Highway 55 (Israel) Explained

Country:ISR
Type:Hwy
Route:55
Map Custom:yes
Photo Notes:Eliyahu Crossing
Length Km:25.5
Direction A:West
Terminus A:East Kfar Saba Junction
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Jit Junction
Junction:Atarot JunctionAtarot Industrial Park
Cities:Givat Ze'ev, Jerusalem
Previous Route:50
Previous Type:Fwy
Next Route:57
Next Type:Hwy

Highway 55 is a west–east highway running in Israel. Its Western terminus is in Kfar Saba, and it continues east to Nablus. Much of the road follows the eastern section of the "Aphek Ascent", an ancient east–west trade route connecting the Via Maris and the Way of the Patriarchs.

The road passes near Qalqilya, Alfei Menashe, Azzun, Karnei Shomron and Kedumim, and ends in Nablus.

After the First Intifada and the blocking of the road by Palestinians in the late 1980s and early 1990s, several bypass roads were built, south of Qalqilya and north of Azzun. Today the road serves the 20,000 Jews along its route and the 100,000 Arabs who live between Qalqilya and Nablus.

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