Highway 75 is a 40 km long east-west highway in northern Israel. It runs from Haifa in the west to Nazareth and Nof HaGalil in the east.

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Highway 75
כביש 75
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Intersection of Highways 70 and 75, and Route 752 at Yagur Junction in 2009 before it was reconstructed as an interchange
Route information
Length40 km (25 mi)
Major junctions
West endKishon Interchange
Major intersections
  • Yagur junction
  • HaAmakim Junction
  • Yishai Junction
  • Nahalal Junction
  • Migdal Ha'emek Junction
  • HaMusachim Junction
East endNatzrat Tzafon Junction
Location
CountryIsrael
Major citiesHaifa, Kiryat Tiv'on, Migdal HaEmek, Yafia, Nazareth, Nof HaGalil
Highway system
Highway 73 Highway 77

The Highway

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Commonly known as the Haifa–Nazareth Highway, Highway 75 begins in its confluence with Highway 22 just east of Downtown Haifa, from where it stretches as an elevated carriageway through the industrial area of East Haifa Bay just above sea level, where it crosses Road 4. It then runs south-eastward for about ten kilometers passing below the steep northeast slopes of the Carmel Range. At Amakim Junction, the road turns east, rising to about 160m above sea level. as it passes through Kiryat Tiv'on. It then descends crossing the northern edge of the Jezreel Valley. It ascends to 265 m. passing just north of Migdal HaEmek, and to over 300 m. as it enters Yafia and the natural bowl of the Nazareth Range of the Lower Galilee.

In Yafia and continuing into Nazareth, the road becomes a local thoroughfare with frequent controlled intersections. At Nazareth South Junction, it detours around the southern edge of the Hirbat al-Dir neighbourhood reaching HaMusachim Junction with the northern terminus of Highway 60 south of the Old City. It then makes a half circle around Nazareth, turning east, then north and then west along the border of Nazareth and Nof HaGalil, reaching an altitude of 460 m. just before terminating at Nazareth North Junction with Route 754 at 430m.

Development

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By 2014, as part of the western extension of the road, a series of viaducts were constructed in order to connect it with the Carmel Tunnels and Highway 22 towards downtown Haifa.

Junctions & Interchanges (west to east)

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km Name Type Meaning Location Road(s) Crossed
0 מחלף קישון 1
(Kishon Interchange)
   Named after
Kishon River
Haifa   Highway 22

  Highway 23

1 מחלף קישון 2
(Kishon Interchange)
   Haifa   Highway 4
4.6 מחלף נשר
(Nesher Interchange)
  Named after
Nesher Cement Factory
Haifa   Highway 4
Highway 75 concurrent with Highway 70 between Yagur and HaAmakim Junctions
6.9 מחלף יגור
(Yagur Interchange)
  Named after
former location
Yagur   Highway 70
  Route 752
10.9 צומת העמקים
(HaAmakim Junction)
  The Valleys   Highway 70
Highway 75 concurrent with Highway 70 between Yagur and HaAmakim Junctions
11.5   Kiryat Tiv'on,
Oranim Academic College,
Kfar Tikva
  Road 7213
12.8 צומת שער העמקים
(Sha'ar HaAmakim Junction)
  Gate of the Valleys Sha'ar HaAmakim
14.7   Kiryat Tiv'on Yitzhak Rabin St.
Alonim St.
15.2   Kiryat Tiv'on,
Beit Zaid
Borochov St.
15.9 צומת השומרים
(HaShomrim Junction)
  The Guards Kiryat Tiv'on
Sde Ya'akov
  Route 722
16.5 צומת אלונים
(Alonim Junction)
  Oaks Alonim   Road 7513
17.7 מחלף ישי
(Yishai Interchange)
  Jesse Ramat Yishai   Highway 77
18.4   Ramat Yishai HaShikma St.
19.5 (eastbound only)   Ramat Yishai HaAlon St.
19.6   Ramat Yishai,
Ramat Yishai
Industrial Zone
HaDekel St.,
Eucalyptus St.
20.4   House of Gates Beit She'arim (moshav),
Neve Ya'ar
Agricultural Research
Center
HaEtz HaGadol St.
21.6   Manshiyat az-Zabda
23.2 צומת נהלל
(Nahalal Junction)
  Named after
biblical location
[1]
Nahalal   Highway 73
  Road 7626
23.9   Timrat
25.2 צומת מגדל העמק מערב
(Migdal Ha'emek Ma'arav Junction)
  Migdal HaEmek West Migdal HaEmek   Road 7555
(HaBanim Blvd.)
27.7 צומת כפר החורש
(Kfar HaHoresh Junction)
  Ploughman's Village Kfar HaHoresh local road
27.8 צומת מגדל העמק
(Migdal Ha'emek Junction)
  The Valley Tower Migdal HaEmek Sha'ul Amor Blvd.
30.2 צומת מגדל העמק מזרח
(Migdal Ha'emek Mizrah Junction)
  Migdal HaEmek East Migdal HaEmek   Road 7756
(HaBanim Blvd.)
30.7   Yafia 111 St.,
215 St.
31.3   Yafia 201 St.
31.2   Yafia 101 St.,
130 St.
31.8   Yafia 310 St.,
402 St.
32.4   Yafia 330 St.
Derekh Haifa
32.9   Nazareth 5104 St.
33.2   Nazareth 5070 St.,
1004 St.
33.3   Western Quarter
Bir al-Amir
Nazareth 1001 St.,
5089 St.
33.6 צומת נצרת דרום
(Natzrat Darom Junction)
  Nazareth South Nazareth Paulus HaShishi St.,
Marj ibn Amer St.
Derekh HaTziyonut
34.4   Nazareth 3002 St.
35   Nazareth 3008 St.,
Wadi al-Hajj St.
35.4 צומת המוסכים
(HaMusakhim Junction)
  Auto Repair Shops Nazareth   Highway 60,
Tawfiq Ziad St.
36.2   Nof HaGalil Derekh HaEmek
36.7   Nazareth
Nof HaGalil
A-Shuhada' St.,
Derekh HaHativot
37.1   Nazareth
Nof HaGalil
Derekh Kiryat HaMemshala,
Ma'ale Yitzhak Blvd.
38.2   Nof HaGalil Hermon St.
40 צומת נצרת צפון
(Natzrat Tzafon Junction)
  Nazareth North Nazareth   Route 754
(HaGalil St.)

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32°42′35″N 35°08′11″E / 32.70972°N 35.13639°E / 32.70972; 35.13639