Highway 6 (Israel)
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| כביש חוצה ישראל Kvish Ḥotze Yisra'el כביש יצחק רבין Kvish Yitzḥak Rabin |
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| Trans Israel Highway Yitzhak Rabin Highway |
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| Length: | 167 km (104 mi) |
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| South end: | Shoket (Shoket Interchange) |
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| North end: | Ein Tut Interchange (Milek stream) |
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| Major cities: | Be'er Sheva, Kiryat Gat, Ramla, Petah Tikva, Rosh HaAyin, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Hadera, Yokneam Illit, Haifa, |
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Highway 6 (Hebrew: כביש 6, Kvish Shesh), also known as the Trans-Israel Highway or Cross-Israel Highway (Hebrew: כביש חוצה ישראל, Kvish Ḥotzeh Yisra'el), is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. Highway 6 is the first Israeli Build-Operate-Transfer road constructed, carried out mainly by the private sector in return for a concession to collect tolls on the highway for a given number of years. It is also one of the largest infrastructure projects undertaken in Israel.
The highway was officially dedicated as the Yitzhak Rabin Highway (Hebrew: כביש יצחק רבין, Kvish Yitzḥak Rabin), though this name is not commonly used. It started operating in the early 2000s and is being lengthened as construction proceeds on newer sections. The northern terminus was extended to the Ein Tut Interchange on July 20, 2009 where the highway now merges into Highway 70 heading northwards.
The aim of the Highway is to provide an efficient north-south transportation corridor in the country while allowing drivers to bypass the traffic-congested Tel Aviv region, located in the center of the country. Thus it is the Eastern-most major highway in Israel, in some places located almost right on the Green Line. Currently the highway is 167 km long, all of which is a freeway. This figure will grow in the next few years as additional segments are extended both northward and southward from the existing section of the road. As of 2013[update] some segments were under construction while others were undergoing statutory approvals and permitting processes.
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