The HaSharon Junction (), commonly known as Beit Lid Junction (), is a key
road junction
A junction is where two or more roads meet.
History
Roads began as a means of linking locations of interest: towns, forts and geographic features such as river fords. Where roads met outside of an existing settlement, these junctions often led ...
in the
Sharon region of Israel. It intersects
Highway 4 and
Highway 57. The junction serves as a large transportation hub for dozens of
Egged and
Kavim
Kavim () is an Israeli bus company based in Holon. It was founded in 2000 and provided lines in the eastern Gush Dan region - the towns/cities Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, Or Yehuda, Givatayim and others. In February 2005, Kavim expanded to the nor ...
buses.
On the southwest corner of the junction is
Ashmoret Prison, a civilian jail.
The junction was the scene of the
Beit Lid suicide bombing, a 1995 attack by
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine ( ar, حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين, ''Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn''), known in the West simply as Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), is a Palestinian Islamist pa ...
.
It is planned that in the future, a large interchange will replace the current intersection. It will be located slightly north of the existing junction, along a new alignment of Highway 57, which will be shifted to the north.
Buses
The following buses stop at the Beit Lid Junction. The junction itself does not have routes using it as a starting or ending station.
Egged
Nativ Express
Road junctions in Israel
Geography of Central District (Israel)
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