Highway 3 is a highway in Israel. It begins at Highway 4 on the outskirts of Ashkelon, running east-northeast, passing through Kiryat Malakhi and Latrun, and ending just short of Modi'in.

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Highway 3
Hebrew: כביש 3
Arabic: طريق السريع 3
Map
Highway 3 in the West Bank.png
Map of the former segments of the Highway in the West Bank, Now declassified.
Route information
Part of
(Ratified by Palestine but not by Israel)
Length47 km (29 mi)
Major junctions
West end
  • Abba Hillel Silver Junction
Major intersections
East end
  • Mevo Horon Junction
Location
CountryIsrael
Major citiesAshkelon, Hodaya, Kiryat Malakhi, Yad Binyamin, Yesodot, Hulda, Nachshon, Latrun, Modi'in
Highway system
Highway 2 Highway 4

Plan for the future

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Abba Hillel Silver Junction

The Israeli Ministry of Transportation plans for Highway 3 to be a major route that will connect the South District to Jerusalem via Latrun Interchange and Highway 1. The National Roads Company of Israel is converting the road to a multi-lane divided highway. Despite this, the road will not become an expressway because it is the only means of entrance to many nearby communities.

Israel Railways is constructing flying junctions between Highway 3 and the rail tracks that cross it.

Path of Highway 3 from northeast to southwest

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The northeast part of Highway 3 begins at Beit Horon Junction near Modi'in. It intersects Highways 1 and 6 and then passes several kibbutzim and moshavim until Re'em Junction where it joins Highway 40, running concurrently for 4 km until Malakhi Junction in Kiryat Malakhi. The Latrun–Nahshon section (between the intersections with highways 1 and 44) is the first concrete highway in Israel.[1]

After the roads split, Highway 3 continues in Kiryat Malakhi and past more kibbutzim and moshavim until Abba Hillel Silver Junction east of Ashkelon, which intersects with Highway 4.

In the past, Highway 3 reached Ramallah and Jericho and terminated at Allenby bridge across the Jordan River.[2] After the Oslo Accords in 1993, the portion of the road that passes through Ramallah and Jericho was transferred to Palestinian control (as with Highway 60), and portions of the road that remained under Israeli control were renamed as local roads.

Junctions and Interchanges

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District[3]Location[4]kmmiNameDestinationsNotes
SouthernAshkelon00.0צומת אבא הלל
(Abba Hillel Junction)
   Highway 4
Nir Israel21.2צומת ניר ישראל
(Nir Yisrael Junction)
  Road 3500
Hodaya42.5צומת הודיה
(Hodaya Junction)
  Route 232
Negba74.3צומת נגבה
(Negba Junction)
  Road 3612
Masu'ot Yitzhak85.0צומת משואות יצחק
(Masu'ot Yitzhak Junction)
Local road
Merkaz Shapira95.6צומת מרכז שפירא
(Shapira Center Junction)
Entrance roadNamed after Haim-Moshe Shapira
Ein Tsurim106.2צומת עין צורים
(Ein Tsurim Junction)
Entrance road
Shafir116.8צומת שפיר
(Shafir Junction)
  Road 3613
Kfar Warburg
Avigdor
138.1צומת כפר ורבורג-אביגדור
(Kfar Warburg-Avigdor Junction)
Local roadsNamed after Felix M. Warburg & Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid
Be'er Tuvia14.59.0צומת טוביה
(Tuvia Junction)
Yigal Hurwitz Blvd.
  Road 3703
Kiryat Malakhi169.9צומת מלאכי / קסטינה
(Malakhi Junction / Qastina)
  Highway 40
Kfar Ahim1811צומת אחים
(Ahim Junction
Local road
CentralBnei Re'em2012צומת ראם
(Re'em Junction)
  Highway 40
Yoav2113צומת שערי אברהם
(She'arei Avraham Junction)
  Route 383
Revadim2214צומת רבדים
(Revadim Junction)
Entrance road
Beit Hilkia2415צומת בית חלקיה
(Beit Hilkia Junction)
  Road 3933
Yad Binyamin2516צומת יד בנימין
(Yad Binyamin Junction)
Entrance road
2616מחלף שורק
(Sorek Interchange)
and railway overpass[5]
  Highway 6Named after nearby Sorek River
26.516.5  Highway 7
Yesodot2918צומת יסודות
(Yesodot Junction)
Entrance road
Tal Shahar3321צומת חולדה
(Hulda Junction)
  Route 411
3522צומת נחשון
(Nachshon Junction)
  Highway 44Named after Operation Nachshon
Beko'a3622מחלף בקוע
(Beko'a Interchange)
Entrance road
Nahshon
Neve Shalom
3824מחלף נחשון / נווה שלום
(Mahshon / Neve Shalom Interchange)
Local road
Latrun4125צומת חטיבה שבע
(Hativa Sheva Junction)
  Route 424
Green Line
Judea and SamariaLatrun4226מחלף לטרון
(Latrun Interchange)
   Highway 1
Modi'in4528צומת מודיעין
(Modi'in Junction)
HaHashmonaim Blvd.
Mevo Horon4729צומת מבוא חורון
(Mevo Horon Junction)
  Road 4556
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Hazardous road

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15 km of highway 3 had been declared as a red road by the Israeli police in 2015.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Infrastructure projects which went wrong - deviating from funding and schedules" (PDF). Calcalist. Retrieved 2013-10-25.(in Hebrew)
  2. ^ "Disputed villages in the Latrun area". Ma'ariv. 1948-08-12. Retrieved 2013-10-25.(in Hebrew)
  3. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "מחוזות משרד הפנים" [Ministry of Interior districts] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  4. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "גבולות ישובים" [Locality borders] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  5. ^ Street View: Highway 3 overpassing Highway 6 and the Lod - Beer Sheva Railway Line (Map). Google Maps. March 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
  6. ^ "המפה המלאה של הכבישים האדומים בישראל". 5 November 2012.

See also

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