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כביש 4
Hebrew: כביש נהריה - אשקלון, romanized: Kvish Nahariyya–Ashqelon
Hebrew: כביש גהה, romanized: Kvish Geha
Hebrew: כביש חיפה - תל אביב הישן, romanized: Kvish Haifa–Tel Aviv HaYashan
Hwy 4 - Bar Ilan Interchange.JPGHeavy morning traffic at Bar Ilan Interchange
Route information
Part of
(Ratified by Palestine but not by Israel)
Length205 km (127 mi)
Major junctions
South endErez Border Crossing with Gaza (Hevel Azzah Junction)
Major intersections
North endRosh HaNikra Border Crossing with Lebanon
Location
CountryIsrael
Major citiesAshkelon, Ashdod, Yavne, Rishon LeZion, Holon, Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Givatayim, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, Ramat HaSharon, Hod HaSharon, Kfar Saba, Ra'anana, Netanya, Hadera, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Zikhron Ya'akov, Tirat Carmel, Haifa, The Kerayot, Acre, Nahariya
Highway system
← Highway 3→ Highway 5

Highway 4 (Hebrew: כּֽבִישׁ אַרְבַּע, Kvish Arba' ) is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon in the North to the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip in the South. The highway follows in part the route of the ancient Via Maris.

Until the 1990s and the withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces from most of the Gaza Strip due to the Oslo Accords, Highway 4 extended south all the way to Rafah and the Egyptian border. Since the 1990s, the part of the highway in the Gaza Strip has been renamed as Salah al-Din Road.

Although the highway is continuous, it is generally considered to be divided into five sections, each with its own nickname and characteristics such as a differing number of lanes and speed limits:

  • Northern Coastal Highway (Rosh Hanikra–Haifa). This section passes through the Krayot, Acre and Nahariya in Northern Israel. The southern third of the highway bisects the densely populated Krayot area and frequently experienced heavy traffic congestion until Highway 22, a bypass freeway located several kilometers to the east of Highway 4 was constructed in the early 2010s.
  • Haifa–Tel Aviv Highway (Haifa–Ra'anana). Commonly referred to in Israel as The Old Highway (Hebrew: הכביש הישן; כביש חיפה - תל אביב עם רמזורים) while Highway 2 is sometimes called The New Highway. The construction of this section started in the early 1930s, and by 1936, it had reached Khirbat Bayt Lid. During the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, the construction speed greatly increased in order to allow Jewish traffic from Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva to Haifa to bypass the Arab towns of Qalqilyah, Tulkarm and Jenin. The highway opened to traffic on 30 September 1937, reducing the travel distance between Tel Aviv and Haifa from 140 to 106 km. The distance was further reduced to 96 km by 1942, when a direct road opened between Hadera and Binyamina bypassing Pardes Hanna.
  • Geha Highway, or First President Road (Ra'anana–Azor). This functions as an important arterial road in the eastern portion of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. Designed as a shortcut to replace the southern section of the Old Haifa–Tel Aviv Highway, the construction of Geha Highway started in 1951, and was completed in 1968. The replaced section of the Old Highway was then re-designated as the northern section of Highway 40, and later in 2002, as Highway 402.
  • Tel Aviv–Ashdod Highway (Azor–Ashdod) was constructed in the early 1970s to relieve congestion on Highway 42, caused by the freight traffic to the Port of Ashdod which opened in 1965.
  • Southern Coastal Highway (Ashdod–Erez Crossing) is the oldest section of the highway: a road along this route had existed since before the Second World War.

The Tel Aviv–Ashdod and Geha sections are freeways. The rest of the highway consists of multiple lanes in each direction except between Erez Crossing and Yad Mordechai, Rosh HaNikra and Nahariya, and between Tirat Carmel just south of Haifa and Fureidis, which have a single lane of traffic in each direction. While there have been multiple proposals to widen the Haifa–Fureidis section, these have so far been blocked due to opposition from nearby residents who would like the highway in the area to retain its current rural character.

