Highway 70 (Israel)

Highway 70 is a highway, 76 km in length, running through the Western Galilee region in the Northern District of Israel. It connects the Mount Carmel region east of Zikhron Ya'akov to the Lower Galilee, Kiryat Ata, and Shlomi near Israel's border with Lebanon. The highway runs concurrently with Highway 6 for 2.5 km between Ein Tut Interchange and Elyakim Interchange and for 4 km between Tel Qashish and Ha'Amakim Interchange, then with Highway 75 for 4 km between Ha'Amakim Interchange and Yagur Junction, then again with Highway 6 for 5 km between Givot Alonim Interchange and Somekh Interchange.^[1]

Description of the highway[]

Highway 70 begins east of Zikhron Ya'akov at Ein Tut interchange with and Highway 6. It goes northeast through , reaching Yokneam.

After Yokneam the road turns northwest toward Yagur and Kfar Hasidim until Yagur junction, paralleling the Jezreel Valley railway, then turns north toward Kiryat Ata and Shefaram and afterward continues through the Western Galilee until Shlomi.

At the end of the 1990s, the two junctions near the southern end of the road, at Bat Shlomo and Elyakim, were reconstructed into interchanges, to enable uninterrupted travel from junction to Yokneam junction.

Junctions & Interchanges on the highway[]

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Part 1 – Ein Tut to Yokneam[]

• Ein Tut Interchange with and Highway 6 (opened July 20, 2009)
• Elyakim Interchange with (opened July 20, 2009)
• Tel Qashish Interchange with Highway 6 and Highway 77
• Yokneam Junction
• Yokneam Illit Junction

Part 2 – Yokneam to Yagur[]

• HaTishbi Junction with Highway 66 and
• HaAmakim Junction with Highway 75

Part 3 – Yagur to Kfar Yasif[]

• Yagur Interchange with Highway 75
• Kfar Hasidim Junction
• Zevulun Valley Junction with
• Givot Alonim Interchange with Highway 6
• Somekh Interchange with Highway 79 and Highway 6
• Avlayim Junction with
• Tamra Junction
• Yavor Junction with
• Ahihud Junction with Highway 85
• Kfar Yasif Junction with Highway 85

There are plans to replace the two junctions at Ahihud and Kfar Yasif with one interchange.

Part 4 – Kfar Yasif to Hanita[]

• Yirka-Julis Junction
• Abu Sinan
• Yas'ur (kibbutz)
• Oshrat – Beit HaEmek
• Amka junction
• Sheikh Danun junction
• Netiv HaShayara junction
• Junction
• Kabri Junction with Highway 89
• Avdon–Manot
• Matzuva junction
• Shlomi junction
• Hanita Junction with Route 899

See also[]

• List of highways in Israel

References[]

Coordinates: 32°45′34″N 35°05′03″E / 32.75944°N 35.08417°E / 32.75944; 35.08417