Highway 60 (Israel–Palestine)

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Highway 60

כביש 60 (Hebrew)
Route information
Length235 km (146 mi)
Major junctions
South endBeersheba
Highway 25 (David Hacham Blvd.)
Major intersections
  • Hativat HaNegev Junction
  • Tel Sheva Junction
  • Shoket Interchange
  • Shoket Junction
  • Gush Etzion Junction
  • HaMinharot Junction
  • Jaffa Gate Square
  • Sha'ar Mizrah Interchange
  • Tapuah Junction
  • Shomron Junction
  • Dotan Junction
  • Yizre'el Junction
  • Mikhabei Esh Junction
  • Iksal Interchange
North endNazareth
HaMusachim Junction
Location
CountryIsrael
Major citiesBeersheba, Hebron, Gush Etzion, Jerusalem, Afula, Nazareth
Highway system
Highway 57 Highway 65

Highway 60 or (Hebrew: כביש שישים, Kvish Shishim; Arabic: الطريق السريع ستين at-Tariq as-Sarie Sitiin) is a south–north intercity road in Israel and the Palestinian West Bank that stretches from Beersheba to Nazareth.

Route and specifics

The Highway in large part follows the same general route as the so-called biblical "Way of the Patriarchs" (Hebrew: דרך האבות, romanized: (Derech HaAvot)), since it also follows the central watershed of the hill country, which figures prominently in the travels of the Biblical patriarchs.[1]

From its junction with Highway 40 in Beersheba to the city's outskirts, Route 60 is a dual carriageway with at-grade intersections. While it continues on to serve as the main north–south artery between Israeli settlements and Palestinian communities such as the cities of Hebron and Bethlehem in the southern West Bank, it is a two-lane, shoulderless road until past Hebron at Gush Etzion Junction, where it regains its lane-separation until short of Bethlehem, that section having recently been widened. Upon entering Jerusalem, its lanes are again mostly separated as it serves as a central artery in the city center. In the northern quarters it becomes a separate grade freeway with multiple interchanges, from where it continues through the central and northern West Bank as a two-lane road, not being divided again until the stretch between Afula and its terminus in downtown Nazareth.[2]

Due to it running through a mainly rural setting, many of the junctions along its route feature hitchhiking posts called trempiadas.

Access, bypass roads

At present, the highway is non-contiguous pending final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. The section through Jenin is closed to yellow (Israeli) license plates. The sections north and south of the West Bank and through Jerusalem are closed to green (Palestinian Authority) license plates.[3]

Before the Oslo Accords, Palestinians lived under Israeli authority and could travel freely on the road. After the Palestinian Authority assumed control over various cities, Israel established checkpoints on areas of the route which entered Palestinian jurisdiction. New routes of highway were paved so that Israeli traffic could bypass the Palestinian towns in order to reduce friction. These so-called bypass roads, while a contentious issue in their own right due to the varying levels of limitation on Palestinian access, also served as an improvement to the road which allowed traffic to flow around, rather than through the heart of congested urban areas.

Tunnels Highway

One of the more sophisticated segments – built on lands east of the Green line set in 1967 – is the stretch known as the Tunnels Highway. Designed by a French firm, the route leads from southern Jerusalem to the Jewish settlements area of Gush Etzion, bypasses Bethlehem and then heading to the northwest using a pair of tunnels; the northern tunnel, called the Gilo tunnel because it is adjacent to the Gilo neighborhood/Settlement, is 270 metres long. The second tunnel, called the Refaim tunnel based on the nearby Refaim Valley and passing under Har Gilo and Beit Jala, is 900 m long, making it the longest road tunnel in the West Bank. The tunnels are linked by the West Bank's highest and longest bridge, crossing the Walaja Valley.

In Jerusalem

Within Jerusalem, Highway 60, known by the municipality as the TalpiotAtarot Axis and often referred to by its official Jerusalem Municipality designation, "Road 1" (not to be confused with National Highway 1), is the central north–south artery running through the city centre. The Jerusalem portion of the road begins at the Tunnels Road (the northern end of the Bethlehem Bypass), passes the edges of Gilo and Beit Safafa, joins the "Hebron Road" (Hebrew: דרך חברון) from Bethlehem and continues northward through Talpiot. This section is divided with multiple lanes and has undergone recent construction to include dedicated bus lanes and infrastructure for its eventual conversion into a line of the Jerusalem Light Rail.

