Route 211 is a regional
arterial road
An arterial road or arterial thoroughfare is a high-capacity urban road that sits below freeways/motorways on the road hierarchy in terms of traffic flow and speed. The primary function of an arterial road is to deliver traffic from collector ...
in the southern Israel, leading from the
Nitzana Border Crossing in the west, through the shoulder of Nitsana, Shadmat Sheizaf, Shunra sands and the Kora Valley to Ramat Boker. The road ends after 41 km, at the
Tlalim junction in the center of the
Negev
The Negev or Negeb (; he, הַנֶּגֶב, hanNegév; ar, ٱلنَّقَب, an-Naqab) is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southe ...
, about south of
Beersheba
Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...
.
History
Route 211 was paved by the
British Mandate authorities during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
as part of the preparations for a possible German invasion. The participation of
Shmuel Mikunis in the construction of the road led to the name of the road: "Mykonis Road". In 1977, at the initiative of
Yekutiel Adam
Yekutiel "Kuti" Adam ( he, יקותיאל "קותי" אדם; November 3, 1927 – June 10, 1982) was an Israeli general and former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces.
Biography
He was born in Tel Aviv to Yehuda and Elisheva Ada ...
, then the Deputy Chief of Staff, the re-paving of the previously very winding road was started.
On 18 January 2010, during floods that occurred in Nahal Nitsana, the bridge carrying the road over it collapsed, and the settlements of Pethat Nitsana were cut off.
See also
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List of highways in Israel
References
{{Transportation in Israel
211
Year 211 ( CCXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, in the Roman Empire it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Terentius and Bassus (or, less frequently, year 964 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomi ...