll bridges and toll tunnels....
 is being built as a Build-Operate-Transfer
Build-Operate-Transfer

Build-Operate-Transfer is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the private or public sector to finance, design, construct, and operate a facilities stated in the concession contract....
 project. The project includes additional lanes between Ben Gurion Airport and Kibutz Galuyot Interchange and a large park and ride
Park and ride

Park and ride facilities are public transport Bus stations that allow commuting and other people wishing to travel into City Centre to leave their personal vehicles in a parking lot and transfer to a bus, Rail transport system , or carpool for the rest of their trip....
 facility east of Shapirim Interchange. Shapir Engineering started the construction of the park and ride facility in August 2007 and the project is scheduled for completion by early 2010.

The section between Sha'ar HaGai and Jerusalem is in desperate need of an upgrade, including adding an additional lane in each direction and straightening the many curves. A plan to upgrade the highway had been recently approved by the Committee on National Projects. According to this plan, a long bridge at the Moza curve and a tunnel under the Castel Mountain will be built. The soil extracted from the tunnel will then be used to widen the Shoresh - Sha'ar HaGai section, raising the road by five meters to create a wider roadbed. Work is expected to begin in 2009 and last for three and a half years, at a cost of 2.5 billion NIS
Israeli new sheqel

The Israeli New Sheqel is the currency of Israel. The new sheqel is divided into 100 agorot . Denominations made in this currency are marked with the sheqel sign....
 ($600 million US). However, it is highly unlikely that this project will be carried out, as the Shoresh - Sha'ar HaGai section passes through a sensitive nature reserve. Also, the budget for this project has not yet been approved.

Interchanges

kmNameTypeMeaningLocationRoad(s) Crossed
Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Highway
0 ???? ????? ??????
(Kibutz Galuyot Interchange)
Ab Kreuz Blau
Diaspora
Diaspora

The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnicity identity who were either forced to leave or voluntarily left their Settler territory, and became residents in areas often far removed from the former....
 Ingathering
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....

(Ayalon Highway
Ayalon Highway

Highway 20, more commonly Ayalon Highway is a major intracity freeway in Gush Dan, Israel. The road runs along Tel Aviv's center eastern border from north to south and connects all of the major highways leading to the city - such as Highway 4 from Ashdod and the South District , Highway 2 from Haifa and the North District ,...
/Route 461)
4 ???? ????
(Ganot Interchange)
Ab Kreuz Blau
Named after location Ganot
Ganot

Ganot is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the Hiriya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Lod Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 513....

(Highway 4
Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire Israeli Coastal Plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier#Erez Crossing with the Gaza Strip....
)
6 ???? ??????
(Shapirim Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after
Shapirim Stream
Beit Dagan
Beit Dagan

Beit Dagan is a town in the Center District of Israel, bordering Rishon LeZion. It was founded in 1948 at the site of the Arab village Bayt Dajan by Yemenite and North African immigrants....

(Route 412)
12 ???? ?? ??????
(Ben Gurion Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Ben Gurion Intl. Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport

Ben Gurion International Airport The airport is located near the city of Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv. It is operated by the Israel Airports Authority, a government-owned corporation that manages all public airports and Border controls in the State of Israel....

(Road 4503)
13 ???? ???
(Lod Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Lod
Lod

Lod is a mixed Arab-Jewish city about 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Center District of Israel. At the end of 2007, its population was 67,000....

(Highway 40
Highway 40 (Israel)

Highway 40 is a north-south intercity road in Israel. At 302 km long, it is the second longest highway in Israel, after Highway 90 . The highway runs from Kfar Saba in the center of Israel to the Arabah in the south, serving as a main connection between central Israel and Be'er Sheva....
)
17 ???? ?? ???
(Ben Shemen Interchange
Ben Shemen Interchange

Ben Shemen Interchange is a major freeway interchange complex in central Israel, connecting Highway 1 , Highway 6 , Route 443 and Route 444 , as well as several local roads....
)
Ab Kreuz Blau
Named after location Ben Shemen
Ben Shemen

Ben Shemen is a moshav in central Israel. Located around four kilometres east of Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council....

