Highway 71 (Israel)

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Highway 71

כביש 71 (Hebrew)
Emeq Harod.jpg
Harod Valley and Route 71 in the center
Route information
Length31 km (19 mi)
Major junctions
West endUnnamed Square
East endJordan River Crossing
Location
CountryIsrael
Major citiesAfula
Highway system
Highway 70 Highway 73

Highway 71 is an east-west highway that passes through the eastern Jezreel Valley and the Beit She'an Valley, below the north slopes of the Gilboa mountains, in northern Israel. The road follows a path parallel to the Harod Creek in the Harod Valley and to the Jezreel Valley railway. It is 35 kilometers (22 mi) long and leads from Afula in the west, via Beit She'an, to the Jordan River Border Crossing in the east. The Navot interchange located approximately 10 km southeast of Afula provides a shortcut via Route 675 through the Ta'anakh region from Highway 71 and Beit She'an to Highway 65 and central Israel.

Plans

The portion of the highway between the Navot interchange and Yissachar junction is a four-lane limited-access road, with the rest of the highway consisting of two lanes. In 2020, the National Roads Authority (Netivei Yisrael) published a design-build contract to upgrade the remainder of the highway from Yissachar to Beit She'an to a four-lane limited access road and conversion most of the main intersections to interchanges. This busy section serves local and inter-city traffic to Beit She'an, including frequent freight traffic to and from the border crossing with Jordan.

Junctions & Interchanges (West to East)

District[1]Location[2]kmmiNameDestinationsNotes
NorthernAfula00.0כיכר ללא שם
(Unnamed Square)
Ben Gurion Blvd.
Merhavia (kibbutz)0.50.31צומת מרחביה
(Merhavia Junction)
Road 7155
Merhavia (moshav)21.2צומת מושב מרחביה
(Moshav Merhavia Junction)
Entrance to Merhavia (moshav)
Kfar Yehezkel85.0מחלף נבות
(Navot Interchange)
Route 675
95.6מחלף גדעונה
(Gidona Interchange)
Road 7101
Road 7103
Ein Harod116.8צומת יששכר
(Yissachar Junction)
Route 716
Tel Yosef127.5צומת תל יוסף
(Tel Yosef Junction)
Road 7107
Beit HaShita169.9מחלף השיטה
(HaShita Interchange)
Route 669
Road 7105
Sde Nahum20.512.7צומת שדה נחום
(Sde Nahum Junction)
Entrance to Sde Nahum
Beit She'an2214צומת מחנה גדעון
(Gideon Camp Junction)
HaHashmal Street
2314כיכר ללא שם
(Unnamed Square)
Road 7078
23.514.6צים סנטר
(Tsim Center)
Ha'Amel Street
2516צומת שאן
(She'an Junction)
Highway 90
Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council2616צומת מעוז חיים
(Maoz Haim Junction)
Road 7079
Neve Eitan2717צומת בית קולין
(Beit Colin Junction)
Western entrance to Neve Eitan
27.517.1צומת נווה איתן
(Neve Eitan Junction)
Eastern entrance to Neve Eitan
Maoz Haim29.518.3צומת רופין
(Rupin Junction)
Road 6688
Jordan River Crossing3119צומת נהר הירדן
(Jordan River Junction)
Crossing to  Jordan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Places of interest on Highway 71

References

  1. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "מחוזות משרד הפנים" [Ministry of Interior districts] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "גבולות ישובים" [Locality borders] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.

See also