Two Sections of Israel National Trail Closed for Bridge Construction
Translated & summarized from Walla by baba
Two sections of the Israel National Trail in northern Israel are closed for eight months starting Tuesday for the construction of a pedestrian bridge. Hikers will be directed to an alternative route ascending the Ramim Ridge. The closures affect segments near Tel Hai and Kibbutz Kfar Giladi. The Israel National Trail is a 1,100-kilometer path established in 1995.
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- Two sections of the Israel National Trail in northern Israel are closed for eight months.
- The closures are due to the construction of a new pedestrian bridge near Tel Hai and Kfar Giladi.
- Hikers will be rerouted to an alternative path ascending the Ramim Ridge.
- The affected segments include parts near the Kfar Giladi cemetery and Wadi HaShomer.
- The Israel National Trail spans 1,100 kilometers and was established in 1995.
Two sections of the Israel National Trail in northern Israel, near Tel Hai and Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, will be closed for approximately eight months starting Tuesday due to the construction of a pedestrian bridge. The closures are necessary for the building of the "Kfar Giladi-Tel Hai Suspended Bridge," located south of the entrance to Kfar Giladi. During this period, hikers will be rerouted to an alternative path that ascends the Ramim Ridge. The trail segment between the Kfar Giladi cemetery and the "Trail of the Wounded" statue will be inaccessible, as will the section beneath the bridge in Wadi HaShomer in Tel Hai, for safety reasons. The alternative route for northbound hikers involves a detour west from the northern exit of Kiryat Shmona, along the Song Promenade parallel to Route 90, before reaching the Tel Hai museum. From there, the path leads down into the olive groves of Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, then ascends the Ramim Ridge via a cow path. After the ascent, hikers will rejoin the original Israel National Trail route at an engineering structure. The Israel National Trail, established by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) in 1995, spans about 1,100 kilometers from Mount Hermon to Eilat and is marked with white, blue, and orange blazes.