(Highway 6
Highway 6 (Israel)

Highway 6 , widely known as the Trans-Israel Highway or Cross-Israel Highway , is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. The highway was officially dedicated as the Yitzhak Rabin Highway , though this name is not generally used....
 north-bound/Route 443
Highway 443 (Israel)

Route 443 , also Ma'ale Beit Horon , is the main highway connecting Modi'in with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and also serves as a secondary connection between the Gush Dan and Jerusalem....
/Route 444)
21 ???? ?????
(Daniel
Interchange)
Ab Kreuz Blau
Named after location Kfar Daniel
Kfar Daniel

Kfar Daniel is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located around four kilometres south-east of Lod and covering 2,900 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council....

(Highway 6
Highway 6 (Israel)

Highway 6 , widely known as the Trans-Israel Highway or Cross-Israel Highway , is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. The highway was officially dedicated as the Yitzhak Rabin Highway , though this name is not generally used....
 south-bound)
23 ???? ????
(Anava Interchange)
Ab Kreuz Blau
Berry
Berry

In everyday English, a berry is a broad term for any small edible fruit. Most berries are juicy, round or semi-oblong, brightly coloured, sweet or sour, and don't have a stone or pit....
Kfar Shmuel
Kfar Shmuel

Kfar Shmuel is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah around six kilometres south of Ramle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council....

(Route 431
Route 431 (Israel)

Route 431 , is a suburban freeway in the south of the Gush Dan in Israel. The freeway connects the Ayalon Highway in the west with highway 1 in the east....
)
31 ???? ?????
(Latrun Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Latrun
Latrun

Latrun is a strategic hilltop in the Ayalon Valley overlooking the road to Jerusalem. It is located 15 kilometers west of Jerusalem and 14 kilometers southeast of Ramla....

(Highway 3
Highway 3 (Israel)

Highway 3 is a highway in Israel. It begins at Beit Horon junction with Highway 443 near Modi'in, it passes through Kiryat Malakhi, and it ends a junction with Highway 4 on the outskirts of Ashkelon....
)
35 ???? ??? ????
(Sha'ar HaGai Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Sha'ar HaGai
(Highway 38
Highway 38 (Israel)

Highway 38 is a highway in the low plains of Judea in Israel. It serves as a main entrance to Beit Shemesh,and as a main north-south route in the region....
)
41 ???? ????
(Shoresh
Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Shoresh
Shoresh

Shoresh is a moshav shitufi in central Israel. Located in the Judean Mountains around five kilometres from Sha'ar HaGai and covering 7,500 dunams , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council....

(Road 3955)
42 ???? ???? ?????
(Kiryat Ye'arim Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location; only from East/to West Kiryat Ye'arim
(Route 425)
46 ???? ???
(Hemed Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Abu Ghosh
Abu Ghosh

Abu Ghosh is an Israeli Arab town located 10 kilometers west of Jerusalem on the Highway 1 , 610-720 meters above sea level. Abu Ghosh is one of the most known feodal families in Palestine that exacted a toll from pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem during the Ottoman Empire....
, Ein Hemed park

(Road 3975)
50 ???? ????
(Har'el Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after
Har'el Brigade
Mevaseret Zion
Mevaseret Zion

Mevaseret Zion is a suburb of Jerusalem, Israel. Today, Mevaseret Zion is composed of two distinct settlements?Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim?under the jurisdiction of one local council....

(Road 3985)
52 ???? ????
(Motza Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....

Motza
Motza

Motza is a neighbourhood in the western edge of Jerusalem, Israel, located 600 metres above sea level. In the Judean Hills, surrounded by forest, it is a relatively isolated place connected to Jerusalem by the highway 1 and the winding mountain road to Har Nof....
 neighbourhood
Sorek
Brook of Sorek

Nahal Sorek , also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills. It is mentioned in the Book of Judges 16:4 of the Bible as the border between the ancient Philistines and the Tribe of Dan of the ancient Israelites....
 st.
53 ???? ??? ?????
(Sha'ar Moriah Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Moriah
Moriah

Moriah is the name given to a mountain range by the book of Genesis, in which context it is given as the location of the Binding of Isaac. Traditionally Moriah has been interpreted as the name of the specific mountain at which this occurred, rather than just the name of the range....
 Gate
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....