At its junction with David Remez Street, in the Abu Tor neighborhood, Route 60 narrows and descends into the Hinnom Valley, curving around Sultan's Pool directly under Mount Zion. It then ascends as Hativat Yerushalayim Street to intersect with the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.

From there it runs underneath the Jaffa Gate Square, briefly overlaps Jaffa Road and then enters "HaTsanhanim Tunnel" passing underneath Jerusalem's New Gate. It emerges just west of the Damascus Gate intersecting with Street of the Prophets, again becoming a divided street. This section of the road includes tracks for the now completed Jerusalem Light Rail's red line.

Briefly called Heil HaHandassa Boulevard and then Haim Bar-Lev Boulevard, it continues northward passing Meah Shearim, the American Colony, and French Hill, until Meinertzhagen junction, where it becomes a separate grade freeway. As a freeway, it interchanges with Highway 1 at Sha'ar Mizrah. The freeway then bypasses Shuafat with one of the longest and highest bridges in the country, feeding into Beit Hanina and Pisgat Ze'ev with two more interchanges. It continues as an at-grade road intersecting with Neve Yaakov Blvd. and finally exits the city near Kalandia.

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Route 60 was a central scene of violence during the al-Aqsa Intifada, which was in part defined by the thousands of shooting attacks on its Israeli traffic, including hundreds of casualties. The Israeli Army, in response, has fortified various sections with anti-sniper walls and had established checkpoints along the route. The Tunnels Highway came under particularly heavy assault during the shooting on Gilo neighborhood since it lies between Gilo and Beit Jala. The concrete barriers employed on other dangerous stretches of road were too heavy to be supported by the bridge, and so a barrier of bulletproof composite armour similar to that employed on Merkava tanks was constructed.

The road was also the site of terrorist attacks in June,[4] August 2010,[5][6] and June 2015.

