Along the highway between Herzilya and Rosh Hanikra, there is a lot to see. Among these are palm tree farms (Israel has been rapidly increasing their exports of palm trees which are used in landscaping developments in sunny warm areas all over the world). Ruins of Roman Aquaducts and the tall buildings of Haifa (the image is of the Sail Tower in Haifa which is about 450 feet tall). 
All these images came from the internet. There is also an interesting transparent noise
barrier north of Caesaria and a light rail line being constructed north of Haifa (the construction detours slowed us up a bit. I couldn't find any good images of these.Haifa itself was a barrier to travel because there was no bypass. A bypass would be difficult to build and very expensive because the Haifa area is very hilly (you can see the hills on the map in the post above this one). A tunnel is under construction and is to be opened in Nov 2010 as a toll facility. It will connect the coastal highway with west Haifa. This would be a partial bypass and for some people it will take 40 minutes and fifteen miles off some of their trips.
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