Highway 44 (Israel)

Coordinates: 31°53′13″N 34°53′27″E / 31.88694°N 34.89083°E / 31.88694; 34.89083
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Highway 44
כביש 44
Route information
Length41 km (25 mi)
Major junctions
Northwest endHolon Interchange
Major intersections
  • HaShiv'a Interchange
  • Beit Dagan Junction Junction
  • Ramla North Junction
  • Ma'asiyahu Junction Junction
  • Ramlod Interchange
  • Nesharim Interchange
  • Nahshon Junction
Southeast endShimshon Junction
Location
Country
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Holon, Rishon LeZion, Ramla, Lod, to Beit Shemesh
Highway system
  • Highways
← Highway 42→ Highway 45
Bus stops on Highway 44 (Israel) near Holon Interchange. Designed by Moti Bodek

Highway 44 is an

Shefela
. It is numbered as a north–south road and follows a north-west to south-east path.

Route description

Highway 44 begins in the

Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center
and various industrial parks.

As Highway 44 enters the municipality of Ramla, it is briefly named Herzl Boulevard. Historically, the road continued straight through beautiful downtown Ramla. Since the mid-1990s, the road makes a left turn at Ramla North Junction onto HaHashmoa'im Street, bypassing Ramla along its northern edge. Just east of Ramla, the road passes Ramlod Interchange with Highway 40 and rejoins the original route, continuing past the Nesher Industrial Zone and the Nesher Cement Factory, one of the most impressive landmarks in the area.

Historically, just past

Judean Mountains, passing several more agricultural communities and national forests. The road finally ends at Shimshon Junction with Highway 38
.

History

For centuries prior, while

Highway 1
.

After the establishment of the State, this road operated for many years as one of the main routes connecting the coastal plain with Jerusalem via Highway 38 and

Highway 1) was taken over by Jordan. Traffic between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem was diverted to a new route called "Kvish HaGvura" (Road of Valor)[1]
of which Highway 44 served as the connection between Nachshon Junction and Shimshon Junction with Highway 38 leading to Sha'ar HaGai.

Future

The

Israel Ministry of Transport has announced a grade separation of Highway 44 with the Lod-Na'an Railway line at HaHashmonain Street adjacent to Ramla North Junction. The road will be raised to pass over the rail line. The estimated completion date is 2014 and the cost will be 160M Shekels.[2]

Junctions and Interchanges

Km Name Type Meaning Location Intersecting routes
0 מחלף חולון
(Holon Interchange)
named after biblical location[3]
(little) sand
Tel Aviv-Yafo,
Holon
 from Derech Ben-Zvi,
Highway 20
Levi Eshkol Blvd
Derech HaShiv'a
2.4 Holon,
Azor 		HaMakhtesh St.
2.9 צומת אזור
(Azor Junction) 		Azor Herzl St.
3.3 Holon HaMelakha St.
3.7 Azor Kaplan St.
4.8 מחלף השבעה
(HaShiv'a Interchange)
The Seven Holon,
Azor,
Mishmar HaShiv'a 		Highway 4
5.4 westbound only Mishmar HaShiv'a Tzvi Zeira St.
6.1 צומת בית דגן
(Beit Dagan Junction) 		named after ancient location
House of Dagon 		Rishon LeZion
Beit Dagan 		Route 412
9 צומת כפר חב"ד
(Kfar Chabad Junction) 		Chabad Village
Kfar Habad
 Road 4402
9.7 צומת ראשון מזרח
(Rishon Mizrah Junction) 		Rishon East Rishon LeZion Derech Chaim Herzog
10.4 צומת צריפין
(Tzrifin Junction) 		named after former location
Assaf HaRofeh
Medical Center
,
Camp Yadin 		entrance roads
11.1 Tzrifin
Industrial Park,
Sochnut Warehouses 		local road
11.7 New Wholesale Market,
Kiryat Shlomo
Industrial Park,
Nir Tzvi
Industrial Park 		local roads
12.7 צומת ניר צבי
(Nir Tzvi Junction) 		Zvi's Meadow Be'er Ya'akov,
Nir Tzvi 		Arava St.,
Road 4313
14.1 Railway Crossing
2 tracks 		Ramla
Herzl Boulevard
14.5 צומת רמלה צפון
(Ramla North Junction) 		Ramla North Ramla Herzl Blvd.
HaHashmona'im Street
14.9 Railway Crossing
2 tracks 		Ramla
15 Ramla
Lod 		HaHasmal St.
to Yoseftal St.
15.4 north-westbound only Ramla
Lod 		Shmuel Tamir St.
16.4 צומת מעשיהו
(Ma'asiyahu Junction)
also called
צומת תעבורה
(Ta'avura Junction) 		name for nearby Prison

Transport 		Ramla
Lod 		Route 434
(Tel-Hai St.)
17.2 מחלף רמלוד
(Ramlod Interchange)
combination of
Ramla and Lod 		Ramla
Lod 		Highway 40
17.8 south-eastbound only Ramla (east),
al Mahta 		Herzl Blvd.
18.1 Nesher
Industrial Zone 		Har Atzmon St.
18.7 צומת נשר
(Nesher Junction) 		Eagle,
named after nearby
Nesher Cement Factory & ult.
Rambam, the great Eagle 		Nesher
Cement Factory
19 מחלף נשרים
(Nesharim Interchange)
Eagles Ramla,
Lod,
Yad Rambam 		Highway 6
Route 431
20 צומת גזר
(Gezer Junction) 		Carrot Gezer Regional Council Route 424
20.4 exit from
Highway 6
northbound
22.8 צומת בית אוזיאל
(Beit Uziel Junction) 		House of Uziel Beit Uziel local road
24.3 צומת פתחיה
(Petahya Junction) 		Entrance of God Petahya,
Pedaya 		Road 4243
27.4 צומת כרמי יוסף
(Karmei Yosef Junction) 		Yosef's Vineyards Karmei Yosef Road 4243
30.4 צומת נחשון
(Nahshon Junction) 		Pioneer (literary Hebrew)
named after
Operation Nachshon
Bekoa
 Highway 3
Derech HaGvura
32 צומת צלפון
(Tzelafon Junction) 		named after ancient location
possibly after
Zelelponith

ult. Shade come upon me 		Tzelafon
Gizo 		HaZayit St.
33.2 צומת הראל
(Har'el Junction) 		named after Harel Brigade
ult. Mountain of God 		Har'el Road 4243
34.4 צומת כפר אוריה
(Kfar Uria Junction) 		ult. remembrance of
biblical story of
Samson's encounter with
the lion at Timnah[4] 		Kfar Uria Road 4243
36.9 צומת תרום
(Tarum Junction) 		Exalted Tarum Road 4243
37.1 צומת תעוז
(Ta'oz Junction) 		Stronghold Ta'oz Road 4243
41.1 צומת שמשון
(Shimshon Junction) 		Named after
biblical character
Samson 		Eshtaol,
Beit Shemesh 		Highway 38

References

  1. ^ "Inauguration ceremony of Kvish HaGevurah". The Meitar Collection. Retrieved 2011-12-07. switch to Hebrew for identification as 44
  2. ^ "Grade Separation - North entrance to Ramla". Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure & Road Safety. Retrieved 2012-12-16.(in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Joshua 21:15
  4. ^ Judges 14:5

See also

  • List of highways in Israel

31°53′13″N 34°53′27″E / 31.88694°N 34.89083°E / 31.88694; 34.89083

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