# Highway 4 (Israel)

Highway 4 (Hebrew: כּֽבִישׁ אַרְבַּע, Kvish Arba' ) is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon in the North to the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip in the South. The highway follows in part the route of the ancient Via Maris.
Until the 1990s and the withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces from most of the Gaza Strip due to the Oslo Accords, Highway 4 extended south all the way to Rafah and the Egyptian border. Since the 1990s, the part of the highway in the Gaza Strip has been renamed as Salah al-Din Road.
Although the highway is continuous, it is generally considered to be divided into five sections, each with its own nickname and characteristics such as a differing number of lanes and speed limits:
* Northern Coastal Highway (Rosh Hanikra–Haifa). This section passes through the Krayot, Acre and Nahariya in Northern Israel. The southern third of the highway bisects the densely populated Krayot area and frequently experienced heavy traffic congestion until Highway 22, a bypass freeway located several kilometers to the east of Highway 4 was constructed in the early 2010s.
* Haifa–Tel Aviv Highway (Haifa–Ra'anana). Commonly referred to in Israel as The Old Highway (Hebrew: הכביש הישן; כביש חיפה - תל אביב עם רמזורים) while Highway 2 is sometimes called The New Highway. The construction of this section started in the early 1930s, and by 1936, it had reached Khirbat Bayt Lid. During the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine, the construction speed greatly increased in order to allow Jewish traffic from Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva to Haifa to bypass the Arab towns of Qalqilyah, Tulkarm and Jenin. The highway opened to traffic on 30 September 1937, reducing the travel distance between Tel Aviv and Haifa from 140 to 106 km. The distance was further reduced to 96 km by 1942, when a direct road opened between Hadera and Binyamina bypassing Pardes Hanna.
* Geha Highway, or First President Road (Ra'anana–Azor). This functions as an important arterial road in the eastern portion of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. Designed as a shortcut to replace the southern section of the Old Haifa–Tel Aviv Highway, the construction of Geha Highway started in 1951, and was completed in 1968. The replaced section of the Old Highway was then re-designated as the northern section of Highway 40, and later in 2002, as Highway 402.
* Tel Aviv–Ashdod Highway (Azor–Ashdod) was constructed in the early 1970s to relieve congestion on Highway 42, caused by the freight traffic to the Port of Ashdod which opened in 1965.
* Southern Coastal Highway (Ashdod–Erez Crossing) is the oldest section of the highway: a road along this route had existed since before the Second World War.
The Tel Aviv–Ashdod and Geha sections are freeways. The rest of the highway consists of multiple lanes in each direction except between Erez Crossing and Yad Mordechai, Rosh HaNikra and Nahariya, and between Tirat Carmel just south of Haifa and Fureidis, which have a single lane of traffic in each direction. While there have been multiple proposals to widen the Haifa–Fureidis section, these have so far been blocked due to opposition from nearby residents who would like the highway in the area to retain its current rural character.

## Recent, current and planned construction

In 2014, the new Dror interchange between route 4 and route 553 was inaugurated.
As of 2016, Netivei Yisrael is planning a multi-billion Shekel project to convert the Sharon section of the highway (between the Dror Interchange and Highway 65 north of Hadera) into a freeway. The project includes a massive interchange at the junction with Highway 57 and a long cut-and-cover tunnel with a road and intersections above it at the entrance to Hadera to separate local and intercity traffic.