Current and planned construction

External videos
video icon Netivei Yisrael video (YouTube) – Renderings of the freeway upgrade project in the Sharon region

As of 2016, Netivei Yisrael is planning a multi-billion Shekel project to convert the Sharon section of the highway (between the Dror Interchange and Highway 65 north of Hadera) into a freeway. The project includes a massive interchange at the junction with Highway 57 and a long cut-and-cover tunnel with a road and intersections above it at the entrance to Hadera to separate local and intercity traffic.

Junctions and interchanges

Abba Hillel Silver Junction
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External videos
video icon Highway 4 video journey – driving on the Southern portion of the highway, from the Erez border crossing to just south of the Morasha Interchange (Highway 5).
km Name Type Meaning Location Road(s) crossed
Southern Coastal Highway
0 צומת חבל עזה
(Hevel 'Azza Junction) 		Gaza Strip Erez border crossing local road
1 צומת נתיב העשרה
(Netiv HaAsara Junction) 		Named after location Netiv HaAsara Highway 25
4 צומת יד מרדכי
(Yad Mordechai
Junction) 		Named after location Yad Mordechai Highway 34
6 צומת זיקים
(Zikim Junction) 		Named after location Zikim Road 3411
8 צומת מבקיעים
(Mavki'im Junction) 		Named after location Mavki'im local road
9 צומת אשקלון דרום
(Ashkelon Darom Junction) 		Ashkelon South Ashkelon Bar-Lev Blvd.
11 צומת בת הדר
(Bat Hadar Junction) 		Named after location Bat Hadar local road
12 צומת בית שיקמה
(Beit Shikma Junction) 		Named after nearby
Beit Shiqma 		Beit Shikma Road 3412
13 צומת אשקלון
(Ashkelon Junction) 		Named after location Ashkelon Ben Gurion Blvd.
14 צומת ברכיה
(Berekhya Junction) 		Named after location Berekhya Highway 35
15 צומת אבא הלל
(Abba Hillel Junction) 		Named after
Abba Hillel Silver 		Kfar Silver Highway 3
15.5 Ashkelon (North) Menachem Begin Blvd.
21 צומת אשכולות
(Eshkolot Junction) 		Named after nearby
Eshkolot Farm 		Nitzanim Route 232
22 צומת ניצנים
(Nitzanim Junction) 		Named after location Nitzan Road 3631
24 צומת בית עזרא
(Beit Ezra Junction) 		Named after location Beit Ezra HaEla St.
25 צומת אמונים
(Emunim Junction) 		Named after nearby Emunim Ezer Road 3711
27 צומת שדה עוזיהו
(Sede uziyahu junction) 		Named after location Sde Uziyahu Road 3712
27 צומת עד הלום
(Ad Halom Junction) 		Named after location Ashdod
(Ad Halom Industrial Area) 		local road
29 מחלף עד הלום
(Ad Halom Interchange)
 Ashdod South Ashdod Menachem Begin Blvd.
30 צומת גן יבנה
(Gan Yavne Junction) 		Named after location Gan Yavne Menachem Begin Blvd.
Tel Aviv–Ashdod Highway (Ashdod interchange - Morasha interchange freeway)
36 מחלף אשדוד
(Ashdod Interchange) 		Named after location Port of Ashdod Highway 7
Highway 41
Highway 42
local road
44 מחלף יבנה
(Yavne Interchange) 		Named after location Yavne Road 4111
51 מחלף חולות
(Holot Interchange) 		Sand Dunes Rishon LeZion
only from/to south 		Highway 20
53 מחלף ראשון דרום
