Route 436 (Israel–Palestine)

Route 436 is a regional arterial road in Israel and the West Bank between Jerusalem and Givat Ze'ev. The southern portion begins as a major urban artery in Jerusalem's predominantly Hareidi neighborhoods leading to Highway 50 (Begin Boulevard), to Highway 1 and to the northern neighborhood of Ramot. Further north, the road runs alongside portions of Israel's West Bank Barrier as it approaches Givat Ze'ev. It crosses Route 443 to the Tel Aviv area and Highway 45 to Atarot and ends at the Beitunia section of the security barrier. The speed limit begins at 50 km/h along its urban section becoming 70 km/h as it passes through Ramot and then becoming 90 km/h as it leaves the Jerusalem municipality northwards. The road officially ends at the Beitunya cargo transfer terminal.

Route 436
כביש 436
Route information
Length	13.2 km (8.2 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Beit Hayyim Square
Major intersections	Golda Meir Interchange Yigael Yadin Interchange
North end	Givat Ze'ev Junction
Location
Country	Israel
Major cities	Jerusalem (Mahanayim, Bukharim, Sanhedriya, Shmuel HaNavi & Ramot neighborhoods) Giv'on Givat Ze'ev
Highway system
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Beit HaHayyim Square

Har Hotzvim, 436 at bottom

Ramot Mall on 436

Nebi Samuel, a major tourist and pilgrimage site

View northward toward Plain of Gibeon
Mahane Givon at center, Givat Ze'ev at top

Route

The road begins at the heavily congested intersection of Route 417 (Bar-Ilan Street/Hativat HarEl Boulevard) and Shmuel HaNavi Street.^[1] The first 0.3 km is called Shmuel HaNavi Street, a continuation of the street south of the intersection. At its beginning, 436 is a major transfer point for intra- and inter-city buses. It is six lanes wide with two lanes in each direction on either side for private vehicles and two public transportation lanes along its median. The bus lanes along the center of the road are envisioned to become part of the "Blue Line" of the Jerusalem Light Rail.^[2]

Just before Givat Moshe Junction, at 770 meters above sea level, the name of the road becomes Golda Meir Boulevard. It passes Jerusalem's largest high tech park, Har Hotzvim, while descending into Emek HaArazim (Valley of The Cedars) at 630 meters. At Golda Meir Interchange, entrances in both directions provide access to Highway 50 (southbound). The road widens to eight lanes crossing the Sorek Stream and the Green Line at Yigael Yadin Interchange providing access to Highway 1 and Highway 50 (northbound). It then becomes six lanes and begins a steep ascent as the central artery through Ramot.

Leaving Ramot and the Jerusalem Municipality, the road becomes four lanes wide, passing the entrance to Nebi Samuel and reaching an altitude of 840 meters. It then begins another descent to 725 meters in the Plain of Gibeon. Along this section, the road passes alongside the security barrier next to al-Jib. Passing Mahane Giv'on, the road rises to 770 meters as it passes through Givat Ze'ev. Further on, it descends to 740 meters, intersecting with Routes 443 and 45. North of 443/45, the road provides entrances to Mahane Ofer and the Beitunia cargo transfer terminal, officially ending as numbered.

Junctions (south to north)

km	Name	Type	Meaning	Location	Road(s) Crossed
↓Jerusalem Municipality↓
0	ככר בית החיים (Beit HaHayyim Square)		House of Life (name of adjacent municipal Funeral Home)	Bukharim, Shmuel HaNavi, Mahanayim, Sanhedriya	Route 417 (Bar Ilan St.) (Hativat HarEl St.), Shmuel HaNavi St.[3]
0.05				Mahanayim, Sanhedriya	Moshe Blau St.
0.3	צומת גבעת משה/גוש 80 (Givat Moshe/Gush 80 Junction)		Moshe's Hill named after Moshe Porush	Ezrat Torah Sanhedria Murhevet	HaAdmorim Leiner St., Givat Moshe St.
0.8				Kiryat Sanz Har Hotzvim	A.S. Artom St., Shefa Chayim St.
1	צומת הר חוצבים (Har Hotzvim Junction)		Stonecutter's Hill	Har Hotzvim	Kiryat Mada St.
1.2	צומת NDS (NDS Junction)		named after NDS Jerusalem headquarters	Har Hotzvim	Shlomo (Momo) HaLevi St.
1.7	מחלף גולדה מאיר (Golda Meir Interchange)		named after Golda Meir	Har Hotzvim	Highway 50 (Begin Boulevard) southbound
2.2	מחלף ידאל ידין (Yigael Yadin Interchange)		named after Yigael Yadin	Ramot	Highway 1, Highway 50 (Begin Boulevard) northbound
2.4	Green Line
3.1	כיכר בנימין כהן (Binyamin Cohen Square)		named after Benjamin Victor Cohen	Ramot Neve Orot, Ramot Alon, Ramot Bet	Harry Truman St., Yigal Alon St.
3.7	כיכר ספימת מפקורה (Sfinat Mefkura Square)		named after sunk refugee boat	Ramot	Shivat Zion St., Asirei Zion St.
3.8				Ramot Mall	public transportation lanes, entrance to parking, deliveries
4.2	כיכר המלחין שוסטקוביץ (HaMalhin Shostakovich Square)		named after Dmitri Shostakovich	Ramot Ramot Polin, Ramot Gimel, Ramot Daled	HaRoeh St, HaKongres HaTzioni St.
4.7	כיכר הרב אלעזר (HaRav Elazar Square)		named after Yehuda Elazar	Ramot	Avraham Recanati St., Yitzhak Mirsky St.
5.2				Ramot	Binyamin Mintz St., HaMeshorer Etzeg St.
↑Jerusalem Municipality↑
5.3	צומת שמואל (Shmu'el Junction)		named after nearby Nebi Samu'el	former location of security checkpoint	local road
6.2				Nebi Samuel	entrance road
7.2				Har Shmuel	entrance road, ( entry to Biddu closed)
8.9				Mahane Givon (West)	entrance road
9.1	(northbound only)			Mahane Givon (East)	entrance road
10.2				Giv'on HaHadasha, Givat Ze'ev	entrance road
10.4	צומת גבעונים (Giv'onim Junction)		named after ancient Gibeonites	filling station	entrance road, ( entry to al-Jib & Bir Nabala closed)
11				Givat Ze'ev	HaMaccabim St., Kidron St.
12.2	צומת גבעת זאב (Givat Ze'ev Junction)		Wolf Hill	Giv'at Ze'ev Ofer Prison	Route 443, Highway 45
12.3				Beitunia Terminal[4][5]	entrance to cargo transfer station
12.4				Ofer Prison	entrance to Ofer Prison
13.2				Beitunia	Security Barrier
↑NO southbound through-traffic for green (Palestinian) license plates↑

References

1. Street View - Beginning of Route 436 viewed northward from intersection with Route 417 (Bar Ilan/Hativat HarEl) (Map). Google Maps. November 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
2. "Jerusalem Light Rail Project – The Blue Line". DEL Group (Engineering, Development & Infrastructure). Retrieved 2013-06-20.(in Hebrew)
3. 1 Samuel 1:20
4. "Crossing Points West Bank and Gaza Strip". Palestinian Shipper's Council. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
5. "Coordination of Government Activity in the Territories - Beitunia Crossing". Israel Defense Forces. Archived from the original on 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2018-06-02.

See also

• List of highways in Israel

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