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Route 234
Route 234
כביש 234
	A tractor attempts to cross the submerged Tze'elim Bridge after storms flooded the Negev.
Route information
Length	23.5 km (14.6 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Tze'elim Junction
North end	Re'im Junction
Location
Country	Israel
Highway system
	Roads in Israel; Highways;

Route 234 is a regional highway in the western part of the northern Negev leading from the Tze'elim junction to the Re'im junction in the Gaza Envelope. Its length is about 23.5 km (14.6 mi).

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.^[1]

About a kilometre long, the short section between Urim and the Urim junction was paved only towards the end of the 1990s.^[a]

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 while Nahal HaBesor flooded Route 241 near the Eshkol National Park. It is true that in 1962 a Bailey bridge, 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)

District^[2]	Location^[3]	km	mi	Name	Destinations
Southern	Tze'elim	0	0.0	צומת צאלים (Tze'elim Junction)	Route 222
	Urim	11.5	7.1		Road 2333
	Urim	13	8.1	צומת אורים (Urim Junction)	Route 241
	Re'im	23.5	14.6	צומת רעים (Re'im Junction)	Route 232
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

^ Until the construction of this section, the road from Route 241 to Urim and Tze'elim passed from an intersection located about 2 km east of the current Urim intersection. Today, this intersection is closed to traffic.

References

^ Menachem Talmi [in Hebrew] (February 20, 1961). "צאלים מנותקת - לא רק בשיטפון ..." (in Hebrew). Maariv.
^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "מחוזות משרד הפנים" [Ministry of Interior districts] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.
^ Survey of Israel (October 31, 2018). "גבולות ישובים" [Locality borders] (Map). Govmap (in Hebrew). Retrieved October 31, 2018.