Highway 70 is a highway, 76 km in length, running through the Western Galilee region in the Northern District of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. It connects the Mount Carmel region east of Zikhron Ya'akov to the Lower Galilee, Kiryat Ata, and Shlomi near Israel's border with

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lie ...

. The highway runs concurrently with

Highway 6 Route 6, or Highway 6, may refer to routes in the following countries: International * AH6 (highway), Asian Highway 6 * European route E6 * European route E006 Albania * :de:Nationalstraße 6 (Albanien), National Road SH6 Argentina * P ...

for 2.5 km between Ein Tut Interchange and Elyakim Interchange and for 4 km between Tel Qashish and Ha'Amakim Interchange, then with Highway 75 for 4 km between Ha'Amakim Interchange and Yagur Junction, then again with

for 5 km between Givot Alonim Interchange and Somekh Interchange.

Description of the highway

Highway 70 begins east of Zikhron Ya'akov at Ein Tut interchange with Route 67 and

. It goes northeast through Wadi Milk, reaching Yokneam. After Yokneam the road turns northwest toward Yagur and Kfar Hasidim until Yagur junction, paralleling the Jezreel Valley railway, then turns north toward Kiryat Ata and Shefaram and afterward continues through the

Western Galilee Galilee (; he, הַגָּלִיל, hagGālīl; ar, الجليل, al-jalīl) is a region located in northern Israel and southern Lebanon. Galilee traditionally refers to the mountainous part, divided into Upper Galilee (, ; , ) and Lower Galile ...

until Shlomi. At the end of the 1990s, the two junctions near the southern end of the road, at Bat Shlomo and

Elyakim Eliakim ( he, אֶלְיָקִים) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of Megiddo Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1949 as a moshav ...

, were reconstructed into interchanges, to enable uninterrupted travel from Shefaya junction to Yokneam junction.

Junctions & Interchanges on the highway

Part 1 – Ein Tut to Yokneam

* Ein Tut Interchange with Highway 67 and

(opened July 20, 2009) *

Interchange with Route 672 (opened July 20, 2009) *

Tel Qashish Tel Qashish, also spelled Tel Kashish (from the he, תל קשיש) or Tell el-Qassis in Arabic, is a tell, or archaeological mound, located in the northwestern section of the Jezreel Valley, on the north bank of the Kishon River. The ancient set ...

Interchange with

and Highway 77 * Yokneam Junction * Yokneam Illit Junction

Part 2 – Yokneam to Yagur

* HaTishbi Junction with Highway 66 and Route 722 * HaAmakim Junction with Highway 75

Part 3 – Yagur to Kfar Yasif

* Yagur Interchange with Highway 75 * Kfar Hasidim Junction * Zevulun Valley Junction with Route 780 * Givot Alonim Interchange with

* Somekh Interchange with

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and

* Avlayim Junction with Route 781 * Tamra Junction * Yavor Junction with Route 805 * Ahihud Junction with Highway 85 * Kfar Yasif Junction with Highway 85 There are plans to replace the two junctions at Ahihud and Kfar Yasif with one interchange.

Part 4 – Kfar Yasif to Hanita

* Yirka- Julis Junction *

Abu Sinan Abu Snan (, ) is a local council in the Galilee region of northern Israel, with an area of 4,750 dunams (4.75 km²). It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1964. It is a religiously mixed town, with a Muslim majority and s ...

* Yas'ur (kibbutz) * Oshrat –

Beit HaEmek Beit HaEmek ( he, בֵּית הָעֵמֶק, ''lit.'' House of the Valley) is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the western Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of it had a population of . History ...

* Amka junction Route 859 * Sheikh Danun junction * Netiv HaShayara junction * HaShayara Junction * Kabri Junction with Highway 89 *

Avdon Avdon ( he, עַבְדּוֹן) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Shlomi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1952 by immigrants from ...

– Manot * Matzuva junction * Shlomi junction * Hanita Junction with Route 899

References

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