Highway 79 (Israel)


Highway 79 is an east-west highway in northern Israel. It crosses the Zevulun Valley and the western Lower Galilee. The road leads from Kiryat Bialik to Mashhad north of Nazareth. It is 27 km long.

Development

On January 19, 2009, a tender was published to widen 8.5 km of the highway next to HaMovil Junction to 2 lanes per direction, including the construction of several interchanges, at the cost of NIS 500 million.
In the future, a tram-train connecting Haifa and Nazareth is planned to be built in the highway's median along most of the highway's route.

Junctions & Interchanges (east to west)

kmNameTypeMeaningLocationRoad Crossed
0צומת עין אפק
Afek SpringKiryat Bialik Highway 4
0.2Kiryat BialikHaMakabim St.
0.5eastbound onlyKiryat BialikEtzel St.
0.9מחלף ביאליק
Named after
Hayim Nahman Bialik		Kiryat Bialik Highway 22
(Bay Highway)
2.8צומת אפק
Named after
biblical location		Afekentrance road
5.5מחלף גילעם
Named after location of former
Jewish refugee camp		Kiryat Ata Route 781
6.7מחלף תל
Named after
neighborhood of Kiryat Ata
Dew		Kiryat AtaToulouse-Lautrec St.
7.9מחלף סומך
named for Rabbi ben Baba

who performed ordinations		Kiryat Ata,
Shfar'am		 Highway 70
Highway 6
10.5מחלף שפרעם
several possible etymologiesShfar'amMahmud Darwish St.
11.3מחלף עדי
OrnamentShfar'am,
Adi		Road 310,
local road
13מחלף שפרעם מזרח
Shfar'am EastShfar'amRoad 100
15.8מחלף ביר אל-מכסור
Broken WellBir al-Maksurlocal road
18.3צומת יפתחאל
named after
archeological site
God will open		Alon HaGalillocal road,
Route 784
18.7מחלף המוביל
AqueductHaSolelim Highway 77
20מחלף הסוללים
the road buildersHaSolelim,
Shimshit		local road
23.8צומת ציפורי
ult. named after
ancient location		Sepphoris Road 7926
24.3צומת עילוט

Eliminated 2020		ult. Lot's WellIlutSeforiya St.
25.2צומת אביהוא
my father is heNazareth Route 700
Road 7928
29.2צומת משהד
grave of a holy man
Mashhad,
Reineh,
Upper Nazareth		 Route 754
Road 6400

Places of interest on Highway 79