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The Menachem Begin Expressway (or Begin Boulevard) is an urban expressway in western Jerusalem. The road has a north-south path that connects key neighbourhoods and commercial areas, as well as several city arteries and national routes. Begin Expressway is made of the cental section, which was completed in 1998, and the extension to Highway 443 to Modi'in, which was completed in late 2002 and multiplexes with Highway 1 for most of its path. The road is internally numbered Jerusalem Route 4, and the extensision is marked as national Route 404.   (August 16, 1913 – March 9, 1992) (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בְּגִין) was a Polish-Jewish head of the Zionist underground group the Irgun, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. ... An expressway is a divided highway, usually 4 lanes or wider. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds (the Holy); official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-al-Quds (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names) is the capital and largest city[1] of the State of Israel with a population of 724,000 (as of May 24, 2006[2... Highway 443 (Hebrew: ), also Maaleh Beit Choron, way of Beth-Horon, is the main highway connecting Modiin with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and also serves as a secondary connection between the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem. ... Modiin (Hebrew: מודיעין) is a city in the Center District of Israel. ... Highway 1 (Hebrew: ), is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. ...


The road is named after Menachem Begin, Israel's sixth prime minister.   (August 16, 1913 – March 9, 1992) (Hebrew: מְנַחֵם בְּגִין) was a Polish-Jewish head of the Zionist underground group the Irgun, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the first Likud Prime Minister of Israel. ...


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Roads in Israel: Highway 1 | Highway 2 | Highway 4 | Highway 5 | Highway 6 | Route 60 | Route 90 | Highway 443 | Ayalon Highway | Carmel Tunnels | Begin Expressway Highway 443 (Hebrew: ), also Maaleh Beit Choron, way of Beth-Horon, is the main highway connecting Modiin with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and also serves as a secondary connection between the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem. ... Highway 1 (Hebrew: ), is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. ... Copyright Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem Maale Adummim (מעלה אדומים; unofficially also spelled Maale Adumim) is an Israeli settlement in the Judea region of the West Bank, east of East Jerusalem. ... Ramot is one of the largest neighborhoods in Jerusalem, with about 50,000 residents. ... Givat Shaul is a neighborhood of Jerusalem. ... Highway 1 (Hebrew: ), is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Highway 1 (Hebrew: ), is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Bayit Vegan (Hebrew: ), which translates from Hebrew as house and garden, is an upscale neighborhood in southwest-central Jerusalem, Israel. ... Manahata (Hebrew מנחת, also מלחה, Malcha / Malḥa) is a neighborhood in SW Jerusalem, Israel. ... The Israeli road development began during the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Highway 1 (Hebrew: ), is the main highway connecting Tel Aviv with Jerusalem. ... Highway 2 (Hebrew: , Kvish 2) is an Israeli highway located on the coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Highway 4 (Hebrew: , Kvish 4) is an Israeli highway that runs along Israels entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its rout is from the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip to Rosh Hanikra border crossing with Lebanon. ... Highway 5, or the Trans-Samaria Highway (Hebrew: כביש חוצה שומרון, Kvish Chotze Shomron), is one of Israels main motorways connecting the Mediterranean coast immediately north of Tel Aviv with Ariel and other Israeli settlements in Samaria (northern West Bank). ... Headquarters and control centre near Petah Tikva Highway 6 (Hebrew: ), widely known as the Trans-Israel Highway or Cross-Israel Highway (חוצה ישראל), is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. ... Route 90 road sign Route 90 road sign Route 90 is the longest road in Israel and stretches from Metula and the northern border with Lebanon, along the western side of the Sea of Galilee, through the Jordan River Valley, along the western bank of the Dead Sea, through the... Highway 443 (Hebrew: ), also Maaleh Beit Choron, way of Beth-Horon, is the main highway connecting Modiin with Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and also serves as a secondary connection between the Tel Aviv area and Jerusalem. ... The Ayalon Highway (Route 20) (Hebrew: נתיבי איילון, Netivey Ayalon) is a major expressway in the Tel Aviv region of Israel. ...

Bus: Egged | Dan | Kavim | Metrodan Beersheba | Metropoline | Nativ Express | Superbus | Connex An early motorized bus - a Benz truck modified by Netphener company (1895) A bus is a large automobile intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Egged Bus Cooperative is the largest bus company in Israel - and - the worlds second largest (second only to London Buses). ... Photograph of a Dan bus in Tel Aviv. ... Kavim is an Israeli bus company. ... Metrodan Beersheba Ltd. ... Metropoline is an Israeli intercity bus company which provides bus service between Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva. ... Nativ Express, or Nateev Express is an Israeli bus company. ... Superbus is an Israeli bus company, which provides bus routes from Tel Aviv to Lod, Ramla, Tzrifin, Modiin Illit and Shoham, as well as within those towns. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Railways: Israel Railways Israel Railways (Hebrew: רכבת ישראל Rakevet Yisrael) is Israels government-owned national railway company and is responsible for all inter-city and suburban railway passenger and freight traffic in the country. ...

Light Rails and Rapid Transits: Tel Aviv Subway | Jerusalem Light Rail | Carmelit This article is about light rail systems in general. ... A rapid transit, underground, subway, tube, elevated, or metro(politan) system is a railway system, usually in an urban area, with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic. ... Tel Aviv Metro system has long been anticipated, as the major public transport mean of the largest and most active metropolitan of Israel. ... The Jerusalem Light Rail project consists of initially one and in a later phase possibly multiple light rail lines to provide fast and efficient public transportation in Jerusalem. ... The Carmelit is a subway (underground metro) in Haifa, Israel. ...

Aviation Authorities and Companies: Israel Airports Authority | Ben Gurion International Airport | El Al | Arkia | Israir The Israel Airports Authority was founded in 1977 as a public corporation mandated by the Israel Airports Authority Law. The authority is responsible for the management of Israels major civil airports and land-to-land border terminals between Israel and its neighbours (Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority). ... Impressive hypostyle Arrivers Hall of Terminal 3 Ben Gurion International Airport or Ben Gurion Airport (Hebrew: ) (IATA: TLV, ICAO: LLBG), once widely known as Lod Airport, is located near Lod, 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv, and is the largest international airport in Israel. ... Categories: Airline stubs | Companies of Israel | Transportation in Israel | Airlines of Israel ... Arkia Israeli Airlines is an airline based in Israel and uses the IATA designator IZ. On November 28, 2002, at the same time that the Kenyan hotel bombing occurred, an Arkia Boeing 757 was narrowly missed by two anti-aircraft missiles. ... Israir Airlines is an airline based in Tel Aviv, Israel. ...



 
 

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