Route 417 (Israel)

Route 417
כביש 417 Kvish Arba-Ahat-Sheva
Route information
Length	16 km (10 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Junction at Weizmann Blvd
East end	Adumim Interchange
Location
Major cities	Jerusalem (Givat Shaul, Romema, Shikun Chabad, Tel Arza, Bukharim, Mahanayim, Sanhedriya, Shmuel HaNavi, Sanhedriya, Ramat Eshkol, Ma'alot Dafna, Givat HaMivtar, Givat HaTahmoshet, Kiryat Menachem Begin, HaGiv'a HaTzarfatit, Har HaTsofim, Wadi al-Joz, Old City, al-Sawaneh, Har HaZeitim, Ras al-Amud, Ma'ale ha-Zeitim and Wadi Qadum) neighborhoods Abu Dis al-Eizariya Jahalin Kedar Ma'ale Adumim
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Route 417 (Hebrew: כביש 417‎, "Kvish Arba'-Achat-Sheva'") is an intercity road in Israel and the West Bank that stretches from the west side of Jerusalem to Ma'ale Adumim and Highway 1 east to the Jordan Valley.

Most of the road serves as a local thoroughfare within Jerusalem and East Jerusalem. The road has been non-contiguous since the construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier through Abu Dis in 2006. Route 417 used to be the main route from the west to the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea, bypassing downtown Jerusalem. With the opening of Jerusalem Road 9 (Derech Yitzhak Shamir and Yigal Yadin Boulevard) and the Ma'ale Adumim Road, the historic route lost that distinction. With the closure of the road in Abu Dis, the route no longer serves that option at all.

The route's name changes many times along the way. From west to east:

Named after the biblical prophet, the route begins at Weizmann Boulevard at the base of the Strings Bridge, an area known historically as the western "Jerusalem Gate", the main entrance to the city from the west. It passes the beginning of Jaffa Road near the Jerusalem Central Bus Station and the headquarters of Magen David Adom. It then winds through the Romema neighborhood as a commercial and light-industrial four-lane divided boulevard.

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