R65 (Jordan)
| R65 in Jordan | |
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| Start of the street: | Border with Israel at the Sea of Galilee ( 32 ° 41 ′ N , 35 ° 38 ′ E ) |
| End of street: | Border crossing to Saudi Arabia south of Aqaba ( 29 ° 22 ′ N , 34 ° 58 ′ E ) |
| Overall length: | 375 km |
| of which in operation: | 375 km |
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| In the Jordan Valley | |
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Map with all coordinates: The Route 65 is a highway in Jordan . The road forms the westernmost north-south thoroughfare in the country and leads through the Jordan Rift , along the Dead Sea and through the Arava to the south. Apart from Aqaba there are no large cities along the way. The road is 375 km long.
Street description
Route 65 is a single lane and runs parallel to the border with Israel and the Palestinian territories. In the fertile Jordan Valley it connects numerous settlements, south of the Dead Sea it leads through relatively sparsely populated areas. All east-west routes in Jordan start on this road.
Route 65 begins in north-west Jordan on the border with Israel about five kilometers south of the Sea of Galilee . After about 10 kilometers, route 10 branches off to Irbid in the east . Intensive agriculture is practiced in the Jordan Valley and the road is accompanied by plantations with citrus trees and vegetable growing areas under plastic tunnels.
At the height of the Israeli city of Bet She'an , the road branches off to the west to the northern border crossing. A little later the 20 leads to Jerash in the southeast. At Deir 'Alla route 65 crosses the Jabboktal before the 30 branches off to Amman.
Route 65 passes Amman about 30 kilometers west . A side road provides access to the King Hussein border crossing ( Allenby Bridge ) into Israel. The 40 branches off at ar-Rawda, which leads via Na'ur from the south to Amman.
Then follows a very scenic route along the Dead Sea and about 400 meters below sea level. This makes the street the lowest street in the world. After the hotel zone in the north, there are only a few villages on the route. Before 'Ain Zarqa, a winding road turns east, leading up to Madaba and 35 . At the narrowest point of the Dead Sea, the Lisan Peninsula, Route 65 passes Potash City , the center of potash mining. Here the 50 goes from and past Bab edh-Dhra into the mountains to Kerak . After Safi and Feifa, the 60 , which leads via at-Tafila to the desert highway 15 , branches off as the last connecting road before Aqaba to the east.
To the south of the Dead Sea, the desert landscape rises and the road then continues to the south about 180 kilometers above sea level through the Arava Depression . After Aqaba airport, a connecting road leads to the border crossing to Eilat . Shortly from Aqaba, Route 80 joins from the east , the connection to Aqaba bypassing Route 15.
Route 65 leads through the southern port city of Aqaba and along the diving beaches along the Red Sea to the Saudi border at ad Durra. Shortly before the border, the 15 joins .
meaning
Route 65 is an important route for the supply of Jordan and connects the agricultural areas along the Jordan with the large cities in the northwest of the country. The path along the Dead Sea is important for tourism. The section further south to Aqaba is of particular strategic importance along the Israeli border and for through traffic that does not go to Aqaba on Route 15.
Cities on Route 65
literature
- Jordan. Map 1: 400,000. Publisher: Reise Know-how, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8317-7161-5
