Route 999 (Golan Heights)

In this article we are going to analyze Route 999 (Golan Heights) in depth, exploring its different aspects and possible implications. Route 999 (Golan Heights) is a topic that has captured the attention of many in recent years, and its relevance and impact cannot be underestimated. Throughout these pages, we will examine Route 999 (Golan Heights) from various perspectives, from its origins to its present day, including its possible future evolutions. We will address both its most positive aspects and the challenges it poses, with the aim of offering a complete and balanced view of Route 999 (Golan Heights). We hope that this analysis contributes to enriching knowledge on this topic and fostering a constructive debate around it.

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Route 999
כביש 999
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Highway 999 on Mount Dov – looking northeast.
Route information
Length29 km (18 mi)
Major junctions
West endSi'on Junction
East endThe Lower Cable Car
Location
CountryIsrael
Highway system
← Route 989 

Route 999 is an east–west regional route in the northern Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in the Six-Day War in 1967. Its access is restricted to Israeli army vehicles for almost its entire length. It begins from Si'on (Hebrew: שיאון, pronounced "see-OWN") adjacent to the community Snir and the village Ghajar, where it splits north from Highway 99. About 2 km after this junction stands an IDF checkpoint. After the checkpoint, the road moves in a northeast direction and climbs steeply on Shebaa farms in parallel with the international border between Golan Heights and Lebanon (the Blue Line). The road passes near the Shebaa farms while on its steep course in the Mount Hermon nature reserve. For the entire length of the road, IDF installations are standing, and it ends its length of 29 km with another IDF checkpoint near the lower cable car of Mount Hermon, where it meets Highway 98.

Next to the road is Mount Betarim, on which a place is marked as the location where Abraham's covenant of the pieces occurred. The road offers views through all of southern Lebanon.

Before the withdrawal of IDF troops from the security zone in southern Lebanon in 2000, civilian transport on Route 999 in coordination with the IDF was permitted. However, after the withdrawal, the road served only for secure military traffic.

Junctions (west to east)

District[1]Location[2]kmmiNameDestinationsNotes
NorthernSnir00.0צומת שיאון
(Si'on Junction)		 Highway 99
Ghajar2.21.4צומת עג'ר
(Ghajar Junction)		 Road 9970
Mount Hermon2918הרכבל התחתון
(The Lower Cable Car)		 Highway 98
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "מחוזות משרד הפנים" [Ministry of Interior districts] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "גבולות ישובים" [Locality borders] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.

See also