Jerusalem Highways Expansion Continues
Jerusalem's Byte Interchange project, a 200 million shekel investment, completed a major engineering feat, promising improved traffic flow and access to Highway.
Jerusalem, 20 April, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety and the Jerusalem Municipality continue to lead an unprecedented transportation development momentum in Jerusalem, as part of the “Connecting Israel” project. As part of this, a “significant milestone” was completed yesterday in the “Byte” Interchange project, one of the key projects to improve accessibility and traffic in the capital, located on the south end of Jerusalem by the Gilo neighborhood.
At the initiative of the Ministry of Transportation and the Jerusalem Municipality, Moriah Company carried out a complex engineering operation to construct the central bridge at the interchange. The work included pouring a huge volume of approximately 3,000 cubic meters of concrete in a row, using approximately 300 trucks and 8 concrete pumps operating simultaneously for 14 hours, from evening until morning.
The Byte Interchange project, with a total investment of approximately 200 million shekels, is expected to dramatically upgrade traffic flow in the area and create a direct and fast connection between Herzog Street and Highway 16, and from there to Highway 1, as well as Begin Road. The interchange will serve as a central and alternative traffic artery that will ease existing traffic congestion and improve accessibility to and from the capital.
The plan includes two lanes in each direction, alongside a regulated bicycle path, and is fully integrated with the public transportation route (PTR) project on Herzog Street, which is expected to be completed this May. The combination of the projects is expected to lead to a comprehensive upgrade of the Herzog axis and a significant strengthening of public transportation in the city.
With the completion of the casting of the central bridge, work begins on the construction of the second bridge at the interchange, as part of an accelerated work sequence aimed at meeting the goal of opening the interchange to full traffic by the end of the year.