## Junctions and interchanges

| km | Name | Meaning | Location | Road(s) crossed |
| Southern Coastal Highway ||||||
| 0 | צומת חבל עזה (Hevel 'Azza Junction) | Gaza Strip | Erez border crossing | local road |
| 1 | צומת נתיב העשרה (Netiv HaAsara Junction) | Named after location | Netiv HaAsara | Highway 25 |
| 4 | צומת יד מרדכי (Yad Mordechai Junction) | Named after location | Yad Mordechai | Highway 34 |
| 6 | צומת זיקים (Zikim Junction) | Named after location | Zikim | Road 3411 |
| 8 | צומת מבקיעים (Mavki'im Junction) | Named after location | Mavki'im | local road |
| 9 | צומת אשקלון דרום (Ashkelon Darom Junction) | Ashkelon South | Ashkelon | Bar-Lev Blvd. |
| 11 | צומת בת הדר (Bat Hadar Junction) | Named after location | Bat Hadar | local road |
| 12 | צומת בית שיקמה (Beit Shikma Junction) | Named after nearby Beit Shiqma | Beit Shikma | Road 3412 |
| 13 | צומת אשקלון (Ashkelon Junction) | Named after location | Ashkelon | Ben Gurion Blvd. |
| 14 | צומת ברכיה (Berekhya Junction) | Named after location | Berekhya | Highway 35 |
| 15 | צומת אבא הלל (Abba Hillel Junction) | Named after Abba Hillel Silver | Kfar Silver | Highway 3 |
| 15.5 | | | Ashkelon (North) | Menachem Begin Blvd. |
| 21 | צומת אשכולות (Eshkolot Junction) | Named after nearby Eshkolot Farm | Nitzanim | Route 232 |
| 22 | צומת ניצנים (Nitzanim Junction) | Named after location | Nitzan | Road 3631 |
| 24 | צומת בית עזרא (Beit Ezra Junction) | Named after location | Beit Ezra | HaEla St. |
| 25 | צומת אמונים (Emunim Junction) | Named after nearby Emunim | Ezer | Road 3711 |
| 27 | צומת שדה עוזיהו (Sede uziyahu junction) | Named after location | Sde Uziyahu | Road 3712 |
| 27 | צומת עד הלום (Ad Halom Junction) | Named after location | Ashdod (Ad Halom Industrial Area) | local road |
| 29 | מחלף עד הלום (Ad Halom Interchange) | Ashdod South | Ashdod | Menachem Begin Blvd. |
| 30 | צומת גן יבנה (Gan Yavne Junction) | Named after location | Gan Yavne | Menachem Begin Blvd. |
| Tel Aviv–Ashdod Highway (Ashdod interchange - Morasha interchange freeway) ||||||
| 36 | מחלף אשדוד (Ashdod Interchange) | Named after location | Port of Ashdod | Highway 7 Highway 41 Highway 42 local road |
| 44 | מחלף יבנה (Yavne Interchange) | Named after location | Yavne | Road 4111 |
| 51 | מחלף חולות (Holot Interchange) | Sand Dunes | Rishon LeZion only from/to south | Highway 20 |
| 53 | מחלף ראשון דרום (Rishon Darom Interchange) | South Rishon LeZion | Rishon LeZion | Highway 431 |
| 55 | מחלף גן רווה (Gan Rave Interchange) | Named after nearby Gan Raveh Regional Council | Rishon LeZion | Highway 42 |
| 57 | מחלף ראשון לציון (Rishon LeZion Interchange) | Named after location | Rishon LeZion | Route 441 |
| 60 | מחלף חולון מזרח (Holon Mizrah Interchange) | East Holon | Holon, Rishon LeZion | Jerusalem Blvd. |
| 61 | מחלף השבעה (HaShiv'a Interchange) | Named after location | Mishmar HaShiv'a | Highway 44 |
| 62 | מחלף גנות (Ganot Interchange) | Named after location | Ganot | Highway 1 |
| 63 | מחלף מסובים (Mesubim Interchange) | Named after Kfar Mesubim, a past ma'abara at the location | Ramat Ef'al | Route 461 |
| 65 | מחלף אלוף שדה (Aluf Sadeh Interchange) | Named after Aluf Yitzhak Sadeh | Ramat Gan | Aluf Sadeh St. |
| 66 | מחלף בר-אילן (Bar Ilan Interchange) | Named after nearby Bar-Ilan University | Ramat Gan | Route 471 |
| 67 | מחלף גבעת שמואל (Giv'at Shmuel Interchange) | Named after location | Giv'at Shmuel, Bnei Brak | Mivtza Kadesh St. |
| 69 | מחלף גהה (Geha Interchange) | Named after Geha Hospital torn down to build interchange | Petah Tikva | Route 481 (Jabotinski Road) |
| 70 | מחלף אם המושבות (Em HaMoshavot Interchange) | Named after intersecting street | Petah Tikva, Bnei Brak | Route 482 (Em HaMoshavot Rd.) |
| 73 | מחלף מורשה (Morasha Interchange) | Named after location | Ramat Hasharon | Highway 5 |
| Haifa–Tel Aviv Highway ||||||
| 78 | מחלף רעננה-כפר סבא דרום (Ra'anana Darom Interchange) | South Ra'anana | Ra'anana, Kfar Saba | Route 554 (Tchernichovsky St.) to Route 531 |
