- Route 411 (Israel)
Route 411 ( _he. כביש 411), is a regional road in the
Shephelah region inIsrael . It is currently 11 km long, connecting Highway 40 south ofRehovot with Highway 3 towardsJerusalem , bypassing the towns ofKiryat Ekron andMazkeret Batya .Route description
Route 411 starts at Ekron Junction with Highway 40, continuing local Road 4123 from
Rehovot . It then runs south, with two junctions and aroundabout providing access to a major outdoor shopping center,Bilu Center . This section is undivided, with one lane in each direction and is often congested, especially during weekends and holidays. Work began in 2000 to upgrade this section todual-carriageway standards, which included the construction of the temporary roundabout, however it stopped two years later, leaving the road in its poor current state.The road then turns south-east, turning into a dual-carriageway for approximately 2 km while bypassing
Kiryat Ekron andMazkeret Batya . This section was upgraded in 2002, andtraffic lights were added to two of the junctions in 2007.Halfway across the bypass of Mazkeret Batya, the road is once again downgraded to a single-carriageway. It then reaches an
at-grade crossing of theTel Aviv -Be'er Sheva Railway, a bridge over Highway 6 and another at-grade railway crossing with the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Railway. Further east the road becomes more winding in nature until reaching its terminus at Hulda Junction with Highway 3.Future Plans
The National Roads Authority is currently building a new section of Route 411, 2 km long, between Highway 42 and Route 410. This section also includes
grade separation of the current at-grade crossing between Route 410 and theLod -Ashkelon Railway. Once this section is completed, Route 411 will have two open sections without any connection between them, which is a very unusual situation in Israel. There are plans to complete the missing 4.5 km long central section, however there is no real timetable for such a project. There are also plans to upgrade all of Route 411 to dual-carriageway, including a grade separation with the Tel Aviv - Be'er Sheva Railway and a new bridge to replace the dangerous curve over ShahamStream .Work is ongoing to replace the at-grade crossing of the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem Railway with a grade separated crossing, with the road passing under the Railway. It is due for completion in late 2008.
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