Burma Road
Burma Road in Israel was a makeshift bypass road between Kibbutz Hulda and Jerusalem, built under the supervision of General Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem. It was named for the Chinese Burma Road.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mahal memorial and Bayt Mahsir.
Mahal memorial
Memorial
Photo: Agmonsnir, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mahal memorial is situated 180 metres northeast of Burma Road.
Bayt Mahsir
Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bayt Mahsir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 10, 1948, by the Harel Brigade of Operation Makkabi. It was located 9 km west of Jerusalem. Bayt Mahsir is situated 2 km southeast of Burma Road.
HaMasrek Reserve
Protected area
HaMasrek Reserve is a nature reserve situated in the western Jerusalem Mountains, Israel, near moshav Beit Meir. HaMasrek Reserve is renowned and named for its prominent stand of Jerusalem pine trees, which are approximately 170 years old. HaMasrek Reserve is situated 2½ km southeast of Burma Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mesilat Zion and Beit Meir.
Mesilat Zion
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mesilat Zion is a moshav in central Israel. Located near the city of Beit Shemesh with an area of 1,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 942.
Beit Meir
Village
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Meir is a religious moshav in central Israel. Located around nine miles from Jerusalem, just off the Highway 1, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 678.
Eshtaol
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eshtaol is a moshav in central Israel, and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located 6 km north of the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Eshtaol is situated 3 km south of Burma Road.
Burma Road
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: makeshift bypass road built during the First Arab–Israeli War
- Categories: road and tourism
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.80901° or 31° 48′ 32″ northLongitude
35.01933° or 35° 1′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8G3QR259+JPOpenStreetMap ID
node 12607128201OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2030584
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Burma Road” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “طريق بورما (فلسطين المحتلة)”
- Arabic: “طريق بورما”
- Chinese: “博马之路”
- Czech: “Barmská cesta”
- Dutch: “Burma Road”
- German: “Burma Road”
- Hebrew: “דרך בורמה הישראלית”
- Hebrew: “דרך בורמה”
- Italian: “Burma Road”
- Italian: “strada di Birmania”
- Italian: “Strada di Birmania”
- Japanese: “ビルマ・ロード (イスラエル)”
- Polish: “Droga Birmańska”
- Portuguese: “Estrada da Birmânia”
- Russian: “Бирманская дорога”
- Russian: “Дерех Бурма”
- Spanish: “Carretera de Birmania”
- Ukrainian: “Бірманська дорога”
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