| 78 | צומת רעננה (Ra'anana Junction) | Named after location | Ra'anana, Kfar Saba | Route 541 (Ahuza St.) Route 402 (HaShalom Rd.) |
| 80 | מחלף רעננה-כפר סבא צפון (Ra'anana-Kfar Saba Tzafon Interchange) | Named after location | Ra'anana, Kfar Saba | Begin Blvd. Weizmann St. |
| 83 | מחלף בצרה (Batzra Interchange) | Named after location | Batzra | Kibbutz Galuyot St. |
| 84 | צומת בני ציון (Bnei Zion Junction) | Named after location | Bnei Zion | Road 5511 |
| 86 | מחלף הדרים (Hadarim Interchange) | Citrus fruit | Tel Mond | Route 551 |
| 88 | מחלף דרור (Dror Interchange) | Named after location | Bnei Dror, Even Yehuda | Route 553 |
| 91 | צומת הדסים (Hadasim Junction) | Named after location | Kadima-Tzoran, Hadassim Youth Village, Even Yehuda | Herzl St. |
| 94 | צומת פרדסיה (Pardesiya Junction) | Named after location | Pardesiya | Road 5613 (HaNassi Blvd.) |
| 96 | צומת השרון (HaSharon Junction) | Named after Sharon Plain | Nordia | Highway 57 |
| 98 | צומת רופין (Rupin Junction) | Named after location | Ruppin Academic Center, Kfar Monash | Road 5711 |
| 99 | צומת העוגן (Ha'Ogen Junction) | Named after location | HaOgen, Ma'abarot | Road 5700 |
| 102 | צומת חפר (Hefer Junction) | Named after Hefer Valley | Kfar Vitkin | Road 5720 |
| 104 | צומת הרואה (Haroeh Junction) | Named after location | Kfar Haroeh | Route 581 |
| 106 | צומת יער חדרה (Ya'ar Hadera Junction) | Hadera Forest | Hefer Valley | Highway 9 |
| 109 | צומת חדרה (Hadera Junction) | Named after location | Hadera | Shimoni St, Herbert Samuel St. |
| 111 | צומת חרושת (Haroshet Junction) | Factory | Hadera | HaShalom St. |
| 113 | צומת נחל חדרה (Nahal Hadera Junction) | Hadera River | Hadera | Highway 65 |
| 115 | צומת פל ים (Pal-Yam Junction) | Named after location | Caesarea | Route 651 |
| 117 | צומת אור עקיבא (Or Akiva Junction) | Named after location | Or Akiva | Weizman Blvd. |
| 119 | צומת בנימינה (Binyamina Junction) | Named after location | Binyamina, Or Akiva | Route 653 |
| 121 | צומת בית חנניה (Beit Hanania Junction) | Named after location | Beit Hanania | Road 6531 |
| 124 | מחלף מעגן מיכאל (Ma'agan Michael Interchange) | Named after location | Ma'agan Michael | local road |
| 125 | צומת זכרון יעקב (Zikhron Ya'akov Junction) | Named after location | Zikhron Ya'akov | Nili Blvd. |
| 128 | צומת פוריידיס (Fureidis Junction) | Named after location | Fureidis, Zikhron Ya'akov | Highway 70 |
| 129 | צומת נחשולים (Nahsholim Junction) | Named after location | Nahsholim | Road 7011 |
| 132 | צומת עין איילה (Ein Ayala Junction) | Named after location | Ein Ayala | HaRimon St. |
| 133 | צומת עופר (Ofer Junction) | Named after location | Ofer, Kerem Maharal | Road 7021 |
| 134 | צומת צרופה (Tzrufa Junction) | Named after location | Tzrufa | local road |
| 136 | צומת גבע כרמל (Geva Carmel Junction) | Named after location | Geva Carmel | local road |
| 137 | צומת עין כרמל (Ein Carmel Junction) | Named after location | Ein Carmel | local road |
| 140 | צומת עין הוד (Ein Hod Junction) | Named after location | Ein Hod | Road 7111 |
| 142 | צומת אורן (Oren Junction) | Named after nearby kibbutz Beit Oren | Atlit | Road 7110, Route 721 |
| 143 | צומת מגדים (Megadim Junction) | Named after location | Megadim | local road |
| 145 | צומת החותרים (HaHoterim Junction) | Named after location | HaHotrim | local road |
| 147 | צומת טירת כרמל (Tirat Carmel Junction) | Named after location | Tirat Carmel | Jabotinski St. |
| 147 | צומת כפר גלים (Kfar Galim Junction) | Named after location | Kfar Galim | local road |
| 151 | מחלף חיפה דרום (Haifa Darom Interchange) | South Haifa | Haifa MATA"M Industrial Park | Highway 2 Highway 23 |
| Northern Coastal Highway ||||||
| 153 | צומת דרך הים (Dereh HaYam Junction) | Road of the Sea (Via Maris) | Haifa Ramat Haviv | Route 672; Etzel Street |
| 156 | מחלף אלנבי (Allenby Interchange) | Named after intersecting street | Haifa German Colony, Wadi Nisnas | Allenby Road |
