Highway 79 is an east-west highway in northern Israel. It crosses the Zevulun Valley and the western Lower Galilee. The road leads from Kiryat Bialik to Mashhad north of Nazareth. It is 27 km long.
Development On January 19, 2009, a tender was published to widen 8.5 km of the highway next to HaMovil Junction to 2 lanes per direction, including the construction of several interchanges, at the cost of NIS 500 million.
In the future, a tram-train connecting Haifa and Nazareth is planned to be built in the highway's median along most of the highway's route.
Junctions & Interchanges (east to west)
kmNameTypeMeaningLocationRoad(s) Crossed 0 צומת עין אפק(Afek Junction) Afek Spring Kiryat Bialik Highway 4(Derech Acco) 0.2 Kiryat Bialik HaMakabim St. 0.5 eastbound only Kiryat Bialik Etzel St. 0.9 מחלף ביאליק(Bialik Interchange) Named afterHayim Nahman Bialik Kiryat Bialik Highway 22(Bay Highway) 2.8 צומת אפק(Afeq Junction) Named afterbiblical location Afek entrance road 5.5 מחלף גילעם(Gil'am Interchange) Named after location of formerJewish refugee camp Kiryat Ata Route 781 6.7 מחלף תל(Tal Interchange) Named afterneighborhood of Kiryat AtaDew Kiryat Ata Toulouse-Lautrec St. 7.9 מחלף סומך(Somekh Interchange) named for Rabbi ben Baba(buried nearby)who performed ordinations Kiryat Ata,Shfar'am Highway 70 Highway 6 10.5 מחלף שפרעם(Shfar'am Interchange) several possible etymologies Shfar'am Mahmud Darwish St. 11.3 מחלף עדי(Adi Interchange) Ornament Shfar'am,Adi Road 310,local road 13 מחלף שפרעם מזרח(Shfar'am Mizrah Interchange) Shfar'am East Shfar'am Road 100 15.8 מחלף ביר אל-מכסור(Bir al-Maksur Interchange) Broken Well Bir al-Maksur local road 18.3 צומת יפתחאל(Yiftah'el Junction) named afterarcheological siteGod will open Alon HaGalil local road, Route 784 18.7 מחלף המוביל(HaMovil Interchange) Aqueduct HaSolelim Highway 77 20 מחלף הסוללים(HaSolelim Interchange) the road builders HaSolelim,Shimshit local road 23.8 צומת ציפורי(Tzippori Junction) ult. named afterancient location Sepphoris Road 7926 24.3 צומת עילוט(Ilut Junction)Eliminated 2020 ult. Lot's Well Ilut Seforiya St. 25.2 צומת אביהוא(Avihu Junction) my father is he Nazareth Route 700 Road 7928(Seforiya St.) 29.2 צומת משהד(Mashhad Junction) grave of a holy man(referring to Jonah) Mashhad,Reineh,Upper Nazareth Route 754 Road 6400
Places of interest on Highway 79 Tel Afek Monument to the Bedouin soldier Hasolelim forest nature reserve Sepphoris (ancient village)
References
See also List of highways in Israel Zevulun Valley Lower Galilee