Highway 1 (Israel)
Highway 1 (), is the main highway connecting
Tel Aviv with
Jerusalem. The highway is interrupted only at the entrance to Jerusalem while it passes through the city via
Begin Expressway. On the eastern side of Jerusalem, Highway 1 continues past
Ma'ale Adummim, and is then downgraded in size until the
Almog Junction south of
Jericho near the shores of the
Dead Sea. On completion of current construction at the western entrance to Jerusalem, the road will continue uninterrupted north of the city.
The highway briefly crosses over the
Green Line near
Latrun, and continues onto the
West Bank past Jerusalem. Renewed access to this section, which connects Jerusalem to Jericho and the
Dead Sea and is known as the "way to Jericho" () or the
Adumim Ascent (), was famously noted alongside the reunification of Jerusalem in the famous Israeli song,
Jerusalem of Gold.
Below is a list of the interchanges of Highway 1, from northwest to southeast. The highway with which Highway 1 interchanges is in parentheses.
*Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange (
Ayalon Highway, Road 461)
*Ganot Interchange (
Highway 4)
*Shafirim Interchange (Road 412)
*
Ben Gurion Interchange (Road 4503)
*
Lod Interchange (Highway 40, 46)
*Ben Shemen Interchange (
Highway 6)
*Daniel Exit (Highway 6)
*Latrun Interchange (Highway 3)
*Sha'ar HaGai Interchange (Highway 38, Road 415)
*Shoresh Interchange (Road 3955)
*Hemed Interchange (Road 425, 3975)
*Har'el Interchange (Road 3985)
*Motza Interchange (Shorek Street in
Mevaseret Zion)
*
Givat Shaul Interchange (Weizmann Road in
Jerusalem)
*Golda Meir Interchange (Road 436)
*Yigael Yadin Interchange (Road 404)
*Sha'ar Mizrah Interchange (Highway 60)
*HaZeitim Interchange
*Adummim Interchange (Road 417)
