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{{Infobox road junction | |||
| name = Megiddo Junction<br>{{lang|he|צומת מגידו}} | |||
| image = File:032-כביש 66 פנייה מכביש 65.jpg | |||
| image_caption = The road junction in 2011 | |||
| coordinates = {{Coord|32|34|23|N|35|11|31|E|display=inline,title}} | |||
| location = [[Northern Israel]] | |||
| roads = {{jct|country=ISR|Hwy|65}}<br>{{jct|country=ISR|Hwy|66}} | |||
| type = [[Intersection (road)|Intersection]] | |||
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The '''Megiddo Junction''' ({{Langx|he|צומת מגידו|translit=Tzomet Megido}}) is an [[intersection (road)|intersection]] of [[Highway 65 (Israel)|Highways 65]] and [[Highway 66 (Israel)|66]] in northern [[Israel]], at the exit from the mountain pass{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} coming up through [[Wadi Ara]] into the [[Jezreel Valley]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yudin |first1=Joe |title=Off the Beaten Track: Panoramic views from Mt. Gilboa |url=https://www.jpost.com/travel/around-israel/off-the-beaten-track-panoramic-views-from-mt-gilboa |website=JPost.com |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=en |date=10 November 2011}}</ref> | The '''Megiddo Junction''' ({{Langx|he|צומת מגידו|translit=Tzomet Megido}}) is an [[intersection (road)|intersection]] of [[Highway 65 (Israel)|Highways 65]] and [[Highway 66 (Israel)|66]] in northern [[Israel]], at the exit from the mountain pass{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} coming up through [[Wadi Ara]] into the [[Jezreel Valley]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yudin |first1=Joe |title=Off the Beaten Track: Panoramic views from Mt. Gilboa |url=https://www.jpost.com/travel/around-israel/off-the-beaten-track-panoramic-views-from-mt-gilboa |website=JPost.com |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=en |date=10 November 2011}}</ref> | ||
It is named for the nearby ruins of the biblical city of [[Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]], also known as [[Armageddon]], and the sites of several historic [[Battle of Megiddo (disambiguation)|battles]]. Adjacent to the junction is the large | It is named for the nearby ruins of the biblical city of [[Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]], also known as [[Armageddon]], and the sites of several historic [[Battle of Megiddo (disambiguation)|battles]]. Adjacent to the junction is the large [[Megiddo Prison]] (formerly a [[Israeli military prison|military prison]]), and less than {{convert|1|km}} to the northwest is [[Megiddo (kibbutz)|kibbutz Megiddo]]. | ||
The {{convert|5|km|adj=on}} stretch of Highway 65 east towards [[Afula]] is called ''Kvish HaSargel'', lit. 'the [[Ruler]] Road', since it is very flat and straight. | The {{convert|5|km|adj=on}} stretch of Highway 65 east towards [[Afula]] is called ''Kvish HaSargel'', lit. 'the [[Ruler]] Road', since it is very flat and straight. | ||
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[[Category:Tel Megiddo]] | [[Category:Tel Megiddo]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:03, 20 November 2025
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The Megiddo Junction (Template:Langx) is an intersection of Highways 65 and 66 in northern Israel, at the exit from the mountain passScript error: No such module "Unsubst". coming up through Wadi Ara into the Jezreel Valley.[1]
It is named for the nearby ruins of the biblical city of Megiddo, also known as Armageddon, and the sites of several historic battles. Adjacent to the junction is the large Megiddo Prison (formerly a military prison), and less than Script error: No such module "convert". to the northwest is kibbutz Megiddo.
The Script error: No such module "convert". stretch of Highway 65 east towards Afula is called Kvish HaSargel, lit. 'the Ruler Road', since it is very flat and straight.
This is an important junction for the residents of the northern district of Israel, because it sits at the entrance to the Wadi Ara mountain pass which connects the North to the Trans-Israel Highway (Highway 6) and other highways in Israel's coastal plain and, by that, to the rest of the country. Its importance slightly diminished when Highway 6 was completed all the way to the Ein Tut interchange near Ramot Menashe in 2009. The junction and Highway 66 can now be used as an alternate route for reaching Highway 6 via another mountain pass, Wadi Milek, located northwest of Wadi Ara.
On June 5, 2002, 17 people lost their lives and 43 people were injured in the Megiddo Junction bus bombing.
See also
- Megiddo (disambiguation)
- Battles of Megiddo (disambiguation)
- Battle of Megiddo (1918)
- Battle of Sharon (1918)
References
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