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The route from Bethel southwards would have passed through today's neighborhoods of Beit Hanina, Shuafat, French Hill, Givat HaMivtar and Kerem Avraham, crossing Jaffa Road at the center of modern down-town Jerusalem behind the HaMashbir Department Store building, and continuing along Shmuel HaNagid St. (peak height: Ratisbonne Monastery), King ...
Within Jerusalem, Highway 60, known by the municipality as the Talpiot–Atarot Axis and often referred to by its official Jerusalem Municipality designation, "Road 1" (not to be confused with National Highway 1), is the central north–south artery running through the city centre.
The main line is the new high-speed rail link, which opened in 2018, with an expected transit time from Tel Aviv of about 30 minutes. It runs from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem via Ben Gurion Airport and terminates at a new underground station, Jerusalem–Yitzhak Navon railway station, located between the Jerusalem Central Bus Station and the ...
At this point, Israel's longest bridge, part of the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem High-Speed Railway, can be seen in the valley to the north. The road crosses the Ayalon Stream and ascends to 250 meters as it briefly crosses the Green Line (the 1949 Armistice Line) for 1.5 km and back again at Latrun.
Jerusalem CBS – Tel Aviv Arlozorov Terminal: Express Giv'at Zeev: 478 [5] Ma'ale Adumim – Be'er Sheba CBS Direct Highway 6: 480 [9] Jerusalem CBS – Tel Aviv Arlozorov Terminal: Direct Highway 1: 481 Tel Aviv Arlozorov Terminal - Ma'ale Adumim: Direct Jerusalem 482 [5] Tel aviv Arlozorov Terminal - Jerusalem Neve Yaakov: Direct Highway 443 ...
Route 443 begins as a local street near downtown Lod.Leaving Lod to the east, it becomes a divided highway, crossing Highway 1 and Highway 6 at the Ben Shemen Interchange, and continuing to Shilat junction, which serves as the entrance for the Modi'in area.
Tourism focuses on historical and biblical sites in East Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Jericho, [15] and the economy of the latter is particularly dependent on tourism. In 2007 there were over 300,000 guests at Palestinian hotels, half in East Jerusalem. [16] NGOs including the Alternative Tourism Group promote tourism to the West Bank. [6]
With 2.3 million tourist visits in 2013, [21] Tel Aviv is Israel's second-largest city and a cosmopolitan, cultural and financial global city. The city's greater area is the largest with 3 million inhabitants. Tel Aviv exhibits a UNESCO world heritage area of Bauhaus architecture. The nearby historical city of Jaffa is experiencing a tourism boom.