Daughters of Jacob Bridge

Bnot Ya'akov Bridge over the Jordan River from the south. Bnot Ya'akov Bridge ( , Gesher Bnot Ya'akov ; , Jisr Banât Ya'qūb , lit. Crossing of Jacob 's Daughters) is a bridge across the Jordan River on Highway 91 in northern Israel . The area around the bridge was settled in antiquity, and a river crossing there, known as Jacob's Ford, served as part of the regional route between central Israel and Syria , along the ancient Via Maris . Archaeological remains at the site analyzed by archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Germany and the United States, found that Lower Paleolithic ancestors living on the lake shore produced stone tools, butchered animals, gathered plant food and controlled fire as early as 790,000 years ago. The bridge is of strategic military and historical significance as it is one of the few fixed crossing points over the northern Jordan River which enable access from the Golan Heights to the Upper Galilee .

Bnot Ya'akov Bailey bridge, 2015 Daughters of Jacob Bridge 1799, from the north, with the Mamluk Khan to the left Jacob's Ford is a ford on the upper Jordan River where a number of bridges were built throughout history, giving rise to the medieval name Daughters of Jacob Bridge ( , Gesher Bnot Ya'akov ; , Jisr Benat Ya'kub ). The bridges span the last natural ford of the Jordan at the southern end of the Hula Basin between the Korazim Plateau and the Golan Heights . The ford, then the bridges, have been a crossing point for thousands of years. The name Jacob's Ford goes back to the Crusades and is still in use. The best-known medieval bridge in Palestine, it was replaced in 1934 by a modern bridge further south during the draining of Lake Hula by the Palestine Land Development Company . Located southwest of the bridge are the remains of a Crusader castle known as Chastellet and east of the bridge are the remains of a Mamluk khan ( caravanserai ). Today the bridge is now part of Highway 91 and straddles the border between the Galilee and the Golan Heights (which was annexed by Israel in 1981 and formally recognized by the United States on March 25, 2019). It is of strategic military significance as it is one of the few fixed crossing points over the upper Jordan River that enable access from the Golan Heights to the Upper Galilee . The caravan route from China to Morocco via Mesopotamia and Egypt used this crossing. It was part of the ancient highway recently dubbed " Via Maris ", which was strategically important to the Ancient Egyptians , Assyrians , Hittites , Jews , Saracens early Muslims), Crusaders , Ayyubids , Mamluks , Ottomans , and modern inhabitants and armies who crossed the river at this place. The Crusaders built a castle overlooking the ford which threatened Damascus which was destroyed by Saladin in 1179 in the Battle of Jacob's Ford . The old arched stone bridge marked the northern limit of Napoleon 's advance in 1799. First to Damascus: the great ride and Lawrence of Arabia .

Bnot Ya'akov Bailey bridge, 2015 Daughters of Jacob Bridge 1799, from the north, with the Mamluk Khan to the left Daughters of Jacob Bridge ( , Gesher Bnot Ya'akov ; , Jisr Benat Ya'kub ) is a bridge that spans the last natural ford of the Jordan River at the southern end of the Hula Basin between the Korazim Plateau and the Golan Heights . It has been a crossing point for thousands of years. The Crusaders called the site Jacob's Ford . The medieval bridge was replaced in 1934 by a modern bridge further south during the draining of Lake Hula by the Palestine Land Development Company . Located southwest of the bridge are the remains of a Crusader castle known as Chastellet and east of the bridge are the remains of a Mamluk khan ( caravanserai ). The bridge is now part of Highway 91 and straddles the border between the Galilee and the Golan Heights (which was annexed by Israel in 1981). It is of strategic military significance as it is one of the few fixed crossing points over the upper Jordan River that enable access from the Golan Heights to the Upper Galilee . The caravan route from China to Morocco via Mesopotamia and Egypt used this crossing. It was part of the ancient highway recently dubbed " Via Maris ", which was strategically important to the Ancient Egyptians , Assyrians , Hittites , Jews , Saracens (early Muslims), Crusaders , Ayyubids , Mamluks , Ottomans , and modern inhabitants and armies who crossed the river at this place. The Crusaders built a castle overlooking the ford which threatened Damascus which was destroyed by Saladin in 1179 in the Battle of Jacob's Ford . The old arched stone bridge marked the northern limit of Napoleon 's advance in 1799. First to Damascus: the great ride and Lawrence of Arabia .

Bridge in northern Israel "Jacob's Ford" redirects here. The Daughters of Jacob Bridge ( Hebrew : גשר בנות יעקב , romanized : Gesher Bnot Ya'akov , Arabic : جسر بنات يعقوب , romanized : Jisr Benat Ya'kub ) is a bridge that spans the last natural ford of the Jordan River between the Korazim Plateau in northern Israel and the Golan Heights . The area has been used as a crossing point for thousands of years; it was part of the recently dubbed Via Maris , and was strategically important to the Ancient Egyptians , Assyrians , Hittites , Jews , Saracens (early Muslims), Crusaders , Ayyubids , Mamluks , Ottomans , and to modern inhabitants and armies who crossed the river at this place. The site was named Jacob's Ford ( Latin : Vadum Iacob ) by Europeans during the Crusades . A stone bridge was built by the Mamluks sometime in the 13th century, who called it Jisr Ya'kub ( lit. ' Jacob's Bridge ' ). The medieval bridge was replaced in 1934 by a modern bridge further south during the draining of Lake Hula . The bridge currently in civilian use was built in 2007. Within the vicinity of the ford is the location of a well known Paleolithic archaeological site with Acheulean artifacts dated to around 780,000 years ago. Located southwest of the medieval bridge are the remains of a crusader castle known as Chastelet and east of the bridge are the remains of a Mamluk khan ( caravanserai ). The old arched stone bridge marked the northernmost limit of Napoleon 's campaign in Syria , and was the site of the Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub during World War I . The bridge is now part of the Israeli Highway 91 and straddles the border between the Galilee and the Golan Heights . It is of strategic military significance as it is one of the few fixed crossing points over the upper Jordan River that enable access from the Golan Heights to the Upper Galilee . First to Damascus: the great ride and Lawrence of Arabia .