Route 431 (Israel)

Highway 431 (Hebrew: כביש 431‎), is a suburban freeway in the south of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area in Israel. The freeway connects the Ayalon Highway in the west with Highway 1 in the east. It then continues east into Modi'in as a local road.

Highway 431
Route information
Length23 km[1] (14 mi)
Major junctions
West endRishon LeZion (Mevo Ayalon Interchange)
 
  • Mevo Ayalon Interchange
  • Rishon Darom Interchange
  • Ein HaKore Interchange
  • Nesharim Interchange
  • Anava Interchange
East endModi'in
Location
Major citiesNess Ziona, Be'er Ya'akov, Ramla
Highway system
Roads in Israel
Highways
Nes Ziona Interchange
Lod - Rishon LeZion Railway entering the median strip south of Nes Ziona Interchange
Nesharim Interchange
Freeway signage
HaRishonim Railway Station

The freeway has six lanes (three in each direction) over a total length of 21 km. There is also a short Collector/Distributor system between Rishon Darom and Nes Ziona Interchanges. There are 12 interchanges along its length, 5 of them freeway to freeway interchanges. There are also 54 km of service roads, including exits and entrance ramps.

The design of the freeway includes a right of way for a double track railway in its median between Ein Ha'Kore and Modi'in and railway sections are currently operational between Be'er Yaakov and HaRishonim Interchange and between the Anava Interchange and Modi'in. The freeway and railway also cross three existing railway lines along the route and the design allows for a connection to two of them. Construction of the remaining sections of railway is expected to begin in 2020.

Highway 431 is the first PFI project in Israel. Netivey HaYovel, a subsidiary of Danya Cebus and Africa Israel Investments Ltd., was awarded the 25 year tender to build, maintain and operate the freeway. As of October 16, 2014, the cost of the freeway had been 2.5 billion NIS (approximately 620 million USD). Following the completion of the freeway in February 2016, the company is expecting a 200 million NIS (50 million USD) grant from the state.[2]

History

Construction started in 2005 and the road was fully opened 4 February 2009.

A section of the highway between Mevo Ayalon Interchange and Gan Ha'Vradim Interchange was set to open 23 October 2008, approximately 3 months ahead of schedule. However, on 22 October, it was announced that the opening will be postponed for at least two weeks due to Netivey HaYovel's failure to complete the required environmental mitigation, as was the case of Jerusalem Route 9.[3] The road finally opened 12 November, after Danya Cebus agreed to place several million NIS as a guarantee that the required works will be carried out.[4]

The second section between Gan Ha'Vradim Interchange and Anava Interchange opened on the evening of 4 February 2009.[5] Although the freeway was fully opened at this point, there was some work left around it. At Ein Ha'Kore, the Road 4311 bridge over Highway 42 has not been completed leaving a traffic light at what was planned to be a grade-separated freeway segment, and at Nesharim Interchange the western exits have yet to open. The exits at Nesharim opened 20 May 2009, and the bridge at Ein Ha'Kore opened 29 June 2009. All other works along the freeway were finished by September 2009.

The local road in Modi'in was partially opened together with the freeway, initially with one lane in each direction. Construction on this section was completed in November 2009, providing a limited-access, multiple lane, grade-separated highway all the way from the Ayalon Highway near the Mediterranean coast to the entrance to Modi'in.

Starting in May 2010, electronic signs for a traffic control system were installed along the freeway.

Interchanges
km Name Type Meaning Location Highway(s) Crossed
0 מחלף מבוא איילון
(Mevo Ayalon Interchange)		 Ayalon Gateway Rishon LeZion Highway 20 (Israel)
(northbound)
1 מחלף קרית ראשון
(Kiryat Rishon Interchange)		 named after neighborhood Rishon LeZion Mota Gur St.
2 מחלף ראשון דרום
(Rishon Darom Interchange)		 South Rishon Rishon LeZion Highway 4
(southbound)
3 מחלף עין הקורא
(En Ha'Kore Interchange)		 presumed biblical location
(possibly incorrect)
The Korei Spring[6]		 Rishon LeZion Highway 4
(northbound)
Highway 42
Road 4311
5 מחלף הראשונים
(HaRishonim Interchange)		 named after neighborhood
and railway station
ult. HaRishonim		 Rishon LeZion
Ness Ziona		 Route 412
(Herzl St.)
6 מחלף נס ציונה
(Nes Ziona Interchange)		 Banner to Zion Ness Ziona
Rishon LeZion
Be'er Ya'akov		 Road 4313
9 מחלף רמלה מערב
(Ramla Ma'arav Interchange)		 West Ramla Ramla Route 200
11 מחלף רמלה דרום
(Ramla Darom Interchange)		 South Ramla Ramla Highway 40
14 מחלף נשרים
(Nesharim Interchange)		 Eagles
named after nearby
Nesher Factory & ult.
Rambam, the great Eagle		 Ramla Highway 6
Highway 44
Route 424
Planned
17 מחלף רג"מ
(RaGaM Interchange)		 named after location of
planned industrial park
bordering 3 areas:
Ramla, Gezer & Modi'in		 planned RaGaM Industrial Park local road
20 מחלף ענבה
(Anava Interchange)		 Berry
named after
Anava (Anabe) Stream		 Kfar Shmuel Highway 1
22.8 מחלף פאתי מודיעין
(Pa'atei Modi'in Interchange)
Outskirts of Modi'in Pa'atei Modi'in Railway Station
Yishpro Shopping Center		 HaMal'achut Blvd.
24.4 מחלף נופים
(Nofim Interchange)
Modi'in
Yishpro Shopping Center		 HaHamam Blvd.
26.4 Modi'in Yehuda HaMaccabee St.
26.45 Modi'in Tzukit St.
26.6 Modi'in Shaldag St.
27.6 Modi'in Yitzhak Rabin Blvd.
HaHashmona'im Blvd.

References
  1. Dorfman, Idan (4 March 2008). "Danya Cebus Fell 20% Following Losses on Road 431". Yedioth Ahronoth. p. 19.
  2. Liron Baron (4). "הסוף לפקקים בכביש ירושלים ת"א? כביש רוחב 431 ממודיעין לראשל"צ נפתח לתנועה" [End of traffic jams on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv road? Highway 431 from Modi'in to Rishon Lezion opened to traffic]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-02-04. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Dalia Tal (22 October 2008). "ניצחון לחברה להגנת הטבע: הטקס לפתיחת כביש 431 של דניה סיבוס ממודיעין לראשל"צ לא יתקיים מחר" [Victory for the Society for the Protection of Nature: The ceremony to open Danya Cebus Highway 431 from Modi'in to Rishon Lezion will not take place tomorrow]. Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  4. Lior Baron (12 November 2008). "קצת נחת ללבייב: הקטע המערבי של כביש 431 נפתח היום לתנועה" [A bit of pleasure for Leviev: Western section of Highway 431 opened today for traffic]. Globes (in Hebrew).
  5. Menachem Bentov (4 February 2009). "הלילה נפתח לתנועה כביש 431 מודיעין-ראשל"צ" [Road 431 Modi'in-Rishon Lezion opened for traffic tonight] (in Hebrew). mcity. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  6. Judges 15:19

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