Junctions and interchanges

File:Route 60 - West Bank, Palestine; between Nablus and Jerusalem.ogv

Tunnel (below Gilo) and bridge (above Walaja Valley) to Gush Etzion. Part of the Bethlehem bypass.
Highway 60 crossing Street of the Prophets. The Dome of the Rock can be seen in the far right background.
View northward at Asaf Junction (Route 466)
View southward at Ein Yabrud
View southwards approaching Shomron Junction alongside Shavei Shomron (behind wall)
View northward at Iksal Junction
approaching Rafael Eitan Bridge
and Yitzhak Herskovitz Tunnels
under Mount Precipice
Iksal Junction & Rafael Eitan Bridge
viewed from above southward
km Location Name Type Meaning Road(s) Crossed
Beersheba Municipal Boundary
Hebron Road
0 Beersheba ILramzor2.svg ISR-HW-25.svg Highway 25,
ISR-HW-406.svg Route 406
(David Hacham Blvd.)
0.3 Industrial Zone ILramzor2.svg Nordau St.,
Rothschild Blvd.
0.4 Industrial Zone Fareskilt 20beige.png Dekel St.
0.4 Industrial Zone Fareskilt 20beige.png HaNagarim St.
0.7 Industrial Zone ILramzor2.svg HaTahana St.
0.8 Industrial Zone Fareskilt 20beige.png HaNagarim St.
0.9 Industrial Zone ILramzor2.svg Shazar Blvd.
1 Industrial Zone Fareskilt 20beige.png Pinhas HaHotzev St.
1.2 Industrial Zone Fareskilt 20beige.png Yosef HaBurska'i St.
1.5 Shopping District,
Industrial Zone
ILramzor2.svg Heil HaHandasa St.,
Yitzhak Nafaha St.
2.4 Industrial Zone Fareskilt 20beige.png Saadia Malal Blvd.
2.4 Industrial Zone ILramzor2.svg David Ben-Gurion Blvd.
2.6 Machteshim
Industrial Zone
ILramzor2.svg Avraham Ben Ami St.
3.5 Beersheba צומת חטיבת הנגב
(Hativat HaNegev Junction)
ILramzor2.svg
ILjunction-hativathanegev.png
Negev Brigade Ben Tzion Carmel Blvd.,
ISR-HW-40.svg Highway 40 south
Beersheba Municipal Boundary
4.3 Omer,
Tel as-Sabi
צומת תל שבע
(Tel Sheva Junction)
ILramzor2.svg
ILjunction-hativathanegev.png
Hill of 'Seven' or 'Oath' Tel Sheva Rd.,
ISR-HW-40.svg Highway 40 north
5.7 Omer ILramzor2.svg Tamar St.
5.9 Omer
Industrial Park
ILramzor2.svg Omrim St.
7.3 Omer מחלף עומר
(Omer Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg
ILjunction-omer.png
Tapuz St.
9.9 Tarabin al-Sane'/Umra,
Umm Batin
Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
Under Construction
11 Kiryat HaModi'in[7]
Umm Batin
Abu Sabit,
al-Sayyid
מחלף קריית המודיעין
(Kiryat Ha'Modi'in Interchange)
Kiryat Ha'Modi'in Interchange.svg local road
11.2 מחלף שוקת
(Shoket Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg
ILjunction-shoketwest.png
ISR-FW-6.svg Highway 6
13 מחלף מיתר
(Meitar Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg
Meitar Interchange.svg
Water Trough ISR-HW-31.svg Highway 31
14.5 Carmit צומת כרמית
(Carmit Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
15.7 Meitar צומת מיתר
(Meitar Junction)
AB-AS-blau.svg
ILjunction-meitar.png
Cord Hebron Blvd.
16.2 Kibbitz Kramim צומת כרמים
(Kramim Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG Vineyards local road
17.6 צומת סנסנה
(Sansana Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG (Biblical) Palm Tree local road to
Sansana
18.5 Green Line
18.5 Green Line,
Meitar Terminal[8][9]
Fareskilt 20.PNG entrance to
passenger terminal and
cargo transfer station
18.6 Meitar Security Checkpoint
Zeichen 267.svgNO southbound through-traffic for green (Palestinian Authority) license plates
18.7 Green Line,
Meitar Terminal
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg ISR-HW-6002.svg Road 6002 to
Teneh Omarim,
ad-Dhahiriya,
Meitar Terminal
Dhahiriya Bypass
27 Meitarim Industrial Park צומת שמעה
(Shim'a Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG named after
minor biblical figure
ISR-HW317.png Route 317
27.1 Shim'a (Yonadav) Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
28 Mitzpe Eshtemoa Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
31.5 as-Simya,
as-Samu'
Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-3178.svg Road 3178
33.5 Otniel Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
34.2 Khursa צומת עתניאל
(Otniel Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG named after
biblical judge
local road
Otniel-Hagai Road
35.2 Karma Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
36 Abda Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
37 Deir Razih Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
37.9 Tarrama Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-3265.svg Road 3265
38.8 al-Hijra Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg ISR-HW-3266.svg Road 3266
38.85 Hadab al-Fawwar,
al-Fawwar
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg ISR-HW-3266.svg Road 3266
41.2 Hebron (south) Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Wadi al-Mufeer St
Hebron Bypass
41.5 Beit Hagai Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
