Highway 2 (Israel)

Highway 2 (Israel)

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Highway 2
כביש החוף
Kvish HaHof
כביש חיפה - תל אביב החדש
Kvish Haifa - Tel Aviv HaHadash
The Coastal Highway
The New Haifa - Tel Aviv Highway
Route information
Length: 77 km (48 mi)
Major junctions
South end: Tel Aviv (West Glilot Interchange)
North end: Haifa (Haifa Darom Interchange)
Location
Major cities: Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Netanya, Hadera, Tirat Carmel, Haifa
Highway system

Roads in Israel
Highways

Highway 2 (Hebrew: כביש 2‎, Kvish 2) is an Israeli highway located on the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea. It stretches from Tel Aviv to Haifa. The highway is also called The Coastal Highway (Hebrew: כביש החוף‎, Kvish HaHof) or The New Haifa - Tel Aviv Highway (Hebrew: כביש חיפה - תל אביב החדש‎, Kvish Heifa - Tel Aviv HaHadash).

Highway 2 is one of the busiest highways in the country, and drivers experience frequent traffic congestion between Hadera and Tel Aviv during rush hours. The northern sections are also congested at times, especially during weekends and holidays, when many Israelis travel north for vacation.

History

The first section of the highway between Tel Aviv and Netanya was built in the early 1950s as a two lane road with at-grade intersections. The next section was built later that decade, extending the highway north to Olga Junction in Hadera. This section was also built as a two lane road. In 1965 the highway was widened to four lanes between Tel Aviv and Hadera, however grade separations were not built at this point.

The last section of the highway, between Olga Junction and Haifa, opened in 1969. When this section opened it was the first freeway in Israel. Deteriorating road conditions caused by years of neglect led to this section being downgraded from its original freeway status. Road signs on this section are still blue (as opposed to green on regular highways), however there are no signs indicating an entrance or exit from a freeway and the maximum speed limit is 90 km/h, as opposed to 100 or 110 on Israeli freeways.

The junctions on the older sections of the highway were gradually grade separated: Netanya Interchange was built in 1974, Poleg Interchange in 1975, Havazelet Interchange in 1989, Yanai Interchange in 1990, Olga Interchange in 1993, Hof HaSharon Interchange in 1994 and Rabin Interchange and HaSira Interchange in 1995. Today the highway is fully grade separated between Haifa South Interchange and West Glilot Interchange.

The Tel Aviv - Netanya section was widened to six lanes in the 1990s.

The West Glilot Interchange opened on February 28, 2007, providing a direct connection to eastbound Highway 5 and to the Ayalon Highway.

Future plans

There are plans to continue the six lane section north to the Zikhron Ya'akov Interchange. These plans also include upgrading the remaining section between Zikhron Ya'aqov and Haifa back to freeway standards.

The Carmel Tunnels form a northern extension of Highway 2 to the Krayot area north of Haifa. When Highway 22 is completed, then it and the tunnels, together with Highway 2, the Ayalon Highway and Highway 4 will form a continuous limited-access, grade-separated route alongside nearly the entire Mediterranean coastline of Israel from Acre (Akko) to Ashdod (while a parallel, but more inland limited-access corridor will be provided by Highway 6 when it is fully built).

Interchanges

Location km Name Type Meaning Road(s) crossed
Herzliya 0 מחלף גלילות מערב
(Glilot Ma'arav Interchange)
AB-Kreuz-blau.svg
ILramzor2.png
Named after location of former
Jewish refugee camp
West Glilot
ISR-HW5 blue.PNG
(Highway 5)
Namir Road
3 מחלף הסירה
(HaSira Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg The Boat ISR-HW541.PNG
(Route 541)
5 מחלף רבין
(Rabin
Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after
Yitzhak Rabin
Keren Hayesod st.
Ra'anana 6.6 AB-Kreuz-blau.svg ISR-HW531.PNG
(Route 531)
Shefayim 10 מחלף חוף השרון
(Hof HaSharon Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Sharon Beach Local roads
Yakum 11.2 AB-Kreuz-blau.svg ISR-HW551.PNG
(Route 551)
Netanya 17 מחלף פולג
(Poleg
Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after nearby
Poleg Stream
ISR-HW553.PNG
(Route 553)
19 מחלף גשר השלום
(Gesher HaShalom Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Peace Bridge ISR-HW5611.png
(Road 5611)
23 מחלף נתניה
(Netanya Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location ISR-HW57.png
(Highway 57)
Havatzelet HaSharon 27 מחלף חבצלת
(Havatzelet Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location ISR-HW5710.png
(Road 5710)
Beit Yanai 30 מחלף ינאי
(Yanai Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location ISR-HW5720.png
(Road 5720)
Hadera 33 AB-Kreuz-blau.svg ISR-HW61.png
(Highway 61)
38 מחלף אולגה
(Olga Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location
(Giv'at Olga quarter of Hadera)
Aaron Aaronsohn st.
Caesarea 41 מחלף קיסריה
(Caesarea Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location ISR-HW65.png
(Highway 65)
Or Akiva 46 מחלף אור עקיבא
(Or Akiva Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location (Road 6511)
Zikhron Ya'aqov 53 מחלף זכרון יעקב
(Zikhron Ya'aqov Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location ISR-HW70.png
(Highway 70)
Atlit 68 מחלף עתלית
(Atlit Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Named after location ISR-HW721.PNGISR-HW7110.png
(Route 721/Road 7110)
Haifa 77 מחלף חיפה דרום
(Haifa Darom Interchange)
AB-AS-blau.svg Haifa South ISR-HW4 red.PNG
(Highway 4) /
Carmel Tunnels

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