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Highway 91 (Israel)
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Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the Israeli-occupied
Israeli-occupied territories
The Israeli-occupied territories are the territories which have been designated as occupied territory by the United Nations and other international organizations, governments and others to refer to the territory seized by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967 from Egypt, Jordan, and Syria...
Golan Heights. It extends through the Jordan Rift Valley
Jordan Rift Valley
The Jordan Rift Valley is an elongated depression located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories. This geographic region includes the Jordan River, Jordan Valley, Hula Valley, Lake Tiberias and the Dead Sea, the lowest land elevation on Earth...
and the central Golan Heights. It begins in the west at Mahanayim
Mahanayim
Mahanayim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located around three kilometres north-east of Rosh Pina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 346....
junction with Highway 90, and it ends in the east at Zivan junction near the Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement
An Israeli settlement is a Jewish civilian community built on land that was captured by Israel from Jordan, Egypt, and Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War and is considered occupied territory by the international community. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank...
Ein Zivan
Ein Zivan
Ein Zivan is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz in the northern Golan Heights under the jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. The kibbutz was founded in 1968. Today 50 families live there...
, where it meets Highway 98
Highway 98 (Israel)
Highway 98 is the primary north-south highway in the Golan Heights. It is shaped like an archer's bow, and it runs parallel to the ceasefire line of the occupied territory with the rest of Syria...
. The road is 28 km long.
Junctions on the route
| Kilometers | Name | Location | Intersecting routes | |
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| Highway 91 | ||||
| 0 | Mahanayim Junction | Mahanayim Mahanayim Mahanayim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located around three kilometres north-east of Rosh Pina, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 346.... , near Hatzor HaGlilit |
 Highway 90 (Israel) |
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| 7 | Gadot Junction | Gadot | Route 918 | |
| 12 | Customs House Junction | Customs office | Route 888 Route 888 (Israel) Route 888 is a north-south regional highway in northern Israel. It begins at Beit Tzida junction with Highway 87 and ends at Beit HaMekhes junction with Highway 91.-Junctions on the route:... |
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| 15 | Nashot Junction | Northwest of Katzrin | Route 9088 | |
| 21 | — | Golan Heights | Petroleum Road Petroleum Road The Petroleum Road is a privately owned north-south asphalt road in the Golan Heights. It is long. It begins near Mount Paras on the east edge of the central Golan, and ends in the northern Golan near the Israeli controlled Golan-Lebanese frontier, nearby Ghajar.Most of the road is marked on maps... |
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| 22 | HaShiryon Junction | Golan Heights | Route 978 | |
| 23 | Shipon Junction | Shipon (spelt Spelt Spelt is a hexaploid species of wheat. Spelt was an important staple in parts of Europe from the Bronze Age to medieval times; it now survives as a relict crop in Central Europe and northern Spain and has found a new market as a health food. Spelt is sometimes considered a subspecies of the... ) mountain |
Route 9099 | |
| 27 | Avital Junction | Mount Avital | Route 9881 | |
| 28 | Zivan Junction | Ein Zivan Ein Zivan Ein Zivan is an Israeli settlement and a kibbutz in the northern Golan Heights under the jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. The kibbutz was founded in 1968. Today 50 families live there... |
 Highway 98 (Israel)Highway 98 (Israel) Highway 98 is the primary north-south highway in the Golan Heights. It is shaped like an archer's bow, and it runs parallel to the ceasefire line of the occupied territory with the rest of Syria... |
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Places of interest near Highway 91
- Memorial for Mishmar HaYardenMishmar HaYardenMishmar HaYarden is a moshav in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. It belongs to the Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. It is located on Highway 91 between Mahanayim and Gadot.It was founded in the 1950s...
- Bnot Ya'akov BridgeBnot Ya'akov BridgeBnot Ya'akov Bridge is a bridge across the Jordan River on Highway 91, straddling the border between Israel proper and the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights...
- Chief customs office (?)
- Memorial for the IDF 188th brigade