Highway 85 is an east-west highway

Highway

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 in Northern Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. It is one of the most important roads through the Galilee

Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the...

, connecting the western Galilee with the Eastern Galilee. The road begins in Akko on the west coast of Israel and ends in the east just north of Lake Kinneret

Kinneret

Kinneret or Kineret may refer to:* Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake** Kinneret, Israel, village southwest of the lake** Kvutzat Kinneret, kibbutz southwest of the lake** Kinneret College, college south of the lake...

.

Description of the route from west to east

The road begins at Highway 4

Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4 is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip...

 in Akko in the west, and ends at Amiad junction at Highway 90 near Korzim in the east. It is 37 km long. The route from Akko to Hananya junction has been used for transportation since ancient times and passes through the Beit HaKerem

Beit HaKerem

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 valley.

Junctions and settlements on the route

• Akko
• Tel Akko junction
• Akko east junction
• Yassif junction (Kfar Yassif)
• Ahihud
  Ahihud
  Ahihud - brother of union. A son of Bela, the sonof Benjamin . Name different in Hebrew, meaning father of Judah. Chief Slaveof the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by Moses to...
  
   junction
• Tzurit
  Tzurit
  Tzurit is a hilltop village located in the Misgav Regional Council in Israel's Western Galilee region, west of Karmiel. It was formed in 1982 and it currently has a population of approximately 658.-External links:*...
  
  -Gilon
  Gilon
  Gilon is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee on Mount Gilon seven kilometres west of Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council...
  
  
• Majdal Krum
• Bi'ana junction
• Karmiel
  Karmiel
  Karmiel is a city in northern Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre-Safed road, from Safed and from Acre...
  
   west junction
• Karmiel
  Karmiel
  Karmiel is a city in northern Israel. Established in 1964 as a development town, Karmiel is located in the Beit HaKerem Valley which divides upper and lower Galilee. The city is located south of the Acre-Safed road, from Safed and from Acre...
  
   junction
• Nahaf
• Kamana-Mikhmanim
  Mikhmanim
  Mikhmanim is a communal village in the hills of the Galilee. Established in 1980, it is situated atop Mt. Kammon, the highest peak in the Lower Galilee, overlooking the city of Karmiel...
  
  -Kamon
  Kamon
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• Shezur
• Sajur
  Sajur
  Sajur is a Druze town in the Galilee region of northern Israel, with an area of 3,000 dunams . It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1992...
  
  
• Rama
  Rama
  Rama or full name Ramachandra is considered to be the seventh avatar of Vishnu in Hinduism, and a king of Ayodhya in ancient Indian...
  
   junction
• Moran
  Moran, Israel
  Moran is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Lower Galilee near Karmiel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Misgav Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 175....
  
   (kibbutz)
• Kfar Hananya
  Kfar Hananya
  Kfar Hananya is a communal settlement in the Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council.The community was founded in 1977 as a moshav of the movement Hapoel HaMizrachi for members of nearby moshavim. In 1992 it became a communal settlement...
  
  
• Halafta junction
• Nahal Amud junction
• Kahal
  Kahal
  Kahal is a moshav in the Galilee near Highway 85 in northern Israel. The moshav is a combined agricultural community. It lies at the border of the Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, north of Lake Kinneret and just northwest of Tabgha. It belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council and was...
  
   (כחל)
• Amiad junction