Jaffa Road

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Jaffa Road is one of Jerusalem’s oldest and most important thoroughfares, serving as a major commercial and transportation artery in the city.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jaffa Road canonical 7
Ben Yehuda Street 1
Jaffa Street 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major commercial artery
street
thoroughfare
transportation artery
connectsTo Downtown Jerusalem
linked to: downtown Jerusalem

Jaffa Gate
West Jerusalem
country Israel
hasFunction commercial street
pedestrian route
public transport corridor
shopping street
hasLandmark Central Post Office (historic building)
Mahane Yehuda Market vicinity
Safra Square (Jerusalem City Hall area)
Zion Square
hasLandUse banks
cafés
offices
restaurants
retail
hasPublicSpace plazas and squares along its length
historicalSignificance historic route linking Jerusalem to the port city of Jaffa
one of the oldest roads in Jerusalem
isMajorAxisFor Jerusalem city center development
languageOfStreetSigns Arabic
English
Hebrew
locatedIn Jerusalem
namedAfter Jaffa
orientation roughly east–west
partOf Jerusalem city center
roleInCity key public transit corridor in Jerusalem
primary commercial spine of central Jerusalem
serves commuters
local residents
tourists
terminusNear Jaffa Gate of the Old City
linked to: Jaffa Gate
underwent infrastructure modernization
pedestrianization measures
urban renewal projects
usedBy Jerusalem Light Rail
buses
pedestrians

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King George Street, Jerusalem connectsWith Ben Yehuda Street
linked to: Jaffa Road
Jaffa Gate connectsTo Jaffa Road
Givat Shaul hasRoadConnection Jaffa Road
Zion Square streetJunctionOf Jaffa Street
linked to: Jaffa Road
Jerusalem city center contains Jaffa Road
Sha'ar Yafo connectsTo Jaffa Road