Highway 12 (Israel)

Highway 12
כביש 12 Kvish Shteim-'Esrei
Route information
Length:	71 km (44 mi)
Major junctions
South end:	Eilat city center (Hwy 90)
	HaNoflim Square Chabad Square Rabin Square Yotam Square Netafim Border Crossing Sayarim Junction (Hwy 10) entrance to Ovda Airport
North end:	Shizafon Junction (Hwy 40)
Location
Major cities:	Eilat
Highway system
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Highway 12 entering Eilat.

Highway 12 is a single carriageway road in the South District of Israel. It surrounds the mountains of Eilat from the north and west, and it connects Eilat to Highway 10 and Highway 40, which lead toward central Israel. Highway 10 continues north toward the Gaza Strip, whereas Highway 40 proceeds to Beersheba via Mizpe Ramon.

Description of the route from south to north

Highway 12 begins as an urban boulevard in Eilat exiting the city to the west. It then runs northwest toward the border of Israel with Egypt. Then it turns north past the Netafim Border Crossing and the northern mountains of Eilat.

At Sayarim junction it intersects with Highway 10. It continues northeast past Ovda airport and reaches its north terminus at Shizafon junction, where it intersects with Highway 40.

Junctions (south to north)

km	Name	Type	Meaning	Location	Road(s) Crossed
↓Eilat Municipality↓
Yotam Street
0				city center	Highway 90 (Derech HaArava)
0.25				Tzofit	Topaz St.
0.5				Tzofit	Nevi'ot St.
0.65	ככר הנופלים (HaNoflim Square)			Tzofit	Hativat HaNegev Blvd.
0.9				Ophir, Banah Beitecha	Eilot Blvd.
0.95				Ophir	Kikar Grof
1.05				Ophir	Keidar St.
1.2				Ophir, Banah Beitecha	Shkhoret St.
1.24				Ophir	Efroni St.
1.3	ככר ח"בד (Chabad Square)		named after Chabad	Ophir, Banah Beitecha	Argaman Blvd.
1.65	ככר רבין (Rabin Square)		named after Yitzhak Rabin	Mitzpe Yam	Sheshet HaYamim Blvd.
1.96				Mitzpe Yam	Karish St.
2.6	ככר יותם (Yotam Square)		named after Jotham of Judah	Rova' Shivtei Yisrael	Derech HaGai, Derech Harim
↑Eilat Municipality↑
3.6				Ramat Yotam Fuel Tank Farm	entrance road
4.1				Camp Yotam	entrance road
5				Edom Munitions Depot	entrance road
5.8				Camp Har Asa	entrance road
12				Netafim Border Crossing	entrance road
19				Camp Uzziah	entrance road
41	צומת סיירים (Sayarim Junction)		military scouts	Sayarim Valley	Highway 10
47				Sayarim Army Base, Armor Corps Training School	entrance road
56				Ovda Airport	entrance road
63				Military Combat Engineering School	entrance road
65				Ovda IAF Airbase, Shaharut	entrance road
71	צומת שיזפון (Shizafon Junction)			Neot Semadar, Neve Harif	Highway 40

See also

• List of highways in Israel

Coordinates: 29°54′39″N 34°52′33″E / 29.91083°N 34.87583°E