(Rishon Darom Interchange) 		South Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion Highway 431
55 מחלף גן רווה
(Gan Rave Interchange) 		Named after nearby
Gan Raveh
Regional Council 		Rishon LeZion Highway 42
57 מחלף ראשון לציון
(Rishon LeZion
Interchange) 		Named after location Rishon LeZion Route 441
60 מחלף חולון מזרח
(Holon Mizrah Interchange) 		East Holon Holon,
Rishon LeZion 		Jerusalem Blvd.
61 מחלף השבעה
(HaShiv'a Interchange) 		Named after location Mishmar HaShiv'a Highway 44
62 מחלף גנות
(Ganot Interchange) 		Named after location Ganot Highway 1
63 מחלף מסובים
(Mesubim Interchange) 		Named after Kfar Mesubim,
a past ma'abara at the location 		Ramat Ef'al Route 461
65 מחלף אלוף שדה
(Aluf Sadeh Interchange) 		Named after
Aluf Yitzhak Sadeh 		Ramat Gan Aluf Sadeh St.
66 מחלף בר-אילן
(Bar Ilan Interchange) 		Named after nearby
Bar-Ilan University 		Ramat Gan Route 471
67 מחלף גבעת שמואל
(Giv'at Shmuel Interchange) 		Named after location Giv'at Shmuel,
Bnei Brak 		Mivtza Kadesh St.
69 מחלף גהה
(Geha Interchange) 		Named after Geha Hospital
torn down to build interchange 		Petah Tikva Route 481
(Jabotinski Road)
70 מחלף אם המושבות
(Em HaMoshavot Interchange) 		Named after intersecting street Petah Tikva,
Bnei Brak 		Route 482
(Em HaMoshavot Rd.)
73 מחלף מורשה
(Morasha Interchange) 		Named after location Ramat Hasharon Highway 5
Haifa–Tel Aviv Highway
78 מחלף רעננה-כפר סבא דרום
(Ra'anana Darom Interchange) 		South Ra'anana Ra'anana,
Kfar Saba 		Route 554
(Tchernichovsky St.)
to Route 531
78 צומת רעננה
(Ra'anana Junction) 		Named after location Ra'anana,
Kfar Saba 		Route 541
(Ahuza St.)
Route 402
(HaShalom Rd.)
80 מחלף רעננה-כפר סבא צפון
(Ra'anana-Kfar Saba Tzafon
Interchange) 		Named after location Ra'anana,
Kfar Saba 		Begin Blvd.
Weizmann St.
83 מחלף בצרה
(Batzra Interchange) 		Named after location Batzra Kibbutz Galuyot St.
84 צומת בני ציון
(Bnei Zion Junction) 		Named after location Bnei Zion Road 5511
86 מחלף הדרים
(Hadarim Interchange) 		Citrus fruit Tel Mond Route 551
88 מחלף דרור
(Dror Interchange) 		Named after location Bnei Dror,
Even Yehuda 		Route 553
91 צומת הדסים
(Hadasim Junction) 		Named after location Kadima-Zoran,
Hadassim Youth Village,
Even Yehuda 		Herzl St.
94 צומת פרדסיה
(Pardesiya Junction) 		Named after location Pardesiya Road 5613
(HaNassi Blvd.)
96 צומת השרון
(HaSharon Junction) 		Named after Sharon Plain Nordia Highway 57
98 צומת רופין
(Rupin Junction) 		Named after location Ruppin Academic Center,
Kfar Monash 		Road 5711
99 צומת העוגן
(Ha'Ogen Junction) 		Named after location HaOgen,
Ma'abarot 		Road 5700
102 צומת חפר
(Hefer Junction) 		Named after Hefer Valley Kfar Vitkin Road 5720
104 צומת הרואה
(Haroeh Junction) 		Named after location Kfar Haroeh Route 581
106 צומת יער חדרה
(Ya'ar Hadera Junction) 		Hadera Forest Hefer Valley Highway 9
109 צומת חדרה
(Hadera Junction) 		Named after location Hadera Shimoni St,
Herbert Samuel St.
111 צומת חרושת
(Haroshet Junction) 		Factory Hadera HaShalom St.