43.3 Hebron (south),
Qilqis
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Be'er Shahin St
44.5 Hebron (south) Fareskilt 20.PNG entrance to
District coordination Office
DCO
45.7 Hebron (south) צומת הכבשים
(HaKvasim Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg sheep ISR-HW-3268.png Route 3268
al-Malik Suleiman St
entrance to Industrial Park
45.8 Hebron (south) Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
47.6 Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg ISR-HW-356.svg Route 356 to Zif
49.1 Bani Naim Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-3174.png Route 3174
49.4 Givat Gal
Kiryat Arba
Industrial Zone
Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-3263.png Route 3263
50.9 Kiryat Arba Fareskilt 20.PNG local road,
open during Jewish festivals
for overflow traffic
52.2 Kiryat Arba ILramzor2.svg Views of Mamre St.
55 Beit Einun,
Khirbat Zayta,
Hebron
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
55.9 Hebron,
Halhul
צומת העוקפים
(HaOkfim Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG the bypasses ISR-HW-35.svg Highway 35
Halhul bypass
59.2 Halhul,
Sa'ir
Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-3517.svg Road 3517
60.2 Halhul ILramzor2.svg ISR-HW-348.svg Route 348
Beit Ummar-AlArroub Bypass
62.8 Karmei Tzur,
Halhul (north),
Beit Ummar
ILramzor2.svg
65.9 Beit Ummar,
Al-Arroub (camp),
Shuyukh al-Arrub
(southbound only) AB-AS-blau.svg
66.9 Al-Arrub (camp),
Shuyukh al-Arrub,
Beit Ummar
(northbound only) AB-AS-blau.svg ISR-HW-348.svg Route 348
Gush Road
68 Beit al Baraka,
filling station
(southbound only) AB-AS-blau.svg entrances
69.5 Alon Shvut,
Migdal Oz,
Beit Fajjar
צומת גוש עציון
(Gush Etzion Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Etzion Bloc ISR-HW-367.svg Route 367
70.7 Efrat (south) צומת אפרת דרום
South Efrat Junction
ILramzor2.svg ISR-HW-3157.svg Road 3157
72 Elazar ILramzor2.svg Hashmonaim St.
73.3 Neve Daniel ILramzor2.svg HaMoriya St.
75.8 Efrat (north),
al-Khader,
Bethlehem
צומת שיירות עציון
(Shayarot Etzion Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Etzion Convoys local road
green license plates rejoin Highway 60 south from al-Khader
Bethlehem Bypass
78.4 al-Khader,
Husan
צומת אל חאדר
(al-Khader Junction)
ILramzor2.svg The Green One ISR-HW375.png Route 375
to Beitar Illit,
Tzur Hadassah
79.5 Beit Jala (northbound only) AB-AS-blau.svg al-Amal St.
Zeichen 267.svgNO northbound through-traffic for green (Palestinian Authority) license plates
green license plates continue to Route 60 north via al-Khader or Beit Jala, local roads, Routes 398, 417 and 437
79.6 Tunnels / Patriarch's Way Security checkpoint
Tunnels Road
80.6 Beit Jala מנהרות רפאים
(Refaim Tunnels)
5 lanes, 890 m.
AB-Tunnel.svg 'Giants' or 'Ghosts'
82.2 Beit Jala,
Gilo
גשרי גילה
(Gilo Bridges)
5 lanes, 360 m.
ILbridge3.png
82.6 Gilo מנהרות גילה
(Gilo Tunnels)
5 lanes, 260 m.
AB-Tunnel.svg
Jerusalem Municipal Boundary
83.3 Gilo מחלף רוזמרין
(Rosmarin Interchange),
צומת המנהרות
(HaMinharot Junction)
AB-AS-blau.svgILjunction-rosmarinbeige.png Rosemary,
The Tunnels
HaRosmarin St.,
ISR-HW-50.svg Highway 50
(Begin Boulevard)
.
HaRosmarin St.
83.5 Beit Safafa,
Tantur
Fareskilt 20beige.png A-Safa St.,
entrance to Tantur
Hebron Road
83.6 Beit Safafa,
Tantur
צומת טנטור
(Tantur Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Hilltop Hebron Road,
south to Bethlehem
83.7 Mar Elias Monastery,
Har Homa
ILramzor2.svg Ma'ale Darga St.
84.7 Har Homa ILramzor2.svg ISR-HW398.png Route 398
(Shmuel Meir Blvd.)
84.9 Givat HaMatos,
Beit Safafa
ILramzor2.svg Tabaliya St.
84.9 Green Line
85.2 Talpiot ILramzor2.svg Derech Beit Lehem
85.5 Talpiot ILramzor2.svg HaUman St.,
Asher Wiener St.
86.2 Talpiot ILramzor2.svg HaTnufa St.
86.4 Talpiot ILramzor2.svg Dostrovsky St.
86.7 Talpiot כיכר יצחק לוי
(Yitzhak Levi Square),
צומת הבנקים
(Banks Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Rivka St.,
Ein Gedi St.
87 Baka,
Talpiot
ILramzor2.svg Yehuda St.,
Daniel Yanovsky St.
87.3 Baka ILramzor2.svg Queen Esther St.
87.6 Baka ILramzor2.svg Miriam HaHashmonait St.
87.7 Talpiot כיכר בולגריה
(Bulgaria Square)
ILramzor2.svg Hanoch Albeck St.
87.8 Abu Tor ILramzor2.svg Naomi St.
88 Abu Tor ILramzor2.svg Gihon St.
88.2 Abu Tor ILramzor2.svg Aminadav St.
88.4 Abu Tor כיכר יוסף נבון
(Yosef Navon Square)
ILramzor2.svg David Remez St.,
HaMefaked St.
89 Old City ILramzor2.svg Ma'ale HaShalom St.
Hativat Yerushalayim Street
89.4 Old City,
Jaffa Gate
ILramzor2.svg Omar ibn il-Khatab St.
entrance to Old City
Jaffa Road
89.5 Old City,
Jaffa Gate
כיכר שער יפו
(Jaffa Gate Square)
ILramzor2.svg Yitzhak Kariv St.
Mamilla Mall
89.9 מנהרת הצנחנים
(HaTsanhanim Tunnel)
2 lanes, 600m.
AB-Tunnel.svg Paratroopers
HaTsanhanim Street
90 Old City,
New Gate
ILramzor2.svg New Gate St.
