Highway 89 (Israel)
Encyclopedia
Highway 89 is a major east-west highway
in the Upper Galilee
and Western Galilee in northern Israel
. It begins in the west in Nahariya
and continues east to Ma'alot-Tarshiha
, Safed
, Hatzor HaGlilit and Rosh Pina. It is 58 kilometers long.
and continues east past a number of moshav
im, kibbutz
im and villages until it reaches Ma'alot-Tarshiha
. Afterward the road continues to Meron
mountain, where it turns south toward Safed
and passes south of the city. It continues east toward its eastern terminus, a junction with Highway 90 at Elifelet
interchange.
Highway
A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...
in the Upper Galilee
Upper Galilee
The Upper Galilee is a geographical-political term in use since the end of the Second Temple period, originally referring to a mountainous area overlapping the present northern Israel and southern Lebanon, its borders being the Litani river in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Beit...
and Western Galilee 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 begins in the west in Nahariya
Nahariya
Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s...
and continues east to Ma'alot-Tarshiha
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot...
, Safed
Safed
Safed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters...
, Hatzor HaGlilit and Rosh Pina. It is 58 kilometers long.
Description of the route
The route begins in the west at Nahariya junction with Highway 4Highway 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...
and continues east past a number of moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
im, kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
im and villages until it reaches Ma'alot-Tarshiha
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot...
. Afterward the road continues to Meron
Meron
A meron or half-instanton is a Euclidean space-time solution of the Yang-Mills field equations. It is a singular non-self-dual solution of topological charge 1/2. The instanton is believed to be composed of two merons....
mountain, where it turns south toward Safed
Safed
Safed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters...
and passes south of the city. It continues east toward its eastern terminus, a junction with Highway 90 at Elifelet
Elifelet
Elifelet is a moshav in the Upper Galilee near Rosh Pina in northern Israel. It belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. About 110 families live there and work in agriculture....
interchange.
Intersections
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| Nahariya Junction |  |
Nahariya Nahariya Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s... |
 Highway 4Highway 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... |
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Nahariya Nahariya Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s... |
HaGilead St. | |
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Nahariya Nahariya Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s... |
HaNegev and HaGolan Streets | |
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Nahariya Nahariya Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s... |
Yehiam Rd. | |
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Nahariya Nahariya Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s... |
HaZeitim Rd. | |
| (Entrance to Ben Ami) | |
Ben Ami Ben Ami Ben Ami is an agricultural settlement in the Matte Asher Regional Council in the North District of Israel, next to Nahariya. The moshav was founded in 1949 by demobilized soldiers on the lands of the Palestinian village of Umm al-Faraj.... , Nahariya Nahariya Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s... Western Galilee Hospital |
21st Battalion St. | |
| Kabri Junction | |
Kabri |  Highway 70Highway 70 (Israel) Highway 70 is a highway in the coastal plain and Western Galilee in northern Israel. It connects the region of Zikhron Ya'akov to the Lower Galilee and to Kiryat Ata and Shlomi near Israel's border with Lebanon.-Description of the route:... |
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HaShayara Spring, Mateh Asher Mateh Asher Regional Council The Mateh Asher Regional Council is a regional council in the western Galilee of northern Israel. It is named after the Tribe of Asher which had been allotted the region in antiquity according to the Book of Joshua . It was founded in 1982 as a merger of three regional councils: Ga'aton, Na'aman... regional school |
Local road | |
| Ga'aton Junction | |
Road 8833 | ||
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Armor Hill | Local road | |
| (Entrance to Neve Ziv) | |
Neve Ziv Neve Ziv Neve Ziv , also known as Ziv HaGalil is a communal settlement in northern Israel. Located east of Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 521.... |
Local road | |
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Mi'ilya Mi'ilya -Bibliography:*Abu-‘Uqsa, Hanaa : Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 117.*Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener : . London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1, London,... |
Local road | |
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Mi'ilya Mi'ilya -Bibliography:*Abu-‘Uqsa, Hanaa : Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 117.*Conder, Claude Reignier and H.H. Kitchener : . London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. vol 1, London,... |
Local road | |
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Me'ona Me'ona Me'ona is a moshav in northern Israel. Located between Ma'alot-Tarshiha and Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 560.... |
Road 8835 | |
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Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot... |
Chaim Herzog Chaim Herzog Chaim Herzog served as the sixth President of Israel , following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces .-Early life:... Blvd. |
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Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot... |
Road 8835 | |
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Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot... |
43 Immigrants Blvd. | |
| Yefe Nof Interchange | Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot... |
43 Immigrants Blvd. | ||
