Highway 79 (Israel)
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| 79 כביש | |
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| Length: | 29 km (18 mi) |
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| west end: | Afek Junction |
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| east end: | Mashhad Interchange |
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| Major cities: | Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Ata, Shfar'am, Nazareth |
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| Roads in Israel Highways |
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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.
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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]
Junctions (east to west)
| km | Name | Type | Meaning | Location | Road(s) Crossed |
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| 0 | צומת עין אפק (Afek Junction) |
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Afek Spring | Kiryat Bialik | 25px Highway 4 (Derech Acco) |
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Kiryat Bialik | HaMakabim St. | ||
| 0.5 | eastbound only |  |
Kiryat Bialik | Etzel St. | |
| 0.9 | מחלף ביאליק (Bialik Interchange) |
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Named after Hayim Nahman Bialik |
Kiryat Bialik |  Highway 22(Bay Highway) |
| 2.8 | צומת אפק (Afeq Junction) |
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Named after biblical location[2] |
Afek | entrance road |
| 5.5 | מחלף גילעם (Gil'am Interchange) |
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Named after location of former Jewish refugee camp |
Kiryat Ata | 25px Route 781 |
| 6.7 | מחלף תל (Tal Interchange) |
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Named after neighborhood of Kiryat Ata Dew |
Kiryat Ata | Toulouse-Lautrec St. |
| 7.9 | מחלף סומך (Somekh Interchange) |
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named for Rabbi ben Baba (buried nearby) who performed ordinations |
Kiryat Ata, Shfar'am |
 Highway 70 |
| 10.5 | מחלף שפרעם (Shfar'am Interchange) |
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several possible etymologies | Shfar'am | Mahmud Darwish St. |
| 11.3 | מחלף עדי (Adi Interchange) |
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Ornament | Shfar'am, Adi |
Road 310, local road |
| 13 | מחלף שפרעם מזרח (Shfar'am Mizrah Interchange) |
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Shfar'am East | Shfar'am | Road 100 |
| 15.8 | מחלף ביר אל-מכסור (Bir al-Maksur Interchange) |
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Broken Well | Bir al-Maksur | local road |
| 18.3 | צומת יפתחאל (Yiftah'el Junction) |
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named after archeological site God will open |
Alon HaGalil | local road, 25px Route 784 |
| 18.7 | מחלף המוביל (HaMovil Interchange) |
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Aqueduct | HaSolelim |  Highway 77 |
| 20 | מחלף הסוללים (HaSolelim Interchange) |
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the road builders | HaSolelim, Shimshit |
local road |
| 23.8 | צומת ציפורי (Tzippori Junction) |
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ult. named after ancient location |
Tzippori | 25px Road 7926 |
| 24.3 | צומת עילוט (Ilut Junction) |
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ult. Lot's Well[3] | Ilut | local road |
| 25.2 | צומת אביהוא (Avihu Junction) |
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my father is he | Nazareth | 25px Route 700 (Seforiya St.) |
| 29.2 | צומת משהד (Mashhad Junction) |
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grave of a holy man (referring to Jonah)[4] |
Mashhad, Reineh, Upper Nazareth |
25px Route 754 25px Road 6400 |
Places of interest on Highway 79
References
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- ↑ Joshua 19:30
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See also
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