"Dubai Roads" opens a bridge linking Manama and Al Maidan streets with a length of 328 meters and a capacity of 4 lanes

Today, the Roads and Transport Authority inaugurated a new bridge linking Manama and Al Maidan Streets, crossing the top of the Dubai-Al Ain Road, with the cancellation of the previous roundabout, and the modification of the ends of the ramps of the bridges on Al Maidan Street. The total lengths of the bridges are 328 meters, with a capacity of four lanes in each direction. The length of the ramps of the bridges is 400 meters, and the capacity of the bridge is estimated at 16,000 vehicles per hour in both directions.

Matar Muhammad Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, said: The new bridge that connects the intersection of Manama Street with Al Maidan Street is part of the Dubai-Al Ain Road development project, which is currently being implemented by the authority, and includes the development of six main intersections, and the expansion of the road from 3 lanes. To 6 lanes in each direction, with a length of 17 km, starting from the intersection of Dubai - Al Ain Road with Emirates Road to the intersection of Bu Kadra with Ras Al Khor Street.

He added: The project included re-planning the traffic lanes at the intersection of Al Manama Street with the Dubai-Al Ain Road, and the construction of a bridge consisting of four lanes in each direction, to link Al Maidan Street and Al Manama Street, in order to serve the development projects of Meydan, noting that the intersection contributes to improving the level of Traffic safety and smooth traffic flow at the intersection during peak hours.

Completion rate 

The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors stated that the authority has completed 85% of the total project to develop the Dubai - Al Ain road, which is one of the largest infrastructure projects for road networks currently being implemented by the authority, and the number of beneficiaries is estimated at about 1.5 million people, and the project contributes upon its completion, In achieving the flow of traffic, and enhancing the linking axes with Ras Al Khor Street, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, and Emirates Street, in addition to serving the existing and future development projects on both sides of the Dubai-Al Ain road, it also contributes to doubling the capacity of the road. From 6000 vehicles per hour in each direction, to 12,000 vehicles per hour in each direction, as well as reducing the journey time on the Dubai - Al Ain road, which extends from Bukadra intersection to its intersection with Emirates Road, from 16 minutes to 8 minutes, and solving the congestion problem that was Its length reaches 2 km.

The scope of work of the second phase of the Dubai-Al-Ain road development project includes the expansion of the main road from three lanes to six lanes in each direction, in addition to the construction of new bridge intersections and service roads that ensure safe entry and exit from residential and service areas on both sides of the road. Nad Al Sheba, in addition to the intersection of Al Maidan Street with Dubai - Al Ain Road and its connection with Al Manama Street, a bridge consisting of four lanes in each direction was constructed to connect Al Maidan Street and Manama Street, as well as the development of the existing bridge on the Al Maidan and Dubai - Al Ain streets to serve the development projects of Meydan .

bridged intersections

It is worth noting that the authority recently opened a main bridge at the intersection of Nad Al Sheba Street with Dubai-Al Ain Road, with a length of 170 meters and a capacity of two lanes in each direction. And vice versa, and in an earlier stage, the completion of the bridge connections at the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road with Dubai - Al Ain Street was completed in all directions and opened to traffic completely, while work is currently underway to develop the main bridge at the same intersection to include detour movements to all directions. The other, in addition to completing the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, where the process of linking the current Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and its extension, which opened in 2018, will be completed by constructing a bridge over the Dubai - Al Ain Road consisting of four lanes in each A trend with the possibility of expanding it in the future to five lanes, and developing the existing bridge to serve the upcoming trafficFrom the Dubailand residential complex heading west to the Dubai-Al Ain road towards Dubai, and establishing a new bridge link to serve the traffic coming from Dubai heading north to the Academic City and Dubai Silicon Oasis, with the construction of service roads on both sides of the street and the establishment of bypass links to serve the rest of the movements and development projects, as from The work is expected to be completed during the second quarter of next year.

The project includes developing the intersection of Al Maidan Street with Dubai - Al Ain Road and linking it with Al Manama Street, where a bridge will be constructed consisting of four lanes in each direction to connect Al Maidan Street and Al Manama Street, as well as developing the existing bridge on Al Maidan and Dubai - Al Ain Streets to serve the development projects of Meydan.    

traffic flow

The Dubai-Al-Ain road development project, which extends for 17 km, from the intersection of Dubai-Al-Ain Road with Emirates Road to the intersection of Bu Kadra with Ras Al Khor Street, includes the expansion of the road from 3 lanes to 6 lanes in each direction, in addition to the construction of two service streets on both sides of the road. To raise the level of traffic safety, the project as a whole includes the development of six main intersections, in order to ensure the flow of traffic and serve the residential communities on both sides of the road, which include Silicon Oasis, Dubai Land Residential Complex, Liwan, Meydan and Dubai Design District. The total length of the bridges in the six intersections The project also includes the development of the intersection of the Dubai - Al Ain road, with each of the Emirates streets, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, Nad Al Sheba, Al Maidan, and Ras Al Khor, in addition to the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Street Zayed with the Dubai - Al Ain Road, which opened last year, and has a capacity of 36,000 vehicles per hour eachDirections, which contribute to the smooth flow of traffic coming from Al Qusais area on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Al Ain.

It is worth noting that the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road with Dubai - Al Ain Road includes four bridges with a length of 2,600 meters, with a capacity of two lanes, to ensure direct and free traffic in all directions at the intersection. The previous bridge on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road was developed to allow Expansion of the Dubai - Al Ain Road from three lanes to six lanes in each direction, in addition to service roads on both sides of the street, and a bridge was implemented at the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street with Dubai - Al Ain Road with a length of 220 meters and a capacity of two lanes, to provide detour traffic to Back for arrivals from Dubai. 

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