Highway 20 (Israel)

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Highway 20
כביש 20
Ayalon Highway Hebrew: נתיבי איילון, romanized: Netivei Ayalon
Arlozorov Interchange
Route information
Length	29 km (18 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Rishon LeZion (Holot Interchange)
Major intersections	Holon Interchange Kibbutz Galuyot Interchange La Guardia Interchange Glilot Interchange
North end	Ga'ash
Location
Country	Israel
Major cities	Holon, Herzliya, Bat Yam, Tel Aviv, Givatayim, Ramat Gan
Highway system
Roads in Israel Highways
← Highway 16 → Highway 22

Highway 20, more commonly known as the Ayalon Highway,^[1] or simply Ayalon (Hebrew: נתיבי איילון, pronounced: Netivei Ayalon, lit. "Ayalon lanes"), is a major inter city freeway in Gush Dan, Israel. The road runs along the eastern border of central Tel Aviv from north to south (with a planned east-west branch as well) and connects all of the major highways leading to the city—such as Highway 4 from Ashdod and the Southern regions, Highway 2 from Haifa and the Northern regions, Highway 5 from the East, and Highway 1 from Jerusalem and the Southeast. The Ayalon Highway is heavily used; on an average day, almost 600,000 vehicles enter the freeway.^[2] It consists of a multi-lane highway with a multi-track railway located between the opposite travel lanes. Some of the highway's route is along the Ayalon River, hence its name. It is made of primarily asphalt.