Romema neighbourhood; only from/to West
Ben Gurion Ave.
  Tunnel
Tunnel

A tunnel is an underground passageway. The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon. However, in general tunnels are at least twice as long as they are wide....
 - 2 lanes
Ab Tunnel
Ab Tunnel
  Sorek stream
Brook of Sorek

Nahal Sorek , also Soreq, is one of the largest, most important drainage basins in the Judean Hills. It is mentioned in the Book of Judges 16:4 of the Bible as the border between the ancient Philistines and the Tribe of Dan of the ancient Israelites....
400 metres
Yigael Yadin boulevard
56 ???? ???? ????
(Yigael Yadin Interchange)
Ab Kreuz Blau
Named after
Yigael Yadin
Yigael Yadin

Yigael Yadin was an Israeli archeology, politician, and the second Ramatkal of the Israel Defense Forces....
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....

Ramot
Ramot

Ramot , also known as Ramot Alon is one of the largest neighborhoods in Jerusalem, with about 40,000 residents. It is situated in the northwestern part of the city and divided into six sections, from Ramot 1, the oldest section, to Ramot 6, the newest section....
 neighbourhood

(Begin Expressway
Begin Expressway

Route 404, usually referred to as Menachem Begin Expressway is an urban freeway in western Jerusalem named after sixth Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin....
)
57 ???? ??? ????
(Ramat Shlomo Junction)
Named after location Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....

Ramat Shlomo
Ramat Shlomo

Ramat Shlomo is a neighborhood in northern Jerusalem, Israel.Ramat Shlomo was founded in 1995. As of 2000, it had a population of 18,000, mostly Haredi Jews....
 neighbourhood
Rabbi Druck st.
59 ???? ??? ????
(Sha'ar Mizrah Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Eastern Gate Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....

Pisgat Ze'ev
Pisgat Ze'ev

Pisgat Ze'ev , is a neighborhood of Israel, with almost 50,000 residents. Building commenced in 1982 on land de facto annexed by Israel east of the green line, and the first families moved in three years later....
 neighbourhood

(Highway 60
Highway 60 (Israel)

Route 60 is a north-south intercity road in Israel and the West Bank that stretches from Beersheba to Nazareth. After heading north from Beersheba, most of the road runs through the West Bank, passing through Hebron, Bethlehem, and entering full Israeli control in Jerusalem, then returning to the West Bank at Ramallah, Nablus, and Jenin....
)
Jericho Road
63 ???? ??????
(HaZeitim Interchange)
Ab As Blau
The Olive
Olive

The Olive is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Turkey and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea....
s
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....

Mount Scopus
Mount Scopus

Mount Scopus is a mountain in northeast Jerusalem, Israel. Overlooking Jerusalem, Mount Scopus has been strategically important as a base from which to attack the city since antiquity....
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El-Hardub st.
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(Adummim Interchange)
Ab As Blau
Named after location Ma'ale Adummim
Ma'ale Adummim

Ma'ale Adumim is an Israeli Settlement and city located east of Jerusalem in the West Bank and on the edge of the Judean desert. It is located within the boundaries of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, but has had its own mayor and municipality independent of the council's jurisdiction since achieving city council in 1991....

(Route 417)
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Ma'ale Adummim

Ma'ale Adumim is an Israeli Settlement and city located east of Jerusalem in the West Bank and on the edge of the Judean desert. It is located within the boundaries of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, but has had its own mayor and municipality independent of the council's jurisdiction since achieving city council in 1991....
 Industrial Zone

(Route 437)
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(Alon Junction)
Named after location Alon
(Route 458
Allon Road

The Allon Road is the name commonly given by Israel to routes #578, #508, and #458 in the West Bank, running roughly north-south between Mehola in the central Jordan Valley and east of Ma'ale Adummim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem....
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(Mitzpe Yeriho Junction)
Named after location Mitzpe Yeriho Local road
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(Almog Junction)
Named after location Jericho
Jericho

Jericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate, and has a population of over 20,000 Arabs....
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Almog

Almog is a kibbutz near the northwestern shores of the Dead Sea in the Jordan Rift Valley in Israel. It is under the jurisdiction of the Megilot Regional Council....
Local road
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(Beit HaArava Junction
Beit HaArava Junction

The Beit HaArava Junction is the junction of Israel's Highway 1 and Highway 90 , named for nearby kibbutz Beit HaArava. The junction is situated in the West Bank near Israel's eastern border with Jordan, directly east of Jerusalem, just a few kilometers north of the Dead Sea and south of Jericho....
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Named after location Beit HaArava
Beit HaArava

Beit HaArava is a kibbutz and Israeli settlement in the Megilot Regional Council near the Dead Sea and Jericho, in the central West Bank. It is located at the eponymous Beit HaArava Junction, at the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 90 ...

(Highway 90)