Highway 22 (Israel)
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| Highway 22 | |
| Hebrew name | נתיבי המפרץ (Netivey Ha'Mifratz) |
| Name meaning | Gulf Highway |
| Length | 17 km |
| Direction | North - South |
| Classification | Freeway |
| Start | Haifa (Hiram Interchange) |
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| End | Kfar Masarik (Karey Na'aman Interchange) |
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Highway 22 (Hebrew: כביש 22) is a partially built suburban freeway in the Haifa metropolitan area. The freeway is currently 4 km long, connecting downtown Haifa with the city's northern exit to the Krayot area.
When completed, the freeway will be 17 km long, bypassing the Krayot and providing a much needed alternative route to Highway 4. Also, some of the existing interchanges will be improved to connect to the Carmel Tunnels and to provide a direct connection to Highway 75.
The highway is divided into two parts:
- The Kishon Road is a 5 km long urban section from Hiram interchange in downtown Haifa to Yigael Yadin interchange. The first stage of the Kishon Road was built by Haifa's municipal "Yafe Nof" company and opened in 2005. The next stage will include the construction of Yigael Yadin Interchange as well as the connections to the Carmel Tunnels and Highway 75.
- The Krayot Bypass is a 12 km long suburban section bypassing the Krayot area. There have been plans to create an alternative road to the congested Haifa - Acre road since the 1970's, however financial and bureaucratic issues prevented these plans from being realized. Today most of the issues of land voidance are solved, and the freeway is planned to be built by the National Roads Authority, possibly as a PFI or BOT project.
[edit] Interchanges
| km | Name | Meaning | Location | Road(s) Crossed |
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| 0 | מחלף חירם (Hiram Interchange) |
Named after location | Downtown Haifa |  (Highway 4) Golani Brigade road |
| 1.9 | מחלף גשר פז (Gesher Paz Interchage) |
Named after nearby Paz bridge |
Haifa | (Highway 4) Julius Simon Road |
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| 4.1 | יגאל ידין (Yigael Yadin Interchange) |
Named after Yigael Yadin |
East Haifa | Yigael Yadin Road. |
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| 5 | מחלף ההסתדרות (Ha'Histadrut Interchange) |
Named after Histadrut labor federation |
East Haifa | Histadrut Road |
| 6 | מחלף קרית אתא (Kiryat Atta Interchange) |
Named after location | Kiryat Atta | Haluzey Ha'Taasia st. |
| 7.5 | מחלף קרית ביאליק (Bialik Interchange) |
Named after location | Kiryat Bialik |  (Route 781) |
| 11.5 | מחלף אפק (Afeq Interchange) |
Kiryat Bialik |  (Highway 79) |
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| 17 | מחלף כרי נעמן (Karey Na'aman Interchange) |
Kfar Masarik | (Highway 4) |
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[edit] External links
- [1], Project information from Yafe Nof
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