entrance to Old City
90.05 Saint-Louis Hospital
(Notre Dame de Terre Sainte)
ILramzor2.svg entrance to hospital
90.2 Old City,
Musrara
כיכר אברהם הלפרין
(Avraham Halperin Square)
(southbound only)
Fareskilt 20.PNG named for
Avraham Halperin
Ha Ayin Het St
90.4 Old City,
Damascus Gate
ILramzor2.svg Sultan Suleiman St.
Heil HaHandasa Street
90.5 Tunnel end AB-Tunnel.svg
90.6 Musrara,
Mas'udiyya
ILramzor2.svgTram sign israelbeige.png HaNevi'im St.,
Antarah ibn Shaddad St.,
Light Rail Station
Light Rail Crossing
90.75 Mas'udiyya ILramzor2.svg Naomi Kis St.,
Ibn al-'As St.
90.8 Musrara,
Mas'udiyya
(southbound only) Fareskilt 20.PNG HaHoma HaShlishit St.
90.85 Musrara (southbound only) Fareskilt 20.PNG Michel Leib Katz St.
90.9 Mas'udiyya (northbound only) Fareskilt 20.PNG Pikud HaMerkaz St.
91 Beit Yisrael,
American Colony
כיכר פיקוד הצפון
(Pikud HaMerkaz Square)
ILramzor2.svg Central Command Shivtei Yisrael St.,
Saint George St.,
Light Rail Station
Haim Bar-Lev Street
91.2 Beit Yisrael כיכר מנדלבאום
(Mandelbaum Square)
(southbound only)
Fareskilt 20.PNG Named for
Mandelbaum Gate
Shmuel HaNavi St.
91.3 Beit Yisrael,
American Colony
ILramzor2.svg Moshe Zaks St.,
Pierre van Paassen St.
91.6 Tram sign israelbeige.png Light Rail Crossing
91.6 Green Line
91.7 Arzei HaBira,
Sheikh Jarrah
ILramzor2.svg Shimon HaTzadik St.,
Light Rail Station
92.3 Ma'alot Dafna,
Sheikh Jarrah
ILramzor2.svg Zalman Shragai St.,
Clermont-Ganneau St.
92.6 Givat HaMivtar,
French Hill
כיכר מיינרצהאגן
(Meinertzhagen Square)
ILramzor2.svg
ILjunction-eshkolbeige.png
named after
Richard Meinertzhagen
Levi Eshkol Blvd.,
Hebrew University Blvd.
(ISR-HW-417.svg Route 417),
Light Rail Station
93.2 Giv'at HaMivtar,
French Hill
ILramzor2.svg Sheshet HaYamim Blvd.,
Shuafat Road,
HaHagana Blvd.,
Light Rail Station
Uzi Narkis Road / Shuafat Bypass
93.5 Shuafat,
French Hill
מחלף שער מזרח
(Sha'ar Mizrah Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg
ILjunction-shaarmizrahbeige.png
East Gate ISR-HW1.png Highway 1
95.1 Shuafat,
Pisgat Zeev
מחלף יקותיאל אדם
(Yekuti'el Adam Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg
ILjunction-yekutieladambeige.png
Yekutiel Adam Blvd.
96.1 Beit Hanina,
Pisgat Zeev
AB-AS-blau.svg Hamid Shomaan St.
(Jerusalem Road 20),
Amihai "Gidi" Feiglin St.
(Sayeret Duchifat Blvd.)
to ISR-HW-437.svg Route 437
Musa Peled Street / Beit Hanina Bypass
97.4 Beit Hanina,
Pisgat Zeev,
Neve Ya'akov
כיכר מגיני
עטרות ונווה יעקב
(Maginei
Atarot & Neve Ya'akov
Square)
ILramzor2.svg defenders of
Atarot & Neve Ya'akov
Beit Hanina Rd.
Neve Ya'akov Blvd.
Ramallah Road
Shikunei Nuseiba,
Dahiat al-Barid
14 local streets
98.9 Atarot Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Bir Nabala Rd.
99.4 Atarot Fareskilt 20beige.png Aviation Rd.
100.4 Qalandia
Atarot Airport
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg to ISR-HW-45.svg Highway 45
Jerusalem Municipal Boundary
Zeichen 267.svgNO northbound through-traffic for yellow (Israeli) license plates
yellow license plates continue to Highway 60 north via Sayeret Duchifat Blvd. and Route 437
100.5 Qalandia Security checkpoint[10]
Zeichen 267.svgNO southbound through-traffic for green (Palestinian Authority) license plates
green license plates continue to Highway 60 south via Routes 437, 417, 398 and local roads, Beit Jala or al-Khader
100.6 Kafr 'Aqab Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Ramallah Road
Ramallah Bypass
101.9 Ar-Ram, Jaba' Fareskilt 20.PNG Bir Nabala Rd
yellow license plates rejoin Highway 60 north from Route 437
104.4 Geva Binyamin גבע בנימין.svg ISR-HW-437.svg Route 437,
Adam Blvd.
105.1 Sha'ar Binyamin
Industrial Park
Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
106.1 Mikhmas Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
106.2 Kokhav Ya'akov,
Psagot,
Migron (relocated)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
107.3 Ma'ale Mikhmas Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-457.svg Route 457
to ISR-HW-458.svg Route 458
109.8 Migron
(ordered removed by Apr 2012)[11]
Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
112.4 al-Bireh,
Beit El,
Giv'at Asaf,
Burqa,
Beitin
צומת אסף
(Asaf Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG named after
Asaf Hershkovitz
ISR-HW466.png Route 466
113.4 Deir Dibwan Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
118.1 Ofra צומת עפרה
(Ofra Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG named after
biblical town
HaMiyasdim St.
118.3 Ein Yabrud,
Yabrud,
Silwad
Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-449.svg Route 449
123.1 צומת המשטרה הבריטית
(HaMishtara HaBritit Junction)
ILramzor2.svg British Police ISR-HW-465.svg Route 465
to Birzeit, Ateret
124.2 Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-4568.svg Road 4568
