Highway 12 (Israel)
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כביש 12 | ||||
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Length | 71 km (44 mi) | |||
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Highway 12 is a single carriageway road in the South District of Israel. It surrounds the mountains of Eilat from the north and west, and it connects Eilat to Highway 10 and Highway 40, which lead toward central Israel. Highway 10 continues north toward the Gaza Strip, whereas Highway 40 proceeds to Beersheba via Mizpe Ramon.
Description of the route from south to north[]
Highway 12 begins as an urban boulevard in Eilat exiting the city to the west. It then runs northwest toward the border of Israel with Egypt. Then it turns north past the Netafim Border Crossing and the northern mountains of Eilat.
At junction it intersects with Highway 10. It continues northeast past Ovda airport and reaches its north terminus at Shizafon junction, where it intersects with Highway 40.
Junctions (south to north)[]
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km | Name | Type | Meaning | Location | Road(s) Crossed |
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↓Eilat Municipality↓ | |||||
Yotam Street | |||||
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city center | ![]() (Derech HaArava) | ||
0.25 | ![]() |
Tzofit | Topaz St. | ||
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Tzofit | Nevi'ot St. | ||
0.65 | ככר הנופלים (HaNoflim Square) |
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Tzofit | Hativat HaNegev Blvd. | |
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Ophir, Banah Beitecha |
Eilot Blvd. | ||
0.95 | ![]() |
Ophir | Kikar Grof | ||
1.05 | ![]() |
Ophir | Keidar St. | ||
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Ophir, Banah Beitecha |
Shkhoret St. | ||
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Ophir | Efroni St. | ||
1.3 | ככר ח"בד (Chabad Square) |
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named after Chabad |
Ophir, Banah Beitecha |
Argaman Blvd. |
1.65 | ככר רבין (Rabin Square) |
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named after Yitzhak Rabin |
Mitzpe Yam | Sheshet HaYamim Blvd. |
1.96 | ![]() |
Mitzpe Yam | Karish St. | ||
2.6 | ככר יותם (Yotam Square) |
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named after Jotham |
Rova' Shivtei Yisrael | Derech HaGai, Derech Harim |
↑Eilat Municipality↑ | |||||
3.6 | Ramat Yotam Fuel Tank Farm |
entrance road | |||
4.1 | Camp Yotam | entrance road | |||
5 | Edom Munitions Depot | entrance road | |||
5.8 | Camp Har Asa | entrance road | |||
12 | Netafim Border Crossing | entrance road | |||
19 | Camp Uzziah | entrance road | |||
41 | צומת סיירים (Sayarim Junction) |
military scouts | Sayarim Valley | ![]() | |
47 | Sayarim Army Base, Armor Corps Training School |
entrance road | |||
56 | Ovda Airport | entrance road | |||
63 | Military Combat Engineering School |
entrance road | |||
65 | Ovda IAF Airbase, Shaharut |
entrance road | |||
71 | צומת שיזפון (Shizafon Junction) |
Neot Semadar, Neve Harif |
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See also[]
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- List of highways in Israel
Coordinates: 29°54′39″N 34°52′33″E / 29.91083°N 34.87583°E
- Roads in Israel