3.3. ISRAEL

Highway 6, also known as the Cross-Israel Highway, is a 300km highway along the eastern part of Israel from south of Beer sheva to the Galilee in the north. The central section of the road, named after Yitzhak Rabin, stretched 86km from Hadera to Gedera, connecting Israel's northern and southern regions. It was constructed by Derech Eretz Group and included a fully electronic free flow tolling system. Road 6 constitutes a primary traffic passage from the central region to both the north and south and served as an alternative route to the existing roads, Road 4 (Geha Road) and Road 2 (the Coastal Road). Road 6 also diverts traffic to the central region of the country in order to reduce vehicle density and pollution in the Tel Aviv region. Costing a total of $1.3 billion, Highway 6 is the largest infrastructure project in the history of the State of Israel.