# Highway 3 (Israel)

Highway 3 is a highway in Israel. It begins at Highway 4 on the outskirts of Ashkelon, running east-northeast, passing through Kiryat Malakhi and Latrun, and ending just short of Modi'in.

## Plan for the future

The Israeli Ministry 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 Roads Company of Israel 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.

## Path of Highway 3 from northeast to southwest

The northeast part of Highway 3 begins at Beit Horon Junction near Modi'in. It intersects Highways 1 and 6 and then passes several kibbutzim and moshavim until Re'em Junction where it joins Highway 40, running concurrently for 4 km until Malakhi Junction in Kiryat Malakhi. The Latrun–Nahshon section (between the intersections with highways 1 and 44) is the first concrete highway in Israel.
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.

## Junctions and Interchanges

| District | Location | km | mi | Name | Destinations | Notes |
| Southern | Ashkelon | 0 | 0.0 | צומת אבא הלל (Abba Hillel Junction) | Highway 4 | |
| Southern | Nir Israel | 2 | 1.2 | צומת ניר ישראל (Nir Yisrael Junction) | Road 3500 | |
| Southern | Hodaya | 4 | 2.5 | צומת הודיה (Hodaya Junction) | Route 232 | |
| Southern | Negba | 7 | 4.3 | צומת נגבה (Negba Junction) | Road 3612 | |
| Southern | Masu'ot Yitzhak | 8 | 5.0 | צומת משואות יצחק (Masu'ot Yitzhak Junction) | Local road | |
| Southern | Merkaz Shapira | 9 | 5.6 | צומת מרכז שפירא (Shapira Center Junction) | Entrance road | Named after Haim-Moshe Shapira |
| Southern | Ein Tsurim | 10 | 6.2 | צומת עין צורים (Ein Tsurim Junction) | Entrance road | |
| Southern | Shafir | 11 | 6.8 | צומת שפיר (Shafir Junction) | Road 3613 | |
| Southern | Kfar Warburg Avigdor | 13 | 8.1 | צומת כפר ורבורג-אביגדור (Kfar Warburg-Avigdor Junction) | Local roads | Named after Felix M. Warburg & Henry d'Avigdor-Goldsmid |
| Southern | Be'er Tuvia | 14.5 | 9.0 | צומת טוביה (Tuvia Junction) | Yigal Hurwitz Blvd. Road 3703 | |
| Southern | Kiryat Malakhi | 16 | 9.9 | צומת מלאכי / קסטינה (Malakhi Junction / Qastina) | Highway 40 | |
| Southern | Kfar Ahim | 18 | 11 | צומת אחים (Ahim Junction | Local road | |
| Central | Bnei Re'em | 20 | 12 | צומת ראם (Re'em Junction) | Highway 40 | |
| Central | Yoav | 21 | 13 | צומת שערי אברהם (She'arei Avraham Junction) | Route 383 | |
| Central | Revadim | 22 | 14 | צומת רבדים (Revadim Junction) | Entrance road | |
| Central | Beit Hilkia | 24 | 15 | צומת בית חלקיה (Beit Hilkia Junction) | Road 3933 | |
| Central | Yad Binyamin | 25 | 16 | צומת יד בנימין (Yad Binyamin Junction) | Entrance road | |
| Central | Yad Binyamin | 26 | 16 | מחלף שורק (Sorek Interchange) and railway overpass | Highway 6 | Named after nearby Sorek River |
| Central | Yad Binyamin | 26.5 | 16.5 | מחלף שורק (Sorek Interchange) and railway overpass | Highway 7 | Named after nearby Sorek River |
| Central | Yesodot | 29 | 18 | צומת יסודות (Yesodot Junction) | Entrance road | |
| Central | Tal Shahar | 33 | 21 | צומת חולדה (Hulda Junction) | Route 411 | |
| Central | Tal Shahar | 35 | 22 | צומת נחשון (Nachshon Junction) | Highway 44 | Named after Operation Nachshon |
| Central | Beko'a | 36 | 22 | מחלף בקוע (Beko'a Interchange) | Entrance road | |
| Central | Nahshon Neve Shalom | 38 | 24 | מחלף נחשון / נווה שלום (Mahshon / Neve Shalom Interchange) | Local road | |
| Central | Latrun | 41 | 25 | צומת חטיבה שבע (Hativa Sheva Junction) | Route 424 | |
| Green Line |||||||
| Judea and Samaria | Latrun | 42 | 26 | מחלף לטרון (Latrun Interchange) | Highway 1 | |
| Judea and Samaria | Modi'in | 45 | 28 | צומת מודיעין (Modi'in Junction) | HaHashmonaim Blvd. | |
| Judea and Samaria | Mevo Horon | 47 | 29 | צומת מבוא חורון (Mevo Horon Junction) | Road 4556 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |||||||

## Hazardous road

15 km of highway 3 had been declared as a red road by the Israeli police in 2015.