Highway 67 (formally 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 between Ein Tut Interchange and Elyakim Interchange and for between Tel Qashish and Ha'Amakim Interchange, then with Highway 75 for between Ha'Amakim Interchange and Yagur Junction, then again with Highway 6 for between Givot Alonim Interchange and Somekh Interchange.

Overview

Highway 70 begins east of Zikhron Ya'akov at Ein Tut interchange with Route 67 and Highway 6. It goes northeast through Wadi Milk, reaching Yokneam.

Highway 70 (Israel)

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.

Highway 70 (Israel)

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 Shefaya junction to Yokneam junction.

Highway 70 (Israel)

Junctions & Interchanges

Part 1 – Ein Tut to Yokneam

Ein Tut Interchange with |Highway 67 and Highway 6 (opened July 20, 2009) Elyakim Interchange with Route 672 (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 Route 722

HaAmakim Junction with Highway 75

Part 3 – Yagur to Kfar Yasif

Yagur Interchange with Highway 75

Kfar Hasidim Junction

Zevulun Valley Junction with Route 780

Givot Alonim Interchange with Highway 6

Somekh Interchange with Highway 79 and Highway 6

Avlayim Junction with Route 781

Tamra Junction

Yavor Junction with Route 805

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 Route 859 Sheikh Danun junction Netiv HaShayara junction HaShayara 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

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