Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4
כביש תל אביב - אשדוד Kvish Tel Aviv - Ashdod כביש גהה Kvish Geha כביש חיפה - תל אביב הישן Kvish Haifa - Tel Aviv HaYashan
Route information
Length:	205 km (127 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Erez Border Crossing with Gaza (Hevel Azzah Junction)
	Yad Mordechai Junction Brahiya Junction Abba Hillel Silver Junction Ashdod Interchange Holot Interchange Gan Rave Interchange HaShiv'a Interchange Ganot Interchange Morasha Interchange HaSharon (Beit Lid) Junction Nahal Hadera Junction Furydais Junction Haifa Darom Interchange Hiram Interchange Kishon Junction Afek Junction Akko Mizrah Junction Nahariya Junction
North end:	Rosh HaNikra Border Crossing with Lebanon
Location
Major cities:	Ashkelon, Ashdod, Yavne, Rishon LeZion, Holon, Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Giv'atayim, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, Ramat Hasharon, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Sava, Ra'anana, Netanya, Hadera, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Zikhron Ya'aqov, Tirat Carmel, Haifa, The Kerayot, Acre, Nahariya
Highway system
Roads in Israel Highways

Heavy morning traffic at Bar Ilan Interchange

Abba Hillel Silver Junction

Highway 4 (Hebrew: כביש 4‎, Kvish 4) is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip. Until the 1990s and the withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces from most of the Gaza Strip due to the Oslo Accords, Highway 4 continued all the way until Rafah and the Egyptian border. The highway follows in part the route of the ancient Via Maris.

Although the highway is continuous, it is generally considered to be divided into five sections, each with its own nickname, characteristics and speed limit:

• Northern Coastal Highway (Rosh Hanikra – Haifa)
• Old Haifa – Tel Aviv Highway (Haifa – Ra'anana). Commonly referred to in Israel as The Old Highway (Hebrew: "הכביש הישן"‎) while Highway 2 is sometimes called The New Highway. This section was originally built by the British to allow Jewish traffic from Tel-Aviv to Haifa to bypass the Arab towns of Qalqilyah and Tulkarm during the 1936-39 violence, making it the first bypass road in the country.
• Geha Highway, or First President Road (Ra'anana – Azor)
• Tel Aviv – Ashdod Highway (Azor – Ashdod)
• Southern Coastal Highway (Ashdod – Erez Crossing)

The Tel Aviv - Ashdod and Geha sections are freeways.