| 160 | מחלף חירם (Hiram Interchange) | King Hiram I | Haifa Hadar HaCarmel only from/to southbound | Highway 22 (Kishon Road) |
| 162 | מחלף גשר פז (Gesher Paz Interchange) | Paz Bridge | Haifa Neve Yosef, Neve Sha'anan | HaHashmal St. |
| 162 | מחלף גדוד 21 (Gedud 21 Interchange) | 21st Battalion | Haifa to Technion | HaHashmal St. |
| 163 | מחלף הקריות / צ'קפוסט (HaKerayot Interchange/ Checkpost) | Krayot (British) Checkpost | Haifa, Nesher | Route 752 |
| 164 | מחלף קישון (Kishon Interchange) | Kishon River | Haifa | Highway 75 |
| 167 | צומת וולקן (Vulcan Junction) | | Haifa Airport | Moshe Dayan Road |
| 168 | מחלף מוטה גור (Motta Gur Interchange) | Named after Motta Gur | Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Ata | Halutzei HaTa'asiya St., HaDshanim St., Haifa Road |
| 169 | צומת קרית חיים (Kiryat Haim Junction) | Named after location | Kiryat Haim, Kiryat Ata | Ahi Eilat Blvd., HaAmakim St. to Route 781 (Bialik St.) |
| 170 | צומת השופטים (HaShoftim Junction) | Book of Judges | Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin | Jerusalem Blvd., Goshen Blvd. |
| 171 | צומת העשור (HaAsor Junction) | Decade | Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Motzkin | Ben-Gurion Blvd., Weizman Blvd. |
| 173 | צומת אפק (Afek Junction) | Tel Afek | Kiryat Bialik | Highway 79 |
| 173 | צומת עין אפק (Ein Afek Junction) | Ein Afek | Kiryat Bialik | Road 7911 |
| 173.7 | | | Kiryat Bialik | Giora St. Gush Halav St. |
| 174 | צומת צור שלום (Tzur Shalom Junction) | Named after location | Kiryat Bialik | Jerusalem Blvd. |
| 174.3 | | | Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Bialik Industrial Zone | Hen Blvd. |
| 175.7 | | | Kiryat Bialik, Kiryat Bialik Industrial Zone | Yosef Levi Blvd. |
| 176 | מחלף כרי נעמן (Karei Na'aman Interchange) | Named after Karei Na'aman Nature Reserve | Kiryat Bialik, Kfar Masaryk | Highway 22 (Krayot Bypass) |
| 177 | צומת כפר מסריק (Kfar Masaryk Junction) | Named after location | Kfar Masaryk | local road |
| 179 | צומת עין המפרץ (Ein HaMifratz Junction) | Named after location | Ein HaMifratz, Akko | David Remez St. |
| 181 | צומת עכו מזרח (Akko Mizrah Junction) | East Akko | Akko | Highway 85 |
| 184 | צומת שומרת (Shomrat Junction) | Named after location | Akko | Road 8510 |
| 186 | צומת לוחמי הגטאות (Lohamei HaGeta'ot Junction) | Named after location | Lohamei HaGeta'ot | local road |
| 188 | צומת רגבה (Regba Junction) | Named after location | Regba Shavei Tzion | Road 8611 (HaIrus St.) |
| 188.4 | | | Mazra'a | local road |
| 189 | צומת עברון (Evron Junction) | Named after location | Nahariya | Zalman Shazar St. |
| 189.8 | | | Nahariya, Evron | Isi laMolino Street |
| 190.8 | | | Nahariya, Evron | Irit Street |
| 191 | צומת נהריה (Nahariya Junction) | Named after location | Nahariya | Highway 89 |
| 191.2 | northbound only | | Nahariya | Derech Yechi'am |
| 191.3 | | | Nahariya | HaMiyasdim Street |
| 192 | | | Nahariya | Har Tabor Street |
| 193.3 | | | Nahariya | Masryk Street |
| 192.6 | | | Nahariya | Trumpeldor Street |
| 193.1 | | | Nahariya | Har Meron Street |
| 193.4 | | | Nahariya | David Ben Gaon Street |
| 193.5 | צומת סער (Sa'ar Junction) | | Sa'ar | local road |
| 194.3 | | | Nehariya North Industrial Zone | HaYotzrim Street |
| 195.2 | | | Nehariya North Industrial Zone | local road |
| 197.7 | צומת גשר הזיו (Gesher HaZiv Junction) | Named after location | Gesher HaZiv | local road |
| 198.1 | | | Achziv Beach National Park | local road |
| 200.3 | צומת לימן (Liman Junction) | Named after location | Liman | HaTamar St. |
| 200.7 | | | Achziv Milu'ot Industrial Zone | local road |
| 201.7 | צומת בצת (Betzet Junction) | Named after location | Betzet | Route 899 |
| 203.7 | צומת ראש הנקרה (Rosh HaNikra Junction) | Named after location | Rosh HaNikra | local road |
| 205.2 | מעבר הגבול ראש הנקרה (Rosh HaNikra Border Crossing) | Named after location | Rosh HaNikra grottoes | |