Besides highways in Israel proper, it includes highways in the West Bank and the Golan Heights because the Israeli administration maintains them in these areas.
Most of these are open-access arterial expressways, which may be entered from ordinary junctions.
Some are limited-access freeways, which may be entered from interchanges.
There is only one three-digit road in the country classified as a freeway, Route 431.
Two of the expressways (Highway 57 and Highway 60) are divided into several separate sections as a result of an IDF decree forbidding Israelis from travelling on certain stretches of these highways (see Notes below).