Highway 1 (Israel)
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| Highway 1 | |
| Hebrew name |
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| Name meaning | |
| Length | 99 km |
| Direction | East - West |
| Classification |
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| Start | Tel Aviv (Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange) |
| Primary destinations | |
| End | Jordan River |
| Major junctions |
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Highway 1 (Hebrew: כביש 1), is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. The highway is interrupted only at the entrance to Jerusalem while it passes through the city via Begin Expressway. On the eastern side of Jerusalem, Highway 1 continues into the West Bank past Ma'ale Adummim, and is then downgraded in size until the Almog Junction with Route 90 south of Jericho near the shores of the Dead Sea. On completion of current construction at the western entrance to Jerusalem, the road will continue uninterrupted north of the city. From its western end in Tel Aviv to the entrance to Jerusalem, the entire road is a freeway.
The highway briefly crosses over the Green Line and back again near Latrun, and then continues onto the West Bank east of Jerusalem. Renewed access to this section, which connects Jerusalem to Jericho and the Dead Sea and is known as the "Jericho Road" (Hebrew: דרך יריחו) or the Adumim Ascent (Hebrew: מעלה אדומים), was famously noted alongside the reunification of Jerusalem in the famous Israeli song, Jerusalem of Gold.
[edit] Interchanges
| km | Name | Meaning | Location | Road(s) Crossed |
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| Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Highway | ||||
| 0 | מחלף קיבוץ גלויות (Kibutz Galuyot Interchange) |
Diaspora Ingathering | Tel Aviv |    (Highway 2/Ayalon Highway/Route 461) |
| 4 | מחלף גנות (Ganot Interchange) |
Named after location | Ganot |  (Highway 4) |
| 6 | מחלף שפירים (Shapirim Interchange) |
Fresh water | Beit Dagan |  (Route 412) |
| 12 | מחלף בן גוריון (Ben Gurion Interchange) |
Named after location | Ben Gurion Intl. Airport |  (Road 4503) |
| 13 | מחלף לוד (Lod Interchange) |
Named after location | Lod |  (Highway 40) |
| 17 | מחלף בן שמן (Ben Shemen Interchange) |
Named after location | Ben Shemen |    (Highway 6 north-bound/Route 443/Route 444) |
| 21 | מחלף דניאל (Dani'el Interchange) |
Named after location | Kfar Dani'el | (Highway 6 south-bound) |
| Under construction | ||||
| 23 | מחלף ענבה (Anava Interchange) |
Berry | Kfar Shmu'el |  (Route 431) |
| 31 | מחלף לטרון (Latrun Interchange) |
Named after location | Latrun |  (Highway 3) |
| 35 | מחלף שער הגיא (Sha'ar HaGai Interchange) |
Named after location | Sha'ar HaGai |  (Highway 38) |
| 41 | מחלף שורש (Shoresh Interchange) |
Named after location | Shoresh |  (Road 3955) |
| 42 | מחלף קרית יערים (Kiryat Ye'arim Interchange) |
Named after location | Kiryat Ye'arim |  (Route 425) |
| 46 | מחלף חמד (Hemed Interchange) |
Named after location | Ein Hemed |  (Road 3975) |
| 50 | מחלף הראל (Har'el Interchange) |
Named after Har'el Brigade |
Mevaseret Zion |  (Road 3985) |
| 52 | מחלף מוצא (Motza Interchange) |
Named after location | Jerusalem (Motza quarter) |
Sorek str. |
| 54 | צומת גינות סחרוב (Ginot Saharov Junction) |
Saharov Gardens | Jerusalem (Givat Shaul quarter) |
Meginei Yerushalaim St. |
| 56 | מחלף גבעת שאול (Givat Shaul Interchange) |
Named after location | Jerusalem (Givat Shaul quarter) |
Merges with Begin Expressway |
| 58 | מחלף גולדה מאיר (Golda Meir Interchange) |
Named after Golda Meir |
Jerusalem |  (Route 436) |
| 59 | מחלף יגאל ידין (Yigael Yadin Interchange) |
Named after Yigael Yadin |
Jerusalem |  (Route 404) |
| 61 | מחלף שער מזרח (Sha'ar Mizrah Interchange) |
Eastern Gate | Jerusalem |  (Highway 60) |
| Jericho Road | ||||
| 65 | מחלף הזיתים (HaZeytim Interchange) |
The Olives | Jerusalem | El-Hardub str. |
| 70 | מחלף אדומים (Adummim Interchange) |
Named after location | Ma'ale Adummim |  (Route 417) |
| 75 | Ma'ale Adummim Industrial Zone |  (Route 437) |
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| 78 | צומת אלון (Alon Junction) |
Named after location | Alon |  (Route 458) |
| 84 | צומת מצפה יריחו (Mitzpe Yeriho Junction) |
Named after location | Mitzpe Yeriho | Local road |
| 92 | צומת אלמוג (Almog Junction) |
Named after location | Almog | Local road |
| 96 | צומת בית הערבה (Beit HaArava Junction) |
Named after location | Beit HaArava |  (Highway 90) |
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