127.4 Sinjil Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-4665.svg Road 4665
129 Sinjil Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
129.4 Turmus Ayya Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
131.3 Shilo צומת שילה
(Shilo Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG named after
biblical town
local road
Wadi ash-Sha'ir Road
135.1 Eli Fareskilt 20.PNG Elkana Rd.
135.3 Eli Fareskilt 20.PNG 14th of Elul St.
136.9 Ma'ale Levona Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
137.9 Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
140.3 Qabalan Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-4777.svg Road 4777
140.1 As-Sawiya Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
142.7 Rechelim,
Ariel
Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
145.1 Kfar Tapuach צומת תפוח
(Tapuah Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Apple ISR-HW-505.svg Route 505
Huwara Road
145.8 Za'tara (Beita) Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
147.8 Beita Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
147.9 Huwara Fareskilt 20.PNG local streets
148.4 Huwara Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg ISR-HW-5076.svg
Road 5076 to
Einabus
148.6 Huwara Fareskilt 20.PNG local road to Odala,
local streets
149.3 Huwara Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local streets,
ISR-HW555.png Road 555
to Nablus,
Itamar,
Elon Moreh
Nablus Bypass
151.2 Yitzhar,
Burin
Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
160.9 Sarra Fareskilt 20.PNG local road to Nablus
161.1 Jit צומת ג'ית
(Jit Junction)
Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-55.svg Highway 55 (west)
163.9 Kedumim Local Council,
Bar-On Industrial Park
Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
167.2 Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-557.svg Route 557 (west)
167.9 Shavei Shomron Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
Zeichen 101 - Gefahrstelle, StVO 1970.svgTravel for yellow (Israeli) license plates between Shomron Junction and Dotan Junction permitted, IDF escort recommended
169.9 Deir Sharaf צומת שומרון
(Shomron Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Samaria local road
169.8 An-Naqura Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
171 Sebastia Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-5715.svg Road 5715
171.7 Sebastia Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
177.1 Burqa Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
178.4 Bazariya Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
179.1 Homesh (evacuated) Fareskilt 20.PNG Zeichen 267.svg local road
180.3 Silat ad-Dhahr Fareskilt 20.PNG local streets
182.5 Fandaqumiya Fareskilt 20.PNG local streets
183.9 Jaba Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
184 Jaba Fareskilt 20.PNG ISR-HW-5725.svg Road 5725 to
Sanur, Meithalun
184.8 Sa-Nur (evacuated) Fareskilt 20.PNG Zeichen 267.svg local road
186 Ajjah Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
187.5 Anzah Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
189.6 Zawiya Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
191.5 Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
194.2 Mirka צומת דותן
(Dotan Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg named after
ancient city
ISR-HW-585.svg Route 585,
ISR-HW588.png Route 588
Zeichen 101 - Gefahrstelle, StVO 1970.svgTravel for yellow (Israeli) license plates between Dotan Junction and Shomron Junction permitted, IDF escort recommended
Zeichen 267.svgNO northbound through-traffic for yellow (Israeli) license plates
Route 588[3]
194.5 Tel Dothan Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
195.2 Bir al-Basha Fareskilt 20.PNG 6 local streets
Palestinian Authority Area A
199.7 Ash-Shuhada, Qabatiya צומת קבאטיה
(Qabatiya Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
203.2 Jenin Fareskilt 20tan.png 22 local streets
207.2 Dahiyat Sabah al-Kheir Fareskilt 20tan.png 11 local streets
↑Palestinian Authority Area A↑
Jalamah Road[3]
209.8 Jalamah Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg ISR-HW-6010.svg Road 6010 South
to Zababdeh,
Wadi ad-Dabi',
Kadim (evacuated),
Ganim (evacuated)
210.2 Jalamah Fareskilt 20.PNG 6 local streets
211.2 Green Line,
Jalamah Terminal[12][13]
Fareskilt 20.PNG entrance to
passenger terminal and
cargo transfer station
211.4 Green Line
Zeichen 267.svgNO northbound through-traffic for green (Palestinian Authority) license plates
211.5 Jalamah Security checkpoint
Zeichen 267.svgNO southbound through-traffic for yellow (Israeli) license plates
211.8 Green Line,
Jalamah Terminal,
Muqeible
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg entrance to
passenger terminal and
cargo transfer station,

