Highway 79 | ||||
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כביש 79 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Length | 29 km (18 mi) | |||
Major junctions | ||||
west end | Afek Junction | |||
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east end | Mashhad Interchange | |||
Location | ||||
Country | Israel | |||
Major cities | Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Ata, Shfar'am, Nazareth | |||
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Highway 79 is an east-west highway in northern Israel. It crosses the Zevulun Valley and the western Lower Galilee. The road leads from Kiryat Bialik to Mashhad north of Nazareth. It is 27 km long.
On January 19, 2009, a tender was published to widen 8.5 km of the highway next to HaMovil Junction to 2 lanes per direction, including the construction of several interchanges, at the cost of NIS 500 million.[1]
In the future, a tram-train connecting Haifa and Nazareth is planned to be built in the highway's median along most of the highway's route.
km | Name | Type | Meaning | Location | Road(s) Crossed |
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0 | צומת עין אפק (Afek Junction) |
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Afek Spring | Kiryat Bialik | ![]() (Derech Acco) |
0.2 | Kiryat Bialik | HaMakabim St. | |||
0.5 | eastbound only | ![]() |
Kiryat Bialik | Etzel St. | |
0.9 | מחלף ביאליק (Bialik Interchange) |
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Named after Hayim Nahman Bialik |
Kiryat Bialik | ![]() (Bay Highway) |
2.8 | צומת אפק (Afeq Junction) |
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Named after biblical location[2] |
Afek | entrance road |
5.5 | מחלף גילעם (Gil'am Interchange) |
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Named after location of former Jewish refugee camp |
Kiryat Ata | ![]() |
6.7 | מחלף תל (Tal Interchange) |
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Named after neighborhood of Kiryat Ata Dew |
Kiryat Ata | Toulouse-Lautrec St. |
7.9 | מחלף סומך (Somekh Interchange) |
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named for Rabbi ben Baba (buried nearby) who performed ordinations |
Kiryat Ata, Shfar'am |
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10.5 | מחלף שפרעם (Shfar'am Interchange) |
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several possible etymologies | Shfar'am | Mahmud Darwish St. |
11.3 | מחלף עדי (Adi Interchange) |
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Ornament | Shfar'am, Adi |
Road 310, local road |
13 | מחלף שפרעם מזרח (Shfar'am Mizrah Interchange) |
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Shfar'am East | Shfar'am | Road 100 |
15.8 | מחלף ביר אל-מכסור (Bir al-Maksur Interchange) |
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Broken Well | Bir al-Maksur | local road |
18.3 | צומת יפתחאל (Yiftah'el Junction) |
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named after archeological site God will open |
Alon HaGalil | local road,![]() |
18.7 | מחלף המוביל (HaMovil Interchange) |
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Aqueduct | HaSolelim | ![]() |
20 | מחלף הסוללים (HaSolelim Interchange) |
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the road builders | HaSolelim, Shimshit |
local road |
23.8 | צומת ציפורי (Tzippori Junction) |
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ult. named after ancient location |
Sepphoris | ![]() |
24.3 | צומת עילוט (Ilut Junction) Eliminated 2020 |
ult. Lot's Well[3] | Ilut | Seforiya St. | |
25.2 | צומת אביהוא (Avihu Junction) |
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my father is he | Nazareth | ![]() ![]() (Seforiya St.) |
29.2 | צומת משהד (Mashhad Junction) |
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grave of a holy man (referring to Jonah)[4] |
Mashhad, Reineh, Upper Nazareth |
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