Route 404 (Israel)

This article is about the road in Jerusalem. For the Tel Aviv road, see Highway 2 (Israel).

View northward toward
Kiryat Moshe Interchange
with noise barriers

Route 404
שדרות מנחם בגין\כביש בגין Sderot Menahem Begin/Kvish Begin
Menahem Begin Boulevard/Begin Expressway
Route information
Length:	12.2 km (7.6 mi)
Major junctions
	Yigael Yadin Interchange Golda Meir Interchange Kiryat Moshe Interchange Golomb Junction
North end:	Manahat (Golomb Junc.)
Location
Major cities:	Jerusalem, Ramot, Har Hotzvim, Givat Shaul, Kiryat Moshe, Givat Mordechai, Bayit VeGan
Highway system
Roads in Israel Highways

Route 404, usually referred to as Menachem Begin Expressway (or Begin Boulevard) is an urban freeway in western Jerusalem named after sixth Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Local Jerusalemites simply refer to it as 'Begin' (pron. IPA 'bei-gin). The road follows a north-south path that connects key neighbourhoods and commercial areas, as well as several city arteries and national routes. Begin Expressway is made of the central section, which was completed in 1998, and the northern extension to Highway 443 to Modi'in, which was completed in late 2002 and merges with Highway 1 to the Tel Aviv area. It is equipped with noise barriers in many of its sections. The road is called Jerusalem Road 4 in internal Jerusalem Municipality documentation and Road 50 in the Moriah-Jerusalem Development Corporation documentation. Part of the northern extension is marked as national Highway 45.

Interchanges (North to South)

km	Name	Type	Meaning	Location	Road(s) Crossed
0	צומת עטרות (Atarot Junction)		Crowns	Atarot Industrial Zone	from Route 443 Highway 45
↓NO southbound through-traffic for green (Palestinian Authority) license plates↓
0.1	Security Checkpoint
6	מחלף יגאל ידין (Yigael Yadin Interchange)		Named after Yigael Yadin	North entrance to Jerusalem Ramot neighbourhood Mount Scopus	Highway 1 (Yigael Yadin Blvd.)
6.1	Green Line
6.5	מחלף גולדה מאיר (Golda Meir Interchange )		Named after Golda Meir	Har Hotzvim Industrial Area	Route 436 (Golda Meir blvd.)
8.2	מחלף גבעת שאול (Givat Shaul Interchange) southbound only		Saul's Hill	Givat Shaul neighborhood	Ben Gurion Blvd Givat Shaul St. (to Jaffa Road)
8.8	Tunnels - 6 lanes			Kiryat Moshe neighborhood	570 metres
9	מחלף קרית משה (Kiryat Moshe Interchange)		Moses' Town	Kiryat Moshe neighborhood Kiryat HaLeom (National Precinct)	Yitzhak Rabin st.
11.2	מחלף גבעת מרדכי (Givat Mordechai Interchange)		Mordechai's Hill	Givat Mordechai and Bayit Vegan neighborhoods	Shmuel Bait st. Bezalel Bezeq str.
12.2	צומת גולומב (Golomb Junction) (terminus)		Named after Eliyahu Golomb	Malha/Manahat neighborhood Katamonim neighborhood Teddy Stadium Malha Mall	Eliyahu Golomb St. Beitar Sport Assn. Rd.
Under Construction
12.5	מחלף מלחה (Malha Interchange)		named after location	Teddy Stadium Malha Mall	Beitar Sport Assn. Rd.
Planned
14.1	מחלף גילה (Gilo Interchange)		named after location	Gilo	Dov Yosef Blvd.
Planned
15.6	מחלף המנהרות (HaMinharot Interchange)		The Tunnels	Gilo Bet Safafa	HaRosmarin St Highway 60

Future plans

A plan to widen Begin Boulevard from 4 to 6 lanes and extend it as a freeway past its current southern terminus to connect with Route 60 at the Tunnels Road in Gilo is in various stages of construction and approval. Work began in 2010 to widen the highway between Givat Mordechai Interchange and Golomb Junction. At the same time, reconstruction of sewer lines further south was started in order to accommodate the lowering of the highway to pass under Golumb and local streets next to the Malha Mall, Teddy Stadium and the Jerusalem Malha Railway Station with interchange access to these locations. Past the railway station, the highway will be "cut-and covered" to create a tunnel under the neighborhood of Sharafat where it will connect to Dov Yosef Boulevard to Gilo. Several plans are still being considered for the final extension (as a tunnel or a surface road) through the neighborhood of Beit Safafa to Route 60. The total cost for the project is 750 million Shekels.