Route 471 (Israel)

Infobox Israel highway


highway= 471
hebrew=כביש מכבית ("Kvish Maccabit")
meaning=
length=11
direction=East - West
classification=Expressway
start=Bar Ilan Interchange
destinations=
*Ramat Gan
*Givat Shmuel
*Kiryat Ono
*Petah Tikva
*Ganei Tikva
end=Migdal Afek Junction
junctions=
*Bar Ilan Interchange
*Sha'ariyya Junction
*Nahshonim Interchange

Route 471 ( _he. כביש 471), commonly called Maccabit Road, is a suburban expressway in the center of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area in Israel. The expressway connects Highway 4 in the west with Route 444 in the east. It is part of a road system planned to provide improved access to Highway 6.

The construction of Route 471 was plagued with bureaucracy, massive opposition from neighboring municipalities and budget overruns, all of which caused major delays in construction.

Route 471 was fully opened on October 16, 2007, after it was partially opened since 2002.

Route Description

Route 471 starts at Bar Ilan Interchange with Highway 4 in Ramat Gan. It then continues east through a short tunnel and bypasses Kiryat Ono. It then passes between Petah Tikva and Ganei Tikva until it reaches Gat-Rimon Junction. The section between Bar Ilan and Gat Rimon is built to full freeway standards, fully grade-separated with three to four lanes in each direction and wide shoulders, however the road is not signed as a freeway.

From Gat-Rimon the road continues east, bypassing Petah Tikva from the south until it meets Highway 6 at Nahshonim Interchange. It then continues one km further east to its terminus at Migdal Afek Junction with Route 444. This section has only two lanes in each direction with at-grade intersections.

Interchanges & Junctions