Junctions and interchanges

km	Name	Type	Meaning	Location	Road(s) Crossed
Southern Coastal Highway
0	צומת חבל עזה (Hevel Azzah Junction)		Gaza Region	Erez border crossing	Local Road
1	צומת נתיב העשרה (Netiv HaAsara Junction)		Named after location	Netiv HaAsara	Local Road
4	צומת יד מרדכי (Yad Mordechai Junction)		Named after location	Yad Mordechai	(Highway 34)
6	צומת זיקים (Zikim Junction)		Named after location	Zikim	(Road 3411)
8	צומת מבקיעים (Mavki'im Junction)		Named after location	Mavki'im	Local Road
9	צומת אשקלון דרום (Ashkelon Darom Junction)		Ashkelon South	Ashkelon	Bar-Lev blvd.
11	צומת בת הדר (Bat Hadar Junction)		Named after location	Bat Hadar	Local Road
12	צומת בית שיקמה (Beit Shikma Junction)		Named after nearby Beit Shiqma	Beit Shikma	(Road 3412)
13	צומת אשקלון (Ashkelon Junction)		Named after location	Ashkelon	Ben Gurion blvd.
14	צומת ברכיה (Berekhya Junction)		Named after location	Berekhya	(Highway 35)
15	צומת אבא הלל סילבר (Abba Hillel Silver Junction)		Named after Abba Hillel Silver	Kfar Silver	(Highway 3)
15.5				Ashkelon (North)	Menachem Begin Boulevard
21	צומת אשכולות (Eshkolot Junction)		Named after nearby Eshkolot Farm	Nitzanim	(Route 232)
22	צומת ניצנים (Nitzanim Junction)		Named after location	Nitzan	(Road 3631)
24	צומת בית עזרא (Beit Ezra Junction)		Named after location	Beit Ezra	HaEla str.
25	צומת עזר (Ezer Junction)		Named after location	Ezer	(Road 3711)
27	צומת אמונים (Emunim Junction)		Named after location	Sde Uziyahu	Road 3712
27	צומת עד הלום (Ad Halom Junction)		Named after location	Ashdod (Ad Halom Industrial Area)	Local Road
29	מחלף אשדוד דרום (Ashdod Darom Interchange)		Ashdod South	Ashdod	Menachem Begin blvd.
30	צומת גן יבנה (Gan Yavne Junction)		Named after location	Gan Yavne	Menachem Begin blvd.
Tel Aviv – Ashdod Highway
36	מחלף אשדוד (Ashdod Interchange)		Named after location	Port of Ashdod	(Highway 41/ Highway 42)
44	מחלף יבנה (Yavne Interchange)		Named after location	Yavne	(Road 4111)
51	מחלף חולות (Holot Interchange)		Sand Dunes	Rishon LeZion only from/to south	(Ayalon Highway)
53	מחלף ראשון דרום (Rishon Darom Interchange)		South Rishon LeZion	Rishon LeZion	(Highway 431)
55	מחלף גן רווה (Gan Rave Interchange)		Named after nearby Gan Raveh Regional Council	Rishon LeZion	(Highway 42)
57	מחלף ראשון לציון (Rishon LeZion Interchange)		Named after location	Rishon LeZion	(Route 441)
60	מחלף חולון מזרח (Holon Mizrah Interchange)		Named after location	Mishmar HaShiv'a	(Highway 44)
62	מחלף גנות (Ganot Interchange)		Named after location	Ganot	(Highway 1)
Geha Highway
63	מחלף מסובים (Mesubim Interchange)		Participants in a meal	Ramat Ef'al	(Route 461)
65	מחלף אלוף שדה (Aluf Sadeh Interchange)		Named after Aluf Yitzhak Sadeh	Ramat Gan	Aluf Sadeh St.
66	מחלף בר-אילן (Bar Ilan Interchange)		Named after nearby Bar-Ilan University	Ramat Gan	(Route 471)
67	מחלף גבעת שמואל (Giv'at Shmuel Interchange)		Named after location	Giv'at Shmuel	Mivtza Kadesh St.
69	מחלף גהה (Geha Interchange)		Named after Geha Hospital torn down to build the interchange	Petah Tikva	(Jabotinski Road)
70	מחלף אם המושבות (Em HaMoshavot Interchange)		Named after intersecting street	Petah Tikva, Bnei Brak	Em HaMoshavot Road
73	מחלף מורשה (Morasha Interchange)		Named after location	Ramat Hasharon	(Highway 5)
Old Haifa – Tel Aviv Highway
78	מחלף רעננה דרום (Ra'anana Darom Interchange)		South Ra'anana	Ra'anana, Kfar Sava	Road 554, future Route 531
78	צומת רעננה (Ra'anana Junction)		Named after location	Ra'anana, Kfar Sava	(Ahuza St.)
80	מחלף רעננה-כפר סבא צפון (Ra'anana - Kfar Sava Tzafon Interchange)		North Ra'anana - Kfar Sava	Ra'anana ,Kfar Sava	Begin Blvd., Weizman St.
83	מחלף בצרה (Batzra Interchange)		Named after location	Batzra	Kibbutz Galuyot St.
84	צומת בני ציון (Bnei Zion Junction)		Named after location	Bnei Zion	Road 5511
86	מחלף הדרים (Hadarim Interchange)		Citrus fruit	Tel Mond	(Route 551)
88	צומת דרור (Dror Junction)		Named after location	Bnei Dror, Even Yehuda	(Route 553)
91	צומת הדסים (Hadasim Junction)		Named after location	Tzoran-Kadima, Hadassim Youth Village, Even Yehuda	Herzl St.
94	צומת פרדסיה (Pardesiya Junction)		Named after location	Pardesiya	Road 5613, HaNassi Blvd.
96	צומת השרון (HaSharon Junction)		Named after Sharon Plain	Nordiya	(Highway 57)
98	צומת רופין (Rupin Junction)		Named after location	Ruppin Academic Center, Kfar Monash	Road 5711
99	צומת העוגן (Ha'Ogen Junction)		Named after location	HaOgen, Ma'abarot	Road 5700
102	צומת חפר (Hefer Junction)		Named after Hefer Valley	Kfar Vitkin	Road 5720
104	צומת הרואה (Haroeh Junction)		Named after location	Kfar Haroeh	Route 581
109	צומת חדרה (Hadera Junction)		Named after location	Hadera	Shimoni St / Herbert Samuel St.
111	צומת חרושת (Haroshet Junction)		Factory	Hadera	HaShalom St.
113	צומת נחל חדרה (Nahal Hadera Junction)		Hadera River	Hadera	(Highway 65)