local road to Muqeible
212.7 Magen Shaul Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
212.9 Sandala Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg 2 local roads
214.3 Gan Ner Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg local road
216 Prazon Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
217.2 Yizre'el,
Avital
צומת יזרעאל
(Yizre'el Junction)
God Sows ISR-HW-675.svg Route 675
Afula Municipal Boundary
Jerusalem Boulevard
223.1 Afula צומת אפולה דרום מזרח
(Afula Drom Mizrah Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg South-East Afula Menachem Begin Blvd.
223.3 Afula Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Gilboa St.
223.6 Afula Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Yehoshua Hankin St.
223.8 Afula Fareskilt 20beige.png Ussishkin St.
223.9 Afula Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Kehilat Tzion Blvd.
Yosef Sprinzak Boulevard
224 Afula ILramzor2.svg HaNasi Weizmann Blvd.,
Afula Central Bus Station
HaNasi Weizmann Boulevard
224.1 Afula ILramzor2.svg Jerusalem Blvd.
224.3 Afula כיכר העצמאות
(HaAtzma'ut Square)
Fareskilt 20beige.png Independence Arlozorov St.
224.5 Afula כיכר פז
(Paz Square)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Moshe Sharett St.,
Holland St.,
Zalman Hod St.
Hativat Teisha' Boulevard
224.6 Afula Fareskilt 20beige.png Zalman Shazar St.
224.7 Afula Fareskilt 20beige.png Rimon St.
224.8 Afula Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Hadasim St.,
Einstein Blvd.
224.9 Afula Fareskilt 20beige.png Etrog St.
225 Afula Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Tzaftzefot St.,
HaAvoda St.
225.15 Afula צומת מכבי אש
(Mikhabei Esh Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Firefighters HaHistadrut St.
HaHadarim St.
225.45 Afula Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Yukler B'Emek
Shopping Center
226 Afula ILramzor2.svg ISR-HW-65.svg Highway 65 East
226.2 Afula ILramzor2.svg ISR-HW-65.svg Highway 65 West
Afula Municipal Boundary
226.9 Balfouria Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
228.7 Kfar Gid'on Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
229.2 Jezreel Valley
Regional Council
,
Mizra,
Emek Yezreel College
ILramzor2.svg local road
230 Tel Adashim Fareskilt 20.PNG local road
230.2 Tel Adashim צומת עדשים
(Adashim Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Lentils ISR-HW-73.svg Highway 73 West
Nazareth Municipal Boundary
232.2 Nazareth,
Iksal
צומת איכסאל
(Iksal Junction)
ILramzor2.svg
ILjunction-iksailbeige.png
Chores Marj Ibn Amer Rd.
232.6 Har HaKfitza
(Mount Precipice)
גשר רפאל איתן
(Raphael Eitan Bridge)
4 lanes, 400m.
ILbridge3beige.png
233 Har HaKfitza
(Mount Precipice)
מנהרות יצחק הרשקוביץ
(Yitzhak Herskovitz Tunnels)
4 lanes, 380m.
AB-Tunnel.svgAB-Tunnel.svg
234.6 Nazareth
Industrial Zone A
(southbound only) Fareskilt 20beige.png Wadi el-Hadj St.
235.1 Nazareth צומת המוסכים
(HaMusachim Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg Auto Repair Shops ISR-HW-75.svg Highway 75
(HaTsiyonut Blvd.),
Tawfiq Ziad St.

