Roads in Israel
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Road development began during the British Mandate of Palestine. In 1921 the Mandate government found an engineering branch for committing infrastructure developments, which later became the Public Works Department (PWD). The Israeli PWD was closed by a dicision of the Cabinet of Israel in 2003 and became the National Roads Authority of Israel.
[edit] The National Roads Authority of Israel
Found in 2003, the National Roads Authority of Israel, today work at planning, developing and maintaining most of the inter-city roads in Israel. This authority also builds and plans interchanges, bridges etc. The total road length that is under control by the authority is 6,500 km. Although, some inter-city routes are built by concessionaires and private companies in exchange for payment from the government, without brokerage or responsibility of the National Roads Authority.
[edit] Numbering of the Roads
The roads and routes in Israel are categorized to national roads, inter-city roads, regional roads and local roads. The numbering of the roads is made by this classification.
- National roads - numbered with one digit (e.g. Route 1, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv)
- Inter-City roads - numbered with two digits (e.g. Ayalon Highway - Route 20)
- Regional roads - numbered with three digits (e.g. Route 471)
- Local roads - numbered with four digits (e.g. Route 8900, Safed-Rosh Pina)
Often, even numbered roads run from south to north (e.g. Highway 2, Tel Aviv-Haifa). Odd numbered roads go from west to east (e.g. Highway 5, the Mediterranean Sea coast to Samaria).
| Transportation in Israel |  |
|---|---|
| Roads in Israel: Highway 1 | Highway 2 | Highway 4 | Highway 5 | Highway 6 | Route 40 | Route 60 | Route 90 | Highway 443 | Ayalon Highway | Carmel Tunnels | Begin Expressway | |
| Bus: Egged | Dan | Kavim | Metrodan Beersheba | Metropoline | Nativ Express | Superbus | Connex | |
| Railways: Israel Railways | |
| Light Rails and Rapid Transits: Tel Aviv Subway | Jerusalem Light Rail | Carmelit | |
| Aviation Authorities and Companies: Israel Airports Authority | Ben Gurion International Airport | El Al | Arkia | Israir | Neshair | Sun D'Or | Tamir Airways | |
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