Route 531 (Israel)

Route 531
531 כביש
Route information
Length:	7.2 km (4.5 mi) 15.2 km (9.4 mi) upon completion of western extension
Major junctions
West end:	Kfar Malal Junction
	Sokolov Interchange Tel Hai Interchange Elishama Interchange Jaljulia Junction
East end:	Horshim Interchange
Location
Major cities:	(Rishpon), (Kfar Shmaryahu), (Herzliya), Ra'anana, Kfar Malal, Kfar Saba, Elishama, Jaljulia, Horshim
Highway system
Roads in Israel Highways

Route 531 just before its current western end.

Route 531 (Hebrew: כביש 531‎‎), is a suburban freeway in the southern Sharon region of Israel, just north of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area.

Herzliya–Ra'anana extension

The highway currently begins at Kfar Malal and Kfar Saba and terminates at Highway 6. In 2008 a PFI tender was issued to continue constructing the highway westward towards Highway 20 (Ayalon Highway) near the Mediterranean coast. By doing so it will pass nearby several large cities and connect all the major north-south highways in the region: Highway 6, Highway 4 and Highway 20. The project also includes extending Highway 20 several kilometers northwards, connecting it and Route 531 to Highway 2 (the Coastal Highway) heading northbound at a new interchange near Ga'ash.^[1]

In addition, the project includes constructing a dual-track railway including a long railway tunnel and several passenger stations in the median of the highway along nearly the entire length of the road (using a design similar to the recently completed Route 431 suburban freeway). The new railway will connect the existing Hod HaSharon Railway Station to the Coastal Railway.

Shapir Engineering won the tender to extend the road and railway, but due to financial disagreements and complications caused by the worldwide financial crisis, the government canceled the PFI tender in the summer of 2010. Instead, the project will be funded directly by the treasury and managed by the National Roads Company and be split off to several sections, each of which will be tendered separately at an estimated total cost of NIS 4 billion (equivalent to slightly over US$1 billion), a move which will postpone completion by four years, to late 2016.^[2]

Interchanges & Junctions

km	Name	Type	Meaning	Location	Road(s) Crossed
Under Construction (Completion: 2016)[3][4][5][6]
(0)	מחלף Interchange			Rishpon, Kfar Shmaryahu, Herzliya	Ayalon Highway, to Highway 2
0 (3.9)	מחלף הרצליה מזרח Herzliya Mizrach Interchange		East Herzliya	Ra'anana, Herzliya	Route 541 (Derech Yerushalayim)
(5.6)	מחלף ח"ן Chen Interchange		Abbreviation of Hayim Nahman Bialik	Ra'anana	Ben Gurion St.
(7.1)	מחלף רעננה דרום (Ra'anana Darom Interchange)		Ra'anana South	Ra'anana, Kfar Malal	Highway 4, Route 554 (Tchernichovsky St.)
4.1 (8)	צומת מל"ל Malal Junction		Named after Moshe Leib Lilienblum	Kfar Malal, Kfar Saba	Route 402 (HaSharon St.) (Ein Hai St.)
4.8 (8.7)	מחלף סוקולוב Sokolov Interchange		Named after Nahum Sokolow	Kfar Saba	Sokolov St.
5.9 (9.8)	מחלף תל חי Tel Hai Interchange		Hill of Life	Kfar Saba, Hod HaSharon	Tel Hai St., Shazar St.
7.3 (11.2)	מחלף אלישמע Elishama Interchange		ult. named after Elishama, son of Ammihud	Kfar Saba, Elishama	Highway 40
9.9 (13.8)	מחלף ג'לג'וליה Jaljulia Interchange		Named after location	Jaljulia, Hagor, Horshim	Route 444, to Road 5233
11.3 (15.2)	מחלף חורשים Horshim Interchange		Ploughmen	Horshim	Highway 6

References

1. "Last Two Tenders for Route 531 Published". Port2Port. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2013-07-11.(Hebrew)
2. Avi Bar-Eli (2011-01-16). "A Year After the PFI Tender was Canceled — Route 531 Project Resumes". TheMarker. Retrieved 2011-01-16.(Hebrew)
3. "Route 531 - Between Route 402 and Highway 20". National Roads Company of Israel. Retrieved 2013-01-29.(Hebrew)
4. "Ashtrom is the winner of the tender". National Roads Company of Israel. Retrieved 2013-01-29.(Hebrew)
5. "Construction of new route 531". Israel Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructure & Road Safety. Retrieved 2013-01-29.(Hebrew)
6. http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-new-road-relieves-raanana-traffic-jams-1001095583

Coordinates: 32°10′6.18″N 34°54′35.54″E / 32.1683833°N 34.9098722°E