115	צומת פל ים (Pal-Yam Junction)		Named after location	Caesarea	Route 651
117	צומת אור עקיבא (Or Akiva Junction)		Named after location	Or Akiva	Weizman Ave.
119	צומת בנימינה (Binyamina Junction)		Named after location	Binyamina, Or Akiva	Route 653
121	צומת בית חנניה (Beit Hananya Junction)		Named after location	Beit Hananya	Road 6531
124	מחלף מעגן מיכאל (Ma'agan Michael Interchange)		Named after location	Ma'agan Michael	Local road
125	צומת זכרון יעקב (Zikhron Ya'aqov Junction)		Named after location	Zikhron Ya'aqov	Nili Ave.
128	צומת פוריידיס (Fureidis Junction)		Named after location	Fureidis, Zikhron Ya'aqov	(Highway 70)
129	צומת נחשולים (Nahsholim Junction)		Named after location	Nahsholim	Road 7011
132	צומת עין איילה (Ein Ayala Junction)		Named after location	Ein Ayala	HaRimon St.
133	צומת עופר (Ofer Junction)		Named after location	Ofer, Kerem Maharal	Road 7021
134	צומת צרופה (Tzrufa Junction)		Named after location	Tzrufa	Local road
136	צומת גבע כרמל (Geva Carmel Junction)		Named after location	Geva Carmel	Local road
137	צומת עין כרמל (Ein Carmel Junction)		Named after location	Ein Carmel	Local road
140	צומת עין הוד (Ein Hod Junction)		Named after location	Ein Hod	Road 7111
142	צומת אורן (Oren Junction)		Named after nearby Mount Oren	Atlit	Road 7110, Route 721
143	צומת מגדים (Megadim Junction)		Named after location	Megadim	Local road
145	צומת החותרים (HaHoterim Junction)		Named after location	HaHoterim	Local road
147	צומת טירת כרמל (Tirat Carmel Junction)		Named after location	Tirat Carmel	Jabotinski St.
147	צומת כפר גלים (Kfar Galim Junction)		Named after location	Kfar Galim	Local road
151	מחלף חיפה דרום (Haifa Darom Interchange)		South Haifa	Haifa MATA"M Industrial Park	(Highway 2)
Northern Coastal Highway
153	צומת דרך הים (Dereh HaYam Junction)		Road of the Sea (Via Maris)	Haifa Ramat Haviv	Route 672
156	מחלף אלנבי (Allenby Interchange)		Named after intersecting street	Haifa German Colony, Wadi Nisnas	Allenby Road
160	מחלף חירם (Hiram Interchange)		King Hiram I	Haifa Hadar HaCarmel; only from/to southbound	(Bay Expressway)
162	מחלף גשר פז (Gesher Paz Interchange)		Paz Bridge	Haifa Neve Yosef, Neve Sha'anan	HaHashmal St.
162	מחלף גדוד 21 (Gedud 21 Interchange)		21st Battalion	Haifa to Technion	HaHashmal St.
163	מחלף הקריות (HaKerayot Interchange [Checkpost])		HaKerayot [British checkpost]	Haifa, Nesher	Route 752
164	צומת קישון (Kishon Junction)		Kishon River	Haifa	(Highway 75)
167	צומת וולקן (Vulcan Junction)			Haifa Airport	Moshe Dayan Road
168	מחלף מוטה גור (Motta Gur Interchange)		Named after Motta Gur	Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Nahum	Halutzei HaTa'asiya Street, Haifa Road
169	צומת קרית חיים (Kiryat Haim Junction)		Named after location	Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Ata	Route 781
170	צומת השופטים (HaShoftim Junction)		Book of Judges	Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin	Jerusalem Avenue, Goshen Avenue
171	צומת העשור (HaAsor Junction)		Decade	Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin	Ben Gurion Avenue, Weizman Avenue
173	צומת אפק (Afek Junction)		Tel Afek	Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin	(Highway 79)
173	צומת עין אפק (Ein Afek Junction)		Ein Afek	Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin	Road 7911
174	צומת צור שלום (Tzur Shalom Junction)		Named after location	Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin	Jerusalem Ave.
177	צומת כפר מסריק (Kfar Masaryk Junction)		Named after location	Kfar Masaryk	Local road
179	צומת עין המפרץ (Ein HaMifratz Junction)		Named after location	Ein HaMifratz, Akko	David Remez St.
181	צומת עכו מזרח (Akko Mizrah Junction)		East Akko	Akko	(Highway 85)
184	צומת שומרת (Shomrat Junction)		Named after location	Akko	Road 8510
186	צומת לוחמי הגטאות (Lohamey HaGeta'ot Junction)		Named after location	Lohamey HaGeta'ot	Local Road
188	צומת רגבה (Regba Junction)		Named after location	Regba Shavei Tzion	Road 8611 Derech haYam
188.4				Mazra'a	local road
189	צומת עברון (Evron Junction)		Named after location	Nahariya	Zalman Shazar St.
189.8				Nahariya, Evron	Isi laMolino Street
190.8				Nahariya, Evron	Irit Street
191	צומת נהריה (Nahariya Junction)		Named after location	Nahariya	(Highway 89)
191.3				Nahariya	HaMiyasdim Street
192.3				Nahariya	Har Tabor Street
195	צומת גשר הזיו (Gesher HaZiv Junction)		Named after location	Gesher Haziv	Local Road
195.4				Achziv Beach National Park	local road
197.6	צומת לימן (Liman Junction)		Named after location	Liman	HaTamar St.
198				Achziv Milu'ot Industrial Zone	local road
199	צומת בצת (Betzet Junction)		Named after location	Betzet	Route 899
201	צומת ראש הנקרה (Rosh HaNikra Junction)		Named after location	Rosh HaNikra	Local Road
201	מעבר הגבול ראש הנקרה (Rosh HaNikra Border Crossing)		Named after location	Rosh HaNikra grottoes