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Israel has an advanced network of roads which criss-cross the country. Roads have been managed by the National Roads Authority of Israel since 2003 when they took over this responsibility from the Public Works Department (PWD). Road development in the country began during the British Mandate of Palestine and in 1921 the Mandate government found an engineering branch for committing infrastructure developments, this later became the PWD.

ded in 2003, the National Roads Authority of Israel, today work at planning, developing and maintaining most of the inter-city roads in Israel.






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Israel has an advanced network of roads which criss-cross the country. Roads have been managed by the National Roads Authority of Israel since 2003 when they took over this responsibility from the Public Works Department (PWD). Road development in the country began during the British Mandate of Palestine and in 1921 the Mandate government found an engineering branch for committing infrastructure developments, this later became the PWD.

The National Roads Authority of Israel

Founded in 2003, the National Roads Authority of Israel, today work at planning, developing and maintaining most of the inter-city roads in Israel. This authority also builds and plans interchange
Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road Junction that typically utilizes grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one road to pass through the junction without crossing any other traffic stream....
s, bridge
Bridge

A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, Rail tracks, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle....
s etc. The total road length that is under control by the authority is 6,500 km. Although, some inter-city routes are built by concessionaires and private companies in exchange for payment from the government, without brokerage or responsibility of the National Roads Authority.

Numbering of the roads

The roads and routes in Israel are categorized to national roads, inter-city roads, regional roads and local roads. The numbering of the roads is made by this classification.

  • National roads - numbered with one digit (e.g. Route 1, 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....
    -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....
    )
  • Inter-City roads - numbered with two digits (e.g. 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 20)
  • Regional roads - numbered with three digits (e.g. Route 471)
  • Local roads - numbered with four digits (e.g. Route 8900, Safed
    Safed

    Safed is a city in the North District of Israel of Israel and a center for Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism. At an elevation of 800 meters above sea level, Safed is the highest city in the Galilee....
    -Rosh Pina)


Often, even number
Even and odd numbers

In mathematics, the parity of an object states whether it is even or odd.This concept begins with integers. An even number is an integer that is "evenly divisible" by 2, i.e., divisible by 2 without remainder; an odd number is an integer that is not evenly divisible by 2....
ed roads run from south
South

South is one of the cardinal directions and is opposite to the north.By Western world Norm , the bottom side of a map is south; the southern direction has azimuth or bearing of 180?....
 to north
North

North is one of the four cardinal directions, specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is treated as the fundamental direction:...
 (e.g. Highway 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 ....
, 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....
-Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
). Odd numbered roads go from west
West

West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction or geography.West is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points....
 to east
East

East is a Direction in geography. It is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points, opposite of west and at right angles to north and south....
 (e.g. Highway 5
Highway 5 (Israel)

Highway 5, or the Trans-Samaria Highway , is one of Israel's main highways, connecting the Mediterranean Sea coast immediately north of Tel Aviv with the central Sharon plain and Ariel and other Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank, known under the biblical name Samaria....
, the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 coast to Samaria
Samaria

Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for the mountainous region in northern Israel roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank....
).

As a general rule, for highways with the same number of digits, numbers from south to north, and from west to east. Thus, Highways 12 and 13 are located in the far south of Israel, whereas Highways 98 and 99 meet near Mount Hermon
Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon is a mountain in the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. Its highest point is 2,814 m above sea level. This summit is on the border between Syria and Lebanon, and is under Syrian control....
 in the far northeast of the country. There are some exceptions to this rule: for example, Highway 1 runs mostly north of Highway 3.

List of highways in Israel

There are 42 designated highways in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, of those three are Freeways, four are partially Freeways and partially Expressways and 35 are Expressways. Two of the Expressways are divided into several separate sections as a result of an IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 decree forbidding Israelis
Israelis

Israelis are citizens of the modern state of Israel regardless of religious heritage or Ethnicity, including most numerously Jews, Muslims, Arab Christians, Arabs, Druze, Circassians, and others....
 from traveling on certain stretches of these highways.

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