Highway 31 (Israel)
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| כביש 31 | ||||
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| Length | 70 km (43 mi) | |||
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| West end | Zohar Junction | |||
| East end | Hanasi Junction | |||
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Highway 31 is an inter-city highway in southern Israel. It begins at Zohar junction south of Neve Zohar, where it meets Highway 90 just west of the Dead Sea. It passes through Arad, Kuseife, Hura, Lakiya and Lehavim, and it terminates at HaNasi junction near Eshel HaNasi.
As of 2001, the western terminus of Highway 31 was Lehavim junction and the intersection with Highway 40. The portion of the road west of this junction has opened to traffic after 2001.
There are plans to upgrade the highway to two lanes in each direction.[1]
Junctions & Interchanges on the highway[]
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| Junction | Location | Intersecting roads |
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| צומת זוהר (Zohar Junction) |
Neve Zohar |  Highway 90 (Israel)
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| צומת חתרורים (Hatrorim Junction) |
Route 258 | |
| צומת ערד (Arad Junction) |
Arad | Hebron Boulevard, HaTa'asiya Boulevard |
| (Arad Industrial Zone entrance) | Arad | HaTa'asiya Boulevard/Entrance to the Arad Industrial Zone |
| צומת תל ערד (Tel Arad Junction) |
Tel Arad |  Highway 80 (Israel)
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| (Kuseife entrance) | Kuseife | Entrance to Kuseife |
| (Trijat entrance) | Drijat | Entrance to and Trijat |
| (Unnamed Junction) | Route 316 | |
| (Hura entrance) | Hura | Entrance to Hura |
| צומת שוקת (Shoket Junction) |
Tel Shoket |  Highway 60 (Israel)
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| (Lakiya entrance) | Lakiya | Entrance to Lakiya |
| (Unnamed Junction) | Lakiya | Route 358 |
| מחלף להבים (Lehavim Interchange) |
Lehavim | Entrance to Lehavim |
| צומת להבים (Lehavim Junction) |
Lehavim |  Highway 40 (Israel)
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| (Rahat entrance) | Rahat | Entrance to Rahat |
| צומת הנשיא (Hanasi Junction) |
Eshel HaNasi |  Highway 25 (Israel)
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Gallery[]
Information sign near the junction with Highway 90
Hazardous road[]
Road 31, nicknamed road of death[2] had been declared a (a road that has more than average number of fatal accidents) by both Or Yarok[3] and the Israeli police.[4] The road had an average of 2 fatal accidents per month between 2011 and 2013,[5] and had a total of 87 dead and 1399 wounded up until 2015.[6]
References[]
- ^ "בקרוב מכרז לשדרוג כביש שוקת-ערד" [Soon a tender to upgrade the Shoket-Arad road] (in Hebrew). Port2Port. 20 January 2011.
- ^ "3 צעירים מחורה נהרגו ב"כביש המוות"" [Three youths killed in "Death Road"] (in Hebrew). Radio Darom. 10 September 2016.
- ^ "כבישים אדומים" [Red roads] (in Hebrew). Or Yarok.
- ^ Shimon Ifergan (5 November 2012). "300 קילומטרים של כבישים אדומים יש היום בישראל. איפה נעלמו עוד 400?" [There are 300 km of red roads today. Where did 400 more disappear to?] (in Hebrew). Mako.
- ^ "כביש 31: הרוג בכל חודש בשנתיים האחרונות" [Highway 31: A death every month in the past two years] (in Hebrew). nrg Maariv. 30 January 2013.
- ^ Dana Yarkzi (3 February 2015). ""כביש הדמים": 87 הרוגים ו-1,399 פצועים בעשר השנים האחרונות" [The "bloody road": 87 killed and 1,399 wounded in the past ten years] (in Hebrew). Walla!.
See also[]
- List of highways in Israel
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Coordinates: 31°15′55″N 35°01′29″E / 31.26528°N 35.02472°E
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