The project is part of the "Shindagha Corridor", with a length of 13 km
Dubai Roads opens 5 bridges leading to Deira Islands, with a length of 2571 meters
The bridges leading to Deira Islands provide a smooth flow of traffic. From the source
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Yesterday, the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai inaugurated five bridges leading to Deira Islands, which were implemented in coordination and cooperation with Nakheel. The new bridges are linked with the existing bridge that crosses the navigational waterway. The bridges project leading to Deira Islands are a major part of the Shindagha Corridor project. Which is currently being implemented by the authority, and extends along Sheikh Rashid Street, Al Mina Street, Al Khaleej Street and Cairo Street, with a length of 13 km, and its implementation comes as a translation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to complete a package of road projects related to the axis Al Shindagha.
The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Mattar Muhammad Al Tayer, said: “The new bridges and roads project contributes to providing bridging entrances and exits to Deira Islands, at the intersection of Al Khaleej Street with Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street, and the total length of bridges and ramps is 2571 meters, with a total capacity of 20,700 One vehicle per hour, where the first bridge consists of two lanes, providing free traffic for those coming from Al Khaleej Street towards the north to Deira Islands with a length of 472 meters, and a capacity of 3000 vehicles per hour, and a second bridge with a capacity of three lanes provides free traffic from Deira Islands towards the Shindagha Tunnel With a length of 503 meters, with a capacity of 4,500 vehicles per hour, and a third bridge with a capacity of two lanes, it provides free traffic movement from Deira Islands to Gulf Road in the north at a length of 647 meters, and has a capacity of 3000 vehicles per hour.
The fourth bridge is 362 meters long and consists of six lanes, with a capacity of 7,200 vehicles per hour to connect with the internal roads of Deira Islands. The length of the fifth bridge, which was completed in a previous period, is 587 meters and has a capacity of two lanes, and its capacity is estimated at 3000 vehicles per hour. The clock, and provides free traffic from Al Khaleej Street south to Deira Islands, and the implementation of the bridge intersection on Al Khaleej Street has been taken into consideration allowing the provision of two future bridges towards Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street.
The project included raising the efficiency of Al Khaleej Street with a length of 1.8 km, and providing a higher level of service and traffic safety, from Abu Hail intersection in the north to Al Baraha Hospital in the south, by adding two signal-controlled intersections at the intersection of Al Khaleej Street with Abu Hail and Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street, instead of the existing roundabouts, in addition to Building barriers, traffic lights, rainwater drainage works, diversion of services, and street lighting.
Al Tayer explained that the Al Shindagha Corridor development project is one of the largest projects currently being implemented by the authority, and due to the magnitude of the project, it has been divided into five phases, of which two phases have been completed: the development of the intersection of Sheikh Rashid Street with Oud Maitha Street (Wafi intersection), and the development of the intersection of Wafi Street. Sheikh Rashid with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Street, indicating that work is currently underway in implementing the third phase, which includes six contracts, including the project of entrances and exits to Deira Islands at Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Street, and work is underway to implement each of the Shindagha Bridge (Infinity), Which is characterized by its unique architectural design that will be a unique landmark for Dubai globally, the slope of the Infinity Bridge towards Bur Dubai, the bridges connecting with the Shindagha Tunnel, the development of the Corniche Street and the intersections on the Gulf Street, and the development of Al-Saqr intersection, and the total length of the bridges in this stage is 8.5 kilometers, while the length of the tunnels 535 meters, and the length of surface roads is eight kilometers, and the project includes 10 surface junctions, and this stage will be completed by the end of 2022.
He added: “Future plans for the Shindagha Corridor project include the implementation of the fourth phase, which includes the development of Al Khaleej Street and the intersection of Al Khaleej Street with Abu Hail Street, and the development of the intersection of Sheikh Rashid Street with Jumeirah Street, Al Mina Street and Al Mankhool Street, through the implementation of bridges of 3.4 kilometers and tunnels of 2.25 kilometers. There are six surface intersections and 5.1 kilometers of roads, and this stage is expected to be completed by the end of 2025, and the plan includes implementing the fifth stage, and includes the implementation of bridges leading to Deira Islands from the south, and the length of the bridges is estimated at 1.5 kilometers, and this stage is expected to be completed in 2027.
It should be noted that the Shindagha Corridor has a total length of 13 km, and the project includes the development of 15 intersections with the road network, and the Shindagha Corridor is surrounded by a number of large development projects, such as: Deira Islands, Dubai Waterfront, Dubai Maritime City, Port Rashid, and the axis contributes when completed Reducing the flight time on the hub from 104 minutes to 16 minutes in 2030.
Deira Islands
The Deira Islands project, developed by Nakheel, is the new waterfront of Dubai. It consists of four artificial islands that were filled in the waters of the Arabian Gulf along the Deira coast with an area of about 17 million square meters. It is the largest development project in the region. Deira, which includes the implementation of hundreds of hotels, furnished apartments, mixed-use buildings and marinas, and it is expected that the population of the project will reach about 250 thousand people.
The Bridged Interchange provides entrances and exits to Deira Islands, at the intersection of Al Khaleej Street and Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street.
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Vehicle per hour, the carrying capacity of the new bridges.
The Al Shindagha axis, when completed, reduces the flight time on the hub from 104 minutes to 16 minutes.