A new 20-km (12 mile) road was officially opened in Galilee Thursday, by-passing a dangerous passage through the town of Tiberias on the shores of Lake Tiberias. The new road cuts some 20 minutes from travelling time from Tel Aviv to Upper Galilee and avoids all built-up urban areas. The new highway follows an almost level path and skirts round the previous 600 foot drop down to below sea level. Construction work was carried out by the public works department of the government and was said to be some of the most complicated earth moving and road construction work ever carried out.
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