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Highway 87 (Israel)
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Highway
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in northern Israel
Israel
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and the Israeli-occupied
Israeli-occupied territories
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Golan Heights. It extends from the northern shores of Lake Kinneret
Sea of Galilee
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in the Kinarot Valley (בקעת כינרות) through the central Golan Heights. It begins in the west at Kfar Nahum and end in the east at Bashan junction. It is 35 km long.
Junctions on the route
| Kilometers | Name | Location | Intersecting routes | |
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| Highway 87 | ||||
| 0 | צומת כפר נחום | Kfar Nahum |  Highway 90 (Israel) |
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| 6 | צומת אלמגור | בקעת כינרות | Route 8277 | |
| 10 | צומת בית צידה | בקעת בית צידה | Route 888 Route 888 (Israel) Route 888 is a north-south regional highway in northern Israel. It begins at Beit Tzida junction with Highway 87 and ends at Beit HaMekhes junction with Highway 91.-Junctions on the route:... |
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| 12 | צומת יהודיה | בקעת בית צידה |  Highway 92 (Israel)Highway 92 (Israel) Highway 92 is a north-south highway in northeastern Israel. It follows the eastern edge of the Kinneret from Ma'agan junction in the south at Highway 98 to Yehudiya junction in the north at Highway 87... |
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| 24 | צומת קצרין דרום | South of Katzrin | Route 9088 | |
| 27 | צומת המפלים | Golan Heights | Route 808 | |
| 30 | צומת קשת | רמת הגולן | כביש הנפט (Petroleum Road Petroleum Road The Petroleum Road is a privately owned north-south asphalt road in the Golan Heights. It is long. It begins near Mount Paras on the east edge of the central Golan, and ends in the northern Golan near the Israeli controlled Golan-Lebanese frontier, nearby Ghajar.Most of the road is marked on maps... ) |
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| 35 | צומת בשן | Golan Heights |  Highway 98 (Israel)Highway 98 (Israel) Highway 98 is the primary north-south highway in the Golan Heights. It is shaped like an archer's bow, and it runs parallel to the ceasefire line of the occupied territory with the rest of Syria... |
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Places of interest near Highway 87
- Ein Sheva
- Dominican monastery
- Kfar Nahum
- Greek monastery
- Arik Bridge
- Beit Tzida valley and Beit Tzida Nature Reserve
- Yehudiya Forest Reserve and Yehudiya creek
- Memorial statue for the IDF 7th brigade
- Hushayna (חושנייה)