Highway 79 (Israel)

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Highway 79

כביש 79 (Hebrew)
Route information
Length29 km (18 mi)
Major junctions
west endAfek Junction
Major intersections
  • Bialik Interchange
  • Gil'am Interchange
  • Somekh Interchange
  • Shfar'am Interchange
  • HaMovil Junction
  • Avihu Junction
east endMashhad Interchange
Location
CountryIsrael
Major citiesKiryat Bialik, Kiryat Ata, Shfar'am, Nazareth
Highway system
Highway 77 Highway 80

Highway 79 is an east-west highway in northern Israel. It crosses the Zevulun Valley and the western Lower Galilee. The road leads from Kiryat Bialik to Mashhad north of Nazareth. It is 27 km long.

Development

On January 19, 2009, a tender was published to widen 8.5 km of the highway next to HaMovil Junction to 2 lanes per direction, including the construction of several interchanges, at the cost of NIS 500 million.[1]

In the future, a tram-train connecting Haifa and Nazareth is planned to be built in the highway's median along most of the highway's route.

Junctions & Interchanges (east to west)

km Name Type Meaning Location Road(s) Crossed
0 צומת עין אפק
(Afek Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Afek Spring Kiryat Bialik ISR-HW-4.svg Highway 4
(Derech Acco)
0.2 Fareskilt 20.PNG Kiryat Bialik HaMakabim St.
0.5 eastbound only AB-AS-blau.svg Kiryat Bialik Etzel St.
0.9 מחלף ביאליק
(Bialik Interchange)
ILramzor2.svgILjunction-bialik.png Named after
Hayim Nahman Bialik
Kiryat Bialik ISR-FW-22.svg Highway 22
(Bay Highway)
2.8 צומת אפק
(Afeq Junction)
ILramzor2.svg Named after
biblical location
Afek entrance road
5.5 מחלף גילעם
(Gil'am Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgILjunction-gilam.png Named after location of former
Jewish refugee camp
Kiryat Ata ISR-HW-781.svg Route 781
6.7 מחלף תל
(Tal Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgILjunction-tal.png Named after
neighborhood of Kiryat Ata
Dew
Kiryat Ata Toulouse-Lautrec St.
7.9 מחלף סומך
(Somekh Interchange)
ILramzor2.svgILjunction-somekh.png named for Rabbi ben Baba
(buried nearby)
who performed ordinations
Kiryat Ata,
Shfar'am
ISR-HW-70.svg Highway 70

ISR-FW-6.svg Highway 6

10.5 מחלף שפרעם
(Shfar'am Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgILjunction-shfaram.png several possible etymologies Shfar'am Mahmud Darwish St.
11.3 מחלף עדי
(Adi Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgAdiInterchange.svg Ornament Shfar'am,
Adi
Road 310,
local road
13 מחלף שפרעם מזרח
(Shfar'am Mizrah Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgShefaramEastInterchange.svg Shfar'am East Shfar'am Road 100
15.8 מחלף ביר אל-מכסור
(Bir al-Maksur Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgBirElMaksourInterchange.svg Broken Well Bir al-Maksur local road
18.3 צומת יפתחאל
(Yiftah'el Junction)
AB-AS-blau.svgIftachel junction.svg named after
archeological site
God will open
Alon HaGalil local road,
ISR-HW-784.svg Route 784
18.7 מחלף המוביל
(HaMovil Interchange)
ILramzor2.svgILjunction-hamovil.png Aqueduct HaSolelim ISR-HW-77.svg Highway 77
20 מחלף הסוללים
(HaSolelim Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svgHasolelimInterchange.svg the road builders HaSolelim,
Shimshit
local road
23.8 צומת ציפורי
(Tzippori Junction)
AB-AS-blau.svgמחלף ציפורי.svg ult. named after
ancient location
Sepphoris ISR-HW-7926.svg Road 7926
24.3 צומת עילוט
(Ilut Junction)
Eliminated 2020
Fareskilt 20.PNG ult. Lot's Well[2] Ilut Seforiya St.
25.2 צומת אביהוא
(Avihu Junction)
AB-AS-blau.svgNazarat west junction.svg my father is he Nazareth ISR-HW700.png Route 700
ISR-HW7928.png Road 7928
(Seforiya St.)
29.2 צומת משהד
(Mashhad Junction)
Zeichen 215 - Kreisverkehr, StVO 2000.svg grave of a holy man
(referring to Jonah)
[3]
Mashhad,
Reineh,
Upper Nazareth
ISR-HW754.png Route 754
ISR-HW-6400.svg Road 6400

Places of interest on Highway 79

  • Tel Afek
  • Monument to the Bedouin soldier
  • Hasolelim forest nature reserve
  • Sepphoris (ancient village)

References

  1. ^ Lior Baron (January 19, 2009). מכרז לשדרוג והרחבת כביש 79 בין צומת הסומך לצומת המוביל, בהשקעה של 500 מיליון שקל [Tender for Upgrading and Expanding Road 79 between HaSomekh and HaMovil Junctions, at Cost of NIS 500 Million]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2009-01-20.
  2. ^ "General information about the authority". Ilut Local Council. Retrieved 2011-12-17.(in Hebrew)
  3. ^ "Local Council of Mashhed - Description". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2011-12-17.(in Hebrew)

See also