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Line 1: {{Short description\|Arterial road in southern Israel}} {{Infobox road \| country = ISR \| type = Route \| route = 211 \| image = NitzanaBridge044.jpg ~~\|map=~~ \| image_notes = Bridge over Nitzana Stream that was washed away by floods of January 2010 ~~\|image=~~ \| length_km = 41 \| direction_a = South▼ ~~\|date=~~ \| terminus_a = [[Nitzana Border Crossing]]▼ ▲\|direction_a=South \| direction_b = North▼ ▲\|terminus_a=[[Nitzana Border Crossing]] \| terminus_b = [[Tlalim]]▼ ~~\|junction=~~ \| previous_route = 206 ▲\|direction_b=North \| previous_type = Route ▲\|terminus_b=[[Tlalim]] \| next_route = 222 ~~\|cities=}}~~ \| next_type = Route }} '''Route 211''' is a regional [[arterial road]] in ~~the~~ southern Israel, leading from the [[Nitzana Border Crossing]] in the west, through the shoulder of Nitsana, Shadmat Sheizaf, Shunra sands and the Kora Valley to Ramat Boker. The road ends after 41 km, at the [[Tlalim]] junction in the center of the [[Negev]], about {{cvt\|33\|km\|abbr=on}} south of [[Beersheba]]. ==History== Route 211 was paved by the [[Mandatory Palestine\|British Mandate]] authorities during [[World War II]] as part of the preparations for a possible German invasion.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/hzh/1941/03/09/01/article/29?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1~~&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9+211%22&utm_content=itonut~~\|title=מחלקת העבודות הציבוריות, הצופה\|date=9 March 1941\|publisher=[[HaTzofe]]}}</ref> The participation of [[Shmuel Mikunis]] in the construction of the road led to the name of the road: "Mykonis Road". In 1977, at the initiative of [[Yekutiel Adam]], then the Deputy Chief of Staff, the re-paving of the previously very winding road was started.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1980/01/29/01/article/168?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1~~&utm_source=he.wikipedia.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=%22%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A9+211%22&utm_content=itonut~~\|title=הכבישים של האלוף יקותיאל אדם\|date=29 January 1980\|publisher=[[Maariv (newspaper)\|Maariv]]}}</ref> On 18 January 2010, during floods that occurred in Nahal Nitsana, the bridge carrying the road over it collapsed, and the settlements of Pethat Nitsana were cut off.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://news.walla.co.il/item/1633706\|title=וואלה! - בגלל השיטפונות: תושבים נותקו ממים וחשמל \|date=18 January 2010\|website=news.walla.co.il}}</ref> ==Junctions (West to East)== {{ISRinttop\|2=name}} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=0 \|name_hebrew=צומת מבצע חורב \|name={{small\|([[Operation Horev]] Junction)}} \|location=Nitzana Border Crossing \|district=Southern \|dspan=7 \|road={{jct\|country=ISR\|Hwy\|10}} }} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=2.5 \|name_hebrew=צומת ניצנה \|name={{small\|(Nitzana Junction)}} \|location=Nitzana, Israel{{!}}Nitzana \|road={{jct\|country=ISR\|Local\|2110}} }} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=5 \|name_hebrew=צומת כמהין \|name={{small\|(Kmehin Junction)}} \|location=Kmehin \|road={{jct\|country=ISR\|Local\|2114}} }} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=7 \|name_hebrew=צומת קציעות \|name={{small\|(Ktzi'ot Junction)}} \|location=Ktzi'ot Prison \|road=Entrance to [[Ktzi'ot Prison]] }} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=22 \|name_hebrew=צומת שבטה \|name={{small\|(Shivta Junction)}} \|location=Shivta \|road=Entrance to [[Shivta]] }} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=35 \|name_hebrew=צומת אשלים \|name={{small\|(Ashalim Junction)}} \|location=Ashalim \|road={{jct\|country=ISR\|Local\|2116}} }} {{ISRint\|2=name \|km=41 \|name_hebrew=צומת טללים \|name={{small\|(Tlalim Junction)}} \|location=Tlalim \|road={{jct\|country=ISR\|Hwy\|40}} }} {{jctbtm\|col=7}} ==See also== Line 31 ⟶ 89: {{Transportation in Israel}} {{DEFAULTSORT:211}} [[Category:Roads in Israel~~\|211~~]]