Route 505 (Israel)

Route 505 is a regional highway in Israel.

History

Until the 1990s only Route 505 was considered the "Trans-Samaria Highway". Highway 5, which at that point wasn't yet upgraded to a highway, was a two-lane road which reached the Kassem junction and from there continued as a two-lane road for 2km to the entrance to Kfar Kassem. At this point the road turned into the old Route 505 which crossed Kfar Kassem.

During the first phase Route 5 was extended and paved along 5 additional kilometers as a bypass road, which ended at the place where the Sha'ar Shomron Interchange exists nowadays. From this point on the only route east of the Trans-Samaria Highway was the Route 505. During the late 1990s and during the 2000s the National Roads Company of Israel continued to pave Route 5 as a two-lane road in a new route south of Route 505 instead of on the old 505 route, so that the two roads were parallel for a section of about 14 km. Since November 2008 ends at the Ariel junction in which it intersects with Route 505 and from that point Route 505 continues to the "Trans-Samaria Highway" all the way until the intersection with the Highway 90 in the Petza'el intersection in the Jordan Valley.

In 2010 the Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz ordered to advance the planning of the route which would connect the Gush Dan region with the Jordan Valley.^[1]

See also

• List of highways in Israel

References