113 צומת נחל חדרה
(Nahal Hadera Junction) 		Hadera River Hadera Highway 65
115 צומת פל ים
(Pal-Yam Junction) 		Named after location Caesarea Route 651
117 צומת אור עקיבא
(Or Akiva Junction) 		Named after location Or Akiva Weizman Blvd.
119 צומת בנימינה
(Binyamina Junction) 		Named after location Binyamina,
Or Akiva 		Route 653
121 צומת בית חנניה
(Beit Hanania Junction) 		Named after location Beit Hanania Road 6531
124 מחלף מעגן מיכאל
(Ma'agan Michael Interchange) 		Named after location Ma'agan Michael local road
125 צומת זכרון יעקב
(Zikhron Ya'akov Junction) 		Named after location Zikhron Ya'akov Nili Blvd.
128 צומת פוריידיס
(Fureidis Junction) 		Named after location Fureidis,
Zikhron Ya'akov 		Highway 70
129 צומת נחשולים
(Nahsholim Junction) 		Named after location Nahsholim Road 7011
132 צומת עין איילה
(Ein Ayala Junction) 		Named after location Ein Ayala HaRimon St.
133 צומת עופר
(Ofer Junction) 		Named after location Ofer,
Kerem Maharal 		Road 7021
134 צומת צרופה
(Tzrufa Junction) 		Named after location Tzrufa local road
136 צומת גבע כרמל
(Geva Carmel Junction) 		Named after location Geva Carmel local road
137 צומת עין כרמל
(Ein Carmel Junction) 		Named after location Ein Carmel local road
140 צומת עין הוד
(Ein Hod Junction) 		Named after location Ein Hod Road 7111
142 צומת אורן
(Oren Junction)
Named after nearby
kibbutz Beit Oren 		Atlit Road 7110,
Route 721
143 צומת מגדים
(Megadim Junction) 		Named after location Megadim local road
145 צומת החותרים
(HaHoterim Junction) 		Named after location HaHotrim local road
147 צומת טירת כרמל
(Tirat Carmel Junction) 		Named after location Tirat Carmel Jabotinski St.
147 צומת כפר גלים
(Kfar Galim Junction) 		Named after location Kfar Galim local road
151 מחלף חיפה דרום
(Haifa Darom Interchange) 		South Haifa Haifa
MATA"M Industrial Park 		Highway 2
Highway 23
Northern Coastal Highway
153 צומת דרך הים
(Dereh HaYam Junction) 		Road of the Sea
(Via Maris) 		Haifa
Ramat Haviv 		Route 672; Etzel Street
156 מחלף אלנבי
(Allenby Interchange) 		Named after
intersecting street 		Haifa
German Colony,
Wadi Nisnas 		Allenby Road
160 מחלף חירם
(Hiram Interchange) 		King Hiram I Haifa
Hadar HaCarmel
only from/to southbound 		Highway 22
(Kishon Road)
162 מחלף גשר פז
(Gesher Paz Interchange) 		Paz Bridge Haifa
Neve Yosef,
Neve Sha'anan 		HaHashmal St.
162 מחלף גדוד 21
(Gedud 21 Interchange) 		21st Battalion Haifa
to Technion 		HaHashmal St.
163 מחלף הקריות / צ'קפוסט
(HaKerayot Interchange/
Checkpost) 		Krayot
(British) Checkpost 		Haifa,
Nesher 		Route 752
164 מחלף קישון
(Kishon Interchange) 		Kishon River Haifa Highway 75
167 צומת וולקן
(Vulcan Junction) 		Haifa Airport Moshe Dayan Road
168 מחלף מוטה גור
(Motta Gur Interchange) 		Named after
Motta Gur 		Kiryat Haim,
Kiryat Ata 		Halutzei HaTa'asiya St.,
HaDshanim St.,
Haifa Road
169 צומת קרית חיים
(Kiryat Haim Junction) 		Named after location Kiryat Haim,
Kiryat Ata 		Ahi Eilat Blvd.,
HaAmakim St.
to Route 781
(Bialik St.)
170 צומת השופטים
