Highway 4 (Israel)

Infobox Israel highway


highway= 4
hebrew=
* כביש תל אביב - אשדוד ("Kvish Tel Aviv - Ashdod")
* כביש גהה ("Kvish Geha")
*כביש חיפה - תל אביב הישן ("Kvish Haifa - Tel Aviv HaYashan")
meaning=
*Tel Aviv - Ashdod Highway
*Geha Highway
*The Old Haifa - Tel Aviv Highway
length=205
direction=North - South
classification=
*Expressway (Gaza Strip - Ashdod)
*Freeway (Ashdod - Morasha)
*Expressway (Morasha - Lebanon)
start=Erez Border Crossing with Gaza (Hevel Azzah Junction)
destinations=
*Ashkelon
*Ashdod
*Yavne
*Rishon LeZion
*Holon
*Tel Aviv
*Ramat Gan
*Giv'atayim
*Bnei Brak
*Petah Tikva
*Ramat Hasharon
*Hod HaSharon
*Kfar Saba
*Ra'anana
*Netanya
*Hadera
*Pardes Hanna-Karkur
*Zikhron Ya'aqov
*Tirat Carmel
*Haifa
*The Kerayot
*Acre
*Nahariya
end=Rosh HaNikra Border Crossing with Lebanon
junctions=
*Yad Mordechai Junction
*Brahiya Junction
*Abba Hillel Silver Junction
*Ashdod Interchange
*Holot Interchange
*Gan Rave Interchange
*HaShiv'a Interchange
*Ganot Interchange
*Morasha Interchange
*HaSharon (Beit Lid) Junction
*Nahal Hadera Junction
*Furydais Junction
*Haifa Darom Interchange
*Hiram Interchange
*Kishon Junction
*Afek Junction
*Akko Mizrah Junction
*Nahariya Junction

Highway 4 ( _he. כביש 4, "Kvish 4") is an Israeli highway that runs along Israel's entire coastal plain of the Mediterranean Sea, its route in the north runs from the Rosh HaNikra border crossing with Lebanon until the Erez Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip. Until the 1990s and the retreat of Israel Defense Forces from most of the Gaza Strip due to the Oslo Accords, Highway 4 continued all the way until Rafah and the Egyptian border. The highway follows in part the route of the ancient Via Maris.

Although the highway is continuous, it is generally considered to be divided into five sections, each with its own nickname, characteristics and speed limit:
*Northern Coastal Highway (Rosh Hanikra – Haifa)
*Old Haifa – Tel Aviv Highway (Haifa – Ra'anana). Commonly referred to in Israel as "The Old Highway" ( _he. "הכביש הישן") while Highway 2 is sometimes called "The New Highway". This section was originally built by the British to allow Jewish traffic from Tel-Aviv to Haifa to bypass the Arab towns of Qalqilyah and Tulkarm during the 1936-39 violence, making it the first bypass road in the country.
*Geha Highway, or First President Road (Ra'anana – Azor)
*Tel Aviv – Ashdod Highway (Azor – Ashdod)
*Southern Coastal Highway (Ashdod – Erez Crossing)

The Tel Aviv - Ashdod and Geha sections are freeways.

Junctions & Interchanges