Highway 70 (Israel)

Highway 70 is a highway in the coastal plain and Western Galilee in northern Israel. It connects the region of Zikhron Ya'akov to the Lower Galilee and to Kiryat Ata and Shlomi near Israel's border with Lebanon.

Description of the route

Highway 70 begins in the south at Zikhron Ya'akov interchange with Highway 2. It continues via Zikhron Ya'akov and Faradis and after going northeast through Wadi Milk the road reaches Yokneam.

After Yokneam the road turns northwest toward Yagur and Kfar Hasidim until Yagur junction, then it turns north toward Kiryat Ata and Shefaram and afterward continues through the Western Galilee until Shlomi.

At the end of the 1990s, the road was converted into a divided highway between Faradis junction and Avlayim junction, and the two junctions in between, Bat Shlomo junction and Elyakim junction, were reconstructed to interchanges, to enable uninterrupted travel from Mayer Shefaya junction to Yokneam junction.

Junctions on the route

Part 1 - from Zikhron Ya'akov to Yokneam

* Highway 2 at Zikhron Ya'akov interchange
* Highway 4 at Faradis junction
* Meir Shefaya interchange
* Bat Shlomo interchange
* Elyakim junction with Route 672
* Yokneam junction
* Hatishbi junction with Highway 66 and Route 722

Part 2 - from Yokneam to Yagur

* Hatishbi junction
* Ha'amakim junction (Jalmi junction)
* Yagur junction

Part 3 - Yagur to Hanita

* Yagur junction with Highway 75
* Kfar Hasidim junction
* Zevulun Valley junction with Route 780
* Somekh junction with Highway 79
* Avlayim junction with Route 781
* Tamra
* Yavur junction with Route 805)
* Ahihud junction with Highway 85
* Kfar Yasif junction
* Julis junction
* Abu Snan
* Yas'ur (kibbutz)
* Ashrat-Beit Ha'emek
* Amka
* Shikh Denun
* Netiv Hashayara
* Hashayara junction
* Kavri junction with Highway 89
* Avdon-Manot
* Metzova
* Shlomi
* Hanita junction with Route 899

ee also

* List of highways in Israel