Highway 75 (Israel)

Highway 75
כביש 75 (Hebrew)
Intersection of Highways 70 and 75, and Route 752 at Yagur Junction in 2009 before it was reconstructed as an interchange
Route information
Length	40 km (25 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Kishon Interchange
Major intersections	Yagur junction HaAmakim Junction Yishai Junction Nahalal Junction Migdal Ha'emek Junction HaMusachim Junction
East end	Natzrat Tzafon Junction
Location
Country	Israel
Major cities	Haifa, Kiryat Tiv'on, Migdal HaEmek, Yafia, Nazareth, Nof HaGalil
Highway system
Roads in Israel Highways
← Highway 73 → Highway 77

Highway 75 is a 40 km long east-west highway in northern Israel. It runs from Haifa in the west to Nazareth and Nof HaGalil in the east.

The Highway

Commonly known as the Haifa–Nazareth Highway, Highway 75 begins in its confluence with Highway 22 just east of Downtown Haifa, from where it stretches as an elevated carriageway through the industrial area of East Haifa Bay just above sea level, where it crosses Road 4. It then runs south-eastward for about ten kilometers passing below the steep northeast slopes of the Carmel Range. At Amakim Junction, the road turns east, rising to about 160m above sea level. as it passes through Kiryat Tiv'on. It then descends crossing the northern edge of the Jezreel Valley. It ascends to 265 m. passing just north of Migdal HaEmek, and to over 300 m. as it enters Yafia and the natural bowl of the Nazareth Range of the Lower Galilee.

In Yafia and continuing into Nazareth, the road becomes a local thoroughfare with frequent controlled intersections. At Nazareth South Junction, it detours around the southern edge of the Hirbat al-Dir neighbourhood reaching HaMusachim Junction with the northern terminus of Highway 60 south of the Old City. It then makes a half circle around Nazareth, turning east, then north and then west along the border of Nazareth and Nof HaGalil, reaching an altitude of 460 m. just before terminating at Nazareth North Junction with Route 754 at 430m.

Development

By 2014, as part of the western extension of the road, a series of viaducts were constructed in order to connect it with the Carmel Tunnels and Highway 22 towards downtown Haifa.

Junctions & Interchanges (west to east)

km	Name	Type	Meaning	Location	Road(s) Crossed
0	מחלף קישון 1 (Kishon Interchange)		Named after Kishon River	Haifa	Highway 22 Highway 23
1	מחלף קישון 2 (Kishon Interchange)			Haifa	Highway 4
4.6	מחלף נשר (Nesher Interchange)		Named after Nesher Cement Factory	Haifa	Highway 4
↓Highway 75 concurrent with Highway 70 between Yagur and HaAmakim Junctions↓
6.9	מחלף יגור (Yagur Interchange)		Named after former location	Yagur	Highway 70 Route 752
10.9	צומת העמקים (HaAmakim Junction)		The Valleys		Highway 70
↑Highway 75 concurrent with Highway 70 between Yagur and HaAmakim Junctions↑
11.5				Kiryat Tiv'on, Oranim Academic College, Kfar Tikva	Road 7213
12.8	צומת שער העמקים (Sha'ar HaAmakim Junction)		Gate of the Valleys	Sha'ar HaAmakim
14.7				Kiryat Tiv'on	Yitzhak Rabin St. Alonim St.
15.2				Kiryat Tiv'on, Beit Zaid	Borochov St.
15.9	צומת השומרים (HaShomrim Junction)		The Guards	Kiryat Tiv'on Sde Ya'akov	Route 722
16.5	צומת אלונים (Alonim Junction)		Oaks	Alonim	Road 7513
17.7	מחלף ישי (Yishai Interchange)		Jesse	Ramat Yishai	Highway 77
18.4				Ramat Yishai	HaShikma St.
19.5	(eastbound only)			Ramat Yishai	HaAlon St.
19.6				Ramat Yishai, Ramat Yishai Industrial Zone	HaDekel St., Eucalyptus St.
20.4			House of Gates	Beit She'arim (moshav), Neve Ya'ar Agricultural Research Center	HaEtz HaGadol St.
21.6				Manshiyat az-Zabda
23.2	צומת נהלל (Nahalal Junction)		Named after biblical location	Nahalal	Highway 73 Road 7626
23.9				Timrat
25.2	צומת מגדל העמק מערב (Migdal Ha'emek Ma'arav Junction)		Migdal HaEmek West	Migdal HaEmek	Road 7555 (HaBanim Blvd.)
27.7	צומת כפר החורש (Kfar HaHoresh Junction)		Ploughman's Village	Kfar HaHoresh	local road
27.8	צומת מגדל העמק (Migdal Ha'emek Junction)		The Valley Tower	Migdal HaEmek	Sha'ul Amor Blvd.
30.2	צומת מגדל העמק מזרח (Migdal Ha'emek Mizrah Junction)		Migdal HaEmek East	Migdal HaEmek	Road 7756 (HaBanim Blvd.)
30.7				Yafia	111 St., 215 St.
31.3				Yafia	201 St.
31.2				Yafia	101 St., 130 St.
31.8				Yafia	310 St., 402 St.
32.4				Yafia	330 St.
Derekh Haifa
32.9				Nazareth	5104 St.
33.2				Nazareth	5070 St., 1004 St.
33.3			Western Quarter Bir al-Amir	Nazareth	1001 St., 5089 St.
33.6	צומת נצרת דרום (Natzrat Darom Junction)		Nazareth South	Nazareth	Paulus HaShishi St., Marj ibn Amer St.
Derekh HaTziyonut
34.4				Nazareth	3002 St.
35				Nazareth	3008 St., Wadi al-Hajj St.
35.4	צומת המוסכים (HaMusakhim Junction)		Auto Repair Shops	Nazareth	Highway 60, Tawfiq Ziad St.
36.2				Nof HaGalil	Derekh HaEmek
36.7				Nazareth Nof HaGalil	A-Shuhada' St., Derekh HaHativot
37.1				Nazareth Nof HaGalil	Derekh Kiryat HaMemshala, Ma'ale Yitzhak Blvd.
38.2				Nof HaGalil	Hermon St.
40	צומת נצרת צפון (Natzrat Tzafon Junction)		Nazareth North	Nazareth	Route 754 (HaGalil St.)

See also

• List of highways in Israel
• Mount Carmel
• Jezreel Valley
• Zevulun Valley