Route 899 (Israel)
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Route 899 | ||
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כביש 899 | ||
Route information | ||
Length | 63 km (39 mi) | |
Major junctions | ||
West end | Betzet junction | |
East end | Ko'ah junction | |
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Country | Israel | |
Highway system | ||
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Route 899 is an east-west regional highway in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. For almost its entire length of 63 km, it proceeds parallel to the nearby border between Israel and Lebanon. In Israel, Route 899 is commonly known as the "northern route" (Hebrew: כביש הצפון, Kevish HaTzafon).
History
The road was paved in 1937 as part of the efforts to suppress the
The Road Today
The present-day path of the road is primarily parallel to the old British Mandate road, but it differs in a number of locations. The road underwent many renovations and improvements. In several places on the route, signs point to the "old northern road" to sections of a few kilometres that pass just north of the present-day road and return to merge into the same one. The national transportation authority sometimes prepares new segments that pass along the backsides of the northern settlements, making the road more distant from the border between Israel and Lebanon. This enables access to the communities from the south, away from it and toward most of Israel's area.
The "northern route" is numbered 899 in the national highway numbering system. It begins in the west at
Junctions (West to East)
District[1] | Location[2] | km | mi | Name | Destinations | Notes |
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Northern | Betzet | 0 | 0.0 | צומת בצת (Betzet Junction) | Highway 4 | |
Shlomi | 2.5 | 1.6 | צומת שלומי (Shlomi Junction) | Road 8990 | ||
3 | 1.9 | צומת חניתה (Hanita Junction) | Highway 70 | |||
Adamit | 6 | 3.7 | צומת אדמית (Adamit Junction) | Road 8993 | ||
Ya'ara | 7 | 4.3 | צומת יערה (Ya'ara Junction) | Entrance to Ya'ara | ||
Elion | 10 | 6.2 | צומת אילון (Eilon Junction) | Bein HaNehalim Road | ||
Goren | 12 | 7.5 | צומת גורן (Goren junction) | Entrance to Goren | ||
Gornot HaGalil | 13 | 8.1 | צומת גרנות הגליל (Gornot HaGalil Junction) | Road 8996 | ||
Shomera | 16.5 | 10.3 | צומת שומרה (Shomera Junction) | Road 8998 | ||
Even Menachem | 17.5 | 10.9 | צומת אבן מנחם (Even Menachem Junction) | Road 8933 | ||
Netu'a | 22 | 14 | צומת נטועה (Netu'a Junction) | Road 8999 | ||
Biranit | 24.5 | 15.2 | מחנה בירנית (Biranit Camp) | Road 8944 | ||
25.5 | 15.8 | Road 8933 | ||||
Mattat | 27.5 | 17.1 | צומת מתת (Mattat Junction) | Road 8935 | ||
Sasa | 33 | 21 | צומת סאסא (Sasa Junction) | Highway 89 | ||
33.5 | 20.8 | צומת חירם (Hiram Junction) | ||||
Dovev | 35.5 | 22.1 | צומת דוב"ב (Dovev Junction) | Road 8967 | ||
Bar'am | 37.5 | 23.3 | צומת ברעם (Bar'am Junction) | Road 8963 | ||
Rehaniya | 40.5 | 25.2 | צומת ריחאניה (Rehaniya Junction) | Road 8966 | ||
Yir'on | 43.5 | 27.0 | צומת יראון (Yir'on Junction) | Entrance to Yir'on | ||
Avivim | 46 | 29 | צומת אביבים (Avivim Junction) | Road 8967 | ||
Malkia | 52 | 32 | צומת מלכיה (Malkia Junction) | Entrance to Malkia | ||
Ramot Naftali | 57.5 | 35.7 | צומת האלה (Ha'Ela Junction) | Route 886 (northbound) | ||
58 | 36 | צומת ישע (Yesha Junction) | Route 886 (southbound) | |||
Highway 90 | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "מחוזות משרד הפנים" [Ministry of Interior districts] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "גבולות ישובים" [Locality borders] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
See also
- List of highways in Israel