See also

References & Notes

  1. ^ "The Lev Yehuda project at the heart of the conflict". margolin-bros.com (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  2. ^ "Eretz Binyamin: Leave politics behind" Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Ynetnews
  3. ^ a b c At the time of its designation Highway 60 was a consecutive highway, running from Beersheba to Nazareth. With the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada an IDF decree forbade Israelis from traveling on the Tel Dotan-Jenin-Jalamah section, effectively splitting Highway 60. Additionally, the section of the highway within the city limits of Jerusalem are forbidden to green Palestinian license plates. Final designation of the highway is dependent on the final status agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.
  4. ^ "IDF Statement on Rt. 60 Terror Attack, 31 Aug 2010". Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  5. ^ On the eve of the summit meeting in Washington to relaunch the direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, a shooting attack was carried out targeting an Israeli vehicle southeast of Hebron. Four Israeli civilians were killed. Hamas' military wing claimed responsibility; the Palestinian Authority condemned the attack Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, September 1, 2010, Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.
  6. ^ "4 Israelis shot dead in West Bank," Archived 2017-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Janine Zacharia and Samuel Sockol, September 1, 2010, The Washington Post.
  7. ^ "CMinistry of Defense accelerates the establishment of the intelligence complex in the south". "Globes" Business Daily. 2018-05-09. Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-05-03.(in Hebrew)
  8. ^ "Crossing Points West Bank and Gaza Strip". Palestinian Shipper's Council. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  9. ^ "Coordination of Government Activity in the Territories - Meitar Crossing". Israel Defense Forces. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  10. ^ "Coordination of Government Activity in the Territories - Atarot (Kalandia) Crossing". Israel Defense Forces. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  11. ^ Chaim Levinson (2011-08-02). "Israel's Supreme Court orders state to dismantle largest West Bank outpost". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  12. ^ "Crossing Points West Bank and Gaza Strip – Jalameh Terminal". Palestinian Shipper's Councill. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  13. ^ "Coordination of Government Activity in the Territories- Gilboa-Jalame Crossing". Israel Defense Forces. Archived from the original on 2014-08-16. Retrieved 2014-08-22.

Further reading

  • Conover, Ted (2010). "A War You Can Commute To". The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 170–216. ISBN 978-1-4000-4244-9.