Route 234 (Israel)
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Route 234 is a regional highway in the western part of the northern
Negev The Negev ( ; ) or 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 southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...
leading from the Tze'elim junction to the
Re'im Re'im () is a secular kibbutz in southern Israel, and one of the Gaza vicinity villages. Located at the confluence of Besor Stream and Gerar Stream in the north-western Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Counc ...
junction in the
Gaza Envelope The Gaza envelope (, ''otef aza'') encompasses the populated areas in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel that are within of the Gaza Strip border and are therefore within range of Mortar (weapon), mortar shells and Qas ...
. Its length is about .


History

The section between Tze'elim and Urim was paved in the late 1950s. The Irish bridge that was paved in the channel of Nahal HaBesor, near the Tze'elim junction, was frequently flooded in winter floods and the blocking of the road by the flooding led to the disconnection of Tze'elim. About a kilometre long, the short section between Urim and the Urim junction was paved only towards the end of the 1990s. The section between the Urim junction and the Ra'im junction was paved in the 1970s and is sometimes referred to as the "Tal Or Road" because of the "Tal Or" agricultural farm located halfway along this section of road. This road was paved to allow the residents of the Eshkol Regional Council to move towards
Be'er Sheva Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most po ...
while Nahal HaBesor flooded Route 241 near the Eshkol National Park. It is true that in 1962 a
Bailey bridge A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, Prefabrication, pre-fabricated, Truss Bridge, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British Empire in World War II, British for military use during the World War II, Second World War and saw ...
, nicknamed "Abraham's Bridge", was built in its place, but this bridge was also destroyed several times in severe floods and therefore Route 234 was paved as a bypass road.


Junctions (South to North)


See also

* List of highways in Israel


Notes


References

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