Highway 3 (Israel)
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Highway 3 is a highway in Israel. It begins at Beit Horon junction with Highway 443 near Modi'in, it passes through Kiryat Malakhi, and it ends a junction with Highway 4 on the outskirts of Ashkelon.
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[edit] Plan for the future
The Israeli Department of Transportation plans for Highway 3 to be a major route that will connect the South District to Jerusalem via Latrun interchange and Highway 1. The national corporation of Israeli Roads is converting the road to a multi-lane divided highway. Despite this, the road will not become an expressway because it is the only means of entrance to many nearby communities.
Israel Railways is constructing flying junctions between Highway 3 and the rail tracks that cross it.
[edit] Path of Highway 3 from northeast to southwest
The northeast part of Highway 3 begins at Beit Horon Junction near Modi'in. It passes several kibbutzim and moshavim until Re'em Junction where it joins Highway 40 for 4 km until Malakhi Junction in Kiryat Malakhi.
After the roads split, Highway 3 continues in Kiryat Malakhi and past more kibbutzim and moshavim until Abba Hillel Silver Junction east of Ashkelon, which intersects with Highway 4.
In the past, Highway 3 reached Ramallah and Jericho and terminated at Allenby bridge across the Jordan river. After the Oslo Accords in 1993, the portion of the road that passes through Ramallah and Jericho was transferred to Palestinian control (as with Highway 60, and portions of the road that remained under Israeli control were renamed as local roads.[citation needed]
[edit] Junctions and Interchanges
| Kilometers | Name | Location | Intersecting roads | |
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| Part 1 - from Aba Hillel Junction to Malakhi junction | ||||
| 0 | צומת אבא הלל סילבר (Abba Hillel Silver Junction) |
Kfar Silver |  (Highway 4) |
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| 2 | צומת ניר ישראל (Nir Yisrael Junction) |
Hodaya Nir Yisrael |
Route 3500 | |
| 4 | צומת הודיה (Hodaya Junction) |
Hodaya |  (Route 232) |
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| 7 | צומת נגבה (Negba Junction) |
Negba | Local road | |
| 8 | צומת משואות יצחק (Masu'ot Yizhak Junction) |
Masu'ot Yizhak | Local road | |
| 9 | צומת מרכז שפירא (Merkaz Shapira Junction) |
Merkaz Shapira | Entrance to Merkaz Shapira | |
| 10 | צומת עין צורים (Ein Tzurim Junction) |
Ein Tzurim | Entrance to Ein Tzurim | |
| 11 | צומת שפיר (Shaffir Junction) |
Shafir | Route 3613 | |
| 13 | צומת כפר ורבורג-אביגדור (Kfar Varburg-Avigdor Junction) |
Kfar Warburg Avigdor |
Local roads | |
| 14 | צומת טוביה (Tuviya Junction) |
Kiryat Malakhi | Route 3703 | |
| 15 | קריית מלאכי (Kiryat Malakhi) |
Kiryat Malakhi | David Ben Gurion Boulevard Entrance to Be'er Tuvia Industrial Complex |
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| 15 | קריית מלאכי | Kiryat Malakhi | Menahem Begin Boulevard | |
| Part 2 - from Malakhi Junction to Bet Horon | ||||
| 16 | צומת מלאכי (Malakhi Junction) |
Kiryat Malakhi |  (Highway 40) |
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| 18 | צומת אחים (Ahim Junction) |
Talmei Yehiel Achva |
Local road | |
| 20 | צומת ראם (Re'em Junction) |
Bnei Re'em | (Highway 40) |
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| 21 | צומת שערי אברהם (Shearei Avraham Junction) |
Shearei Avraham | Route 383 | |
| 22 | צומת רבדים (Revadim Junction) |
Revadim | Entrance to Revadim | |
| 24 | צומת בית חלקיה (Beit Helkiya Junction) |
Beit Helkiya | Route 3933 (Entrance to Beit Helkiya) | |
| 25 | צומת יד בנימין (Yad Binyamin Junction) |
Yad Binyamin | Entrance to Yad Binyamin | |
| 26 | מחלף שורק (Sorek Interchange) |
Yad Binyamin |   (Highway 6/Highway 7) |
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| 29 | צומת יסודות (Yesodot Junction) |
Yesodot | Entrance to Yesodot | |
| 33 | צומת חולדה (Hulda Junction) |
Tal Shahar | Route 411 | |
| 35 | צומת נחשון (Nahshon Junction) |
Tal Shahar |  (Highway 44) |
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| 36 | מחלף בקוע (Beko'a Interchange) |
Beko'a | Entrance to Beko'a | |
| 38 | מחלף נחשון נווה שלום (Nahshon Newe Shalom Interchange) |
Nahshon/Neve Shalom | Local road | |
| 41 | צומת חטיבה שבע (Hativa Sheva Junction) |
Latrun |  (Route 424) |
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| 42 | מחלף לטרון (Latrun Interchange) |
Latrun |  (Highway 1) |
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| 43 | Unnamed | Canada Park | Entrance to Canada Park | |
| 45 | Unnamed | Modi'in | Hashmonaim Road | |
| 47 | צומת מבוא חורון (Mevo Horon Junction) |
Mevo Horon | Entrance to Mevo Horon | |
| 48 | Unnamed | Mevo Horon | Entrance to Beit Likia | |
| 53 | צומת בית חורון (Beit Horon Junction) |
Modi'in |  (Route 443) |
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