(HaShoftim Junction) 		Book of Judges Kiryat Bialik,
Kiryat Motzkin 		Jerusalem Blvd.,
Goshen Blvd.
171 צומת העשור
(HaAsor Junction) 		Decade Kiryat Bialik,
Kiryat Motzkin 		Ben-Gurion Blvd.,
Weizman Blvd.
173 צומת אפק
(Afek Junction) 		Tel Afek Kiryat Bialik Highway 79
173 צומת עין אפק
(Ein Afek Junction) 		Ein Afek Kiryat Bialik Road 7911
173.7 Kiryat Bialik Giora St.
Gush Halav St.
174 צומת צור שלום
(Tzur Shalom Junction) 		Named after location Kiryat Bialik Jerusalem Blvd.
174.3 Kiryat Bialik,
Kiryat Bialik
Industrial Zone 		Hen Blvd.
175.7 Kiryat Bialik,
Kiryat Bialik
Industrial Zone 		Yosef Levi Blvd.
176 מחלף כרי נעמן
(Karei Na'aman Interchange)
Named after
Karei Na'aman
Nature Reserve 		Kiryat Bialik,
Kfar Masaryk 		Highway 22
(Krayot Bypass)
177 צומת כפר מסריק
(Kfar Masaryk Junction) 		Named after location Kfar Masaryk local road
179 צומת עין המפרץ
(Ein HaMifratz Junction) 		Named after location Ein HaMifratz,
Akko 		David Remez St.
181 צומת עכו מזרח
(Akko Mizrah Junction) 		East Akko Akko Highway 85
184 צומת שומרת
(Shomrat Junction) 		Named after location Akko Road 8510
186 צומת לוחמי הגטאות
(Lohamei HaGeta'ot Junction) 		Named after location Lohamei HaGeta'ot local road
188 צומת רגבה
(Regba Junction) 		Named after location Regba
Shavei Tzion 		Road 8611
(HaIrus St.)
188.4 Mazra'a local road
189 צומת עברון
(Evron Junction) 		Named after location Nahariya Zalman Shazar St.
189.8 Nahariya, Evron Isi laMolino Street
190.8 Nahariya, Evron Irit Street
191 צומת נהריה
(Nahariya Junction) 		Named after location Nahariya Highway 89
191.2 northbound only Nahariya Derech Yechi'am
191.3 Nahariya HaMiyasdim Street
192 Nahariya Har Tabor Street
193.3 Nahariya Masryk Street
192.6 Nahariya Trumpeldor Street
193.1 Nahariya Har Meron Street
193.4 Nahariya David Ben Gaon Street
193.5 צומת סער
(Sa'ar Junction) 		Sa'ar local road
194.3 Nehariya North
Industrial Zone 		HaYotzrim Street
195.2 Nehariya North
Industrial Zone 		local road
197.7 צומת גשר הזיו
(Gesher HaZiv Junction) 		Named after location Gesher HaZiv local road
198.1 Achziv Beach
National Park 		local road
200.3 צומת לימן
(Liman Junction) 		Named after location Liman HaTamar St.
200.7 Achziv Milu'ot
Industrial Zone 		local road
201.7 צומת בצת
(Betzet Junction) 		Named after location Betzet Route 899
203.7 צומת ראש הנקרה
(Rosh HaNikra Junction) 		Named after location Rosh HaNikra local road
205.2 מעבר הגבול ראש הנקרה
(Rosh HaNikra
Border Crossing) 		Named after location Rosh HaNikra grottoes

References

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  1. "⁨מתל־אביב לחיפה דרו מגידו ויקנעם ⁩ | ⁨דבר⁩ | 18 מרץ 1936 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית".
  2. File:14-20-Hadera-1942.jpg
  3. Gazit, Amitai (July 28, 2016). "כביש 4 מתרחב, אך לא הודיעו לבעלי הקרקע" [Road 4 Being Expanded, but Landowners Not Being Notified]. Calcalist (in Hebrew). Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  4. File:Ayalon River.jpg
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