The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded the contract for the event of the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road intersection with Al Awir Highway and Al Manama Road, as a part of wider efforts to enhance visitors movement and help city progress throughout the emirate.
The mission will ship 2.3km of bridges, expanded lanes, upgraded service roads, and new entry factors serving residential and improvement areas alongside Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road and Al Awir Highway in each instructions.
As soon as accomplished, it’s anticipated to considerably enhance capability and scale back congestion alongside the hall.
Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road intersection
The scheme will improve the road’s capability from 5,200 autos per hour in each instructions to 14,400 autos per hour in each instructions—a rise of 176 per cent.
Journey time alongside the route is about to fall from 20 minutes to only 5 minutes, with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2028.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director Common, Chairman of the Board of Government Administrators of the Roads and Transport Authority, stated: “Endeavor this mission is a part of RTA’s grasp plan to develop the roads, bridges, crossings, and tunnels community to accommodate rising visitors volumes, improve mobility, and guarantee smoother visitors movement throughout Dubai.
“This plan helps the wants of city enlargement and inhabitants progress. The mission serves residential and improvement areas with a mixed inhabitants of residents and guests exceeding 600,000.
“The mission contains changing the prevailing roundabout right into a grade-separated intersection that allows free-flowing visitors actions in all instructions.
“The works contain establishing most important bridges on Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road with 4 lanes in every course, together with constructing ramps for right- and left-turn actions, every comprising two lanes.”
“The mission additionally contains establishing a bridge on the intersection of Al Awir Highway with Emirates Highway to serve visitors heading in the direction of Al Awir and Sharjah, in addition to creating parallel service roads alongside Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road and Al Awir Highway in each instructions to offer secure entry factors serving the encircling improvement areas.”
Al Manama Road upgrades
He additional defined:“ The mission contains upgrading the floor roads on the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road with Al Manama Road. The scope entails widening Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road from two to 4 lanes in every course to extend capability and enhancing the signalised floor intersection to enhance its operational effectivity and broaden its visitors capability.
The mission will even present secure entry factors to serve the encircling improvement areas.”
Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Road improvement
The advance of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road types a part of RTA’s broader programme of highway upgrades, which started with the event of the road’s extension by the development of a four-lane highway in every course over a 25km stretch, from its intersection with Dubai–Al Ain Highway to the roundabout on Al Yalayis Road.
A number of surrounding intersections have been additionally upgraded as a part of these works.
A grade-separated interchange was constructed on the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road with Latifa bint Hamdan Road close to the doorway to World Village for visitors inbound from Emirates Highway.
A signalised roundabout was constructed on the intersection with Al Qudra Road, together with a signalised floor intersection on the junction with Hessa Road. These measures signify interim visitors options that shall be additional enhanced by future upgrades.
Dubai Silicon Oasis
The mission additionally included enhancements alongside the part extending from Dubai–Al Ain Highway to the Educational Metropolis roundabout, protecting roughly three kilometres.
This part concerned establishing two bridges on the Dubai Silicon Oasis intersection, every 120 metres lengthy, offering 4 lanes in every course and a complete capability of 14,400 autos per hour in each instructions.
A signalised floor intersection was additionally constructed beneath the bridges, comprising 20 lanes in all instructions with a capability of 8,000 autos per hour.
These enhancements have been designed to make sure smoother visitors movement in the direction of Dubai Silicon Oasis and Zayed College, whereas enhancing motion on the Educational Metropolis roundabout.
