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Route 505 (Israel–Palestine)

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Route 505
כביש 505
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Route information
Length56.5 km (35.1 mi)
Major junctions
West endSamaria Gate Interchange
East endPetza'el Junction
Location
CountryIsrael
Highway system
← Route 491→ Route 508

Route 505 is a regional Israeli highway in the West Bank.

History

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Until the 1990s, only Route 505 was considered the "Trans-Samaria Highway". Highway 5, which hadn't yet been upgraded to a highway, was a narrow, curved two-lane road that reached the Kassem junction and continued as a minimal two-lane road for 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the entrance to Kfar Kassem. At this point, the road (today's Highway 5) connected to the old Route 505, which crossed Kfar Kassem.

An early improvement was to extend and pave Route 5 along an additional 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) as a bypass road, which ended where the Sha'ar Shomron Interchange exists now. Eastward beyond that, the Trans-Samaria Highway was only Route 505. During the late 1990s and during the 2000s the National Roads Company of Israel continued to develop Route 5 as a two-lane highway in a new route south of Route 505 instead of upgrading the 505 route so that the two highways were parallel for a distance of about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi). Since November 2008, route 5 has ended at the Ariel junction, where it connects with Route 505 which continues as the "Trans-Samaria Highway" to the intersection with Highway 90 in the Petza'el intersection in the Jordan Valley.

In 2010 Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz ordered the planning for the route to connect the Gush Dan region with the Jordan Valley.[1]

Interchanges and Junctions (West to East)

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District[2]Location[3]kmmiNameDestinationsNotes
Judea and SamariaOranit
Elkana		00.0מחלף שער שומרון
(Samaria Gate Interchange)		 Highway 5
Sha'arei Tikva1.71.1צומת אורנית
(Oranit Junction)		 Road 5050
31.9צומת שערי תקווה
(Sha'arei Tikva Junction)		Inbar Street
Elkana3.82.4צומת אלקנה
(Elkana Junction)		Adnei Paz Road
4.12.5Smadar Street
Highway 505 between Elkana and Kiryat Netafim (5.5 km) is open only to residents of the local villages
Judea and SamariaKiryat Netafim127.5צומת קריית נטפים
(Kiryat Netafim Junction)		Entrance to Kiryat Netafim
Barkan12.17.5צומת יקיר גדול
(Yakir Gadol Junction)		Entrance to Barkan Industrial Park
Revava
Haris		13.58.4צומת יקיר קטן
(Yakir Katan Junction)		 Road 5066
14.59.0צומת גיתי
(Gitai Junction)		 Highway 5Western end of concurrency with Highway 5
Ariel
Kifl Haris		1711צומת אריאל
(Ariel Junction)		 Highway 5
Road 4775		Eastern end of concurrency with Highway 5
Kfar Tapuach26.416.4צומת תפוח
(Tapuach Junction)		 Highway 60
Road 4775
Migdalim3723צומת מגדלים
(Migdalim Junction)		 Road 5077
Majdal Bani Fadil3924צומת אלון
(Allon Junction)		 Route 458Western end of concurrency with Allon Road
Gitit
Ma'ale Efrayim		43.527.0צומת מעלה אפרים
(Ma'ale Efrayim Junction)		 Route 508Eastern end of concurrency with Allon Road
Ma'ale Efrayim4729מסעף מעלה אפרים
(Ma'ale Efrayim Branch)		Bnei Efraim Street
Petza'el5534מסעף פצאל
(Petza'el Branch)		 Road 5085
56.535.1צומת פצאל
(Petza'el Junction)		 Highway 90
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chaim Levinson (4 May 2010). שר התחבורה ישראל כץ: משרד התחבורה מקדם הקמת רשת רכבות ביו"ש [Transport Minister Israel Katz: Department of Transportation promotes the establishment of a railway network in the West Bank]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "מחוזות משרד הפנים" [Ministry of Interior districts] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  3. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "גבולות ישובים" [Locality borders] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
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