| Tefen Junction | |
Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a mixed city in the North District in Israel, some 20 km east of Nahariya, about 600 meter above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot... |
Road 854 | |
| Hosen Junction | |
Hosen Hosen Hosen is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 724.... |
Road 864 Route 864 (Israel) Route 864 is a north-south regional highway in the Galilee in northern Israel. It begins in the south at Rameh junction with Highway 85 and ends in the north at Hosen junction with Highway 89.-Description of the route:... |
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| (Entrance to Tzuriel) | |
Tzuriel Tzuriel Tzuriel is an moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 304.... |
Local road | |
| Elkosh Junction | |
Elkosh Elkosh Elkosh is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Ma'alot-Tarshiha and the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Ma'ale Yosef Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 348.... |
Road 8944 | |
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Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
Local road | |
| Sultan Basha al-Atrash Sultan al-Atrash Sultan al-Atrash, Commonly known as Sultan Pasha al-Atrash was a prominent Arab Druze leader, Syrian nationalist and Commander General of the Syrian Revolution . He fought against the Ottomans, French, and even against the Syrian government in its days of dictatorship... Square |
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Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
Local road | |
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Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
Local road | |
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Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
Local road | |
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Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
Local road | |
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Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
Local road | |
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East of Hurfeish Hurfeish Hurfeish is a Druze local council in the Northern District of Israel. It was declared a local council in 1967. according to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics it had in 2006 a total population of 5,200, with a growth rate of 1.9%.... |
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Near Mount Meron | Local road | |
| (Entrance to Sasa) | |
Sasa | Local road | |
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Sasa | Road 899 Route 899 (Israel) Route 899 is an east-west regional highway in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. For almost its entire length of 63 km it proceeds parallel to the nearby border between Israel and Lebanon... |
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| Hiram Junction | |
Road 899 Route 899 (Israel) Route 899 is an east-west regional highway in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. For almost its entire length of 63 km it proceeds parallel to the nearby border between Israel and Lebanon... |
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| (Entrance to Tziv'on) | |
Tziv'on | Local road | |
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Jish Jish Jish is an Arab town located on the northeastern slopes of Mt. Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's North District. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian and Greek Catholic with a Muslim minority.... |
Local road | |
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Jish Jish Jish is an Arab town located on the northeastern slopes of Mt. Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's North District. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian and Greek Catholic with a Muslim minority.... |
Local road | |
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Jish Jish Jish is an Arab town located on the northeastern slopes of Mt. Meron, north of Safed, in Israel's North District. The population is predominantly Maronite Christian and Greek Catholic with a Muslim minority.... |
Local road | |
| (Entrance to Kfar Hoshen) | |
Kfar Hoshen Kfar Hoshen Kfar Hoshen , formerly known as Safsufa , is a moshav about 4 km north of Meron in northern Israel. It belongs to the Merom HaGalil Regional Council... |
Local road | |
| (Entrance to Bar Yohai and Or HaGanuz) | |
Bar Yohai Bar Yohai Bar Yohai is a religious Jewish communal settlement near Har Meron in northern Israel. It belongs to Merom HaGalil Regional Council.It was founded in 1977 as a settlement for olim from the former Soviet Union. Those olim were not interested in living such a distance from a city nor in such austere... |
Local road | |
| Meron Junction | |
Meron | Road 866 Route 866 (Israel) Route 866 is a north-south regional highway in northern Israel. It begins at Hananya junction with Highway 85 in the south and ends at Meron junction with Highway 89 in the north.-Description of the route:... |
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| Ein Zeitim Junction | |
South of Ein Zeitim Ein Zeitim Ein Zeitim was a kibbutz near Safed established in 1891. It was founded by members of the Dorshei Zion society, a Zionist pioneer group from Minsk. Despite strong opposition by the Turkish government, the settlers managed to create farms with olive groves, orchards and dairy and poultry... |
Road 886 Route 886 (Israel) Route 886 is a regional north-south highway in the far north of Israel. It begins in the south at Highway 89 and ends in the north at Route 899.-Description of the route:* The route begins in the south at Ein Zeitim junction with Highway 89 in Ein Zeitim.... |
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| — | Safed Safed Safed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters... |
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| (Entrance to Akbara) | |
Safed Safed Safed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters... (Akbara neighborhood) |
Local road | |
| Elifelet Interchange | Elifelet Elifelet Elifelet is a moshav in the Upper Galilee near Rosh Pina in northern Israel. It belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. About 110 families live there and work in agriculture.... |
 Highway 90 |