It’s designed to accommodate as much as 900 autos per hour, offering direct entry to Mall of the Emirates automotive parks for motorists arriving from Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali.
The bridge is a part of a broader infrastructure improve across the mall, together with expanded entrances, improved intersections, enhanced pedestrian walkways, and new biking tracks — all aimed toward bettering visitors move and accessibility for residents and guests.
Enhancing the Dubai street community
Mattar Al Tayer, Director Normal, Chairman of the Board of Govt Administrators of the RTA, mentioned the challenge displays the authority’s dedication to working with actual property improvement companions to enhance the infrastructure serving Dubai’s property and retail locations.
He defined that the initiative included the development of the 300m bridge and upgrades to the Umm Suqeim junction, widening the southbound ramp and enhancing entry from Umm Suqeim Road to the present bridge resulting in the automotive parks.
Al Tayer added that 2.5 km of at-grade roads round Mall of the Emirates had been upgraded, together with six signalised intersections.
The bus station on the Mall of the Emirates Metro Station was modified, and the street adjoining to the Kempinski Resort was transformed from one-way to two-way visitors.
The works additionally included enhancements to pedestrian and biking tracks, street paving, lighting, visitors alerts, stormwater drainage, and landscaping.
Dubai visitors advantages
In accordance with Al Tayer, the brand new bridge reduces journey time for motorists coming from Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali to Mall of the Emirates from 10 minutes to only one minute.
The improve additionally enhances visitors effectivity and improves street security within the surrounding areas.
RTA may also launch the Umm Suqeim Road Enchancment Challenge this 12 months, extending 6km from its junction with Jumeirah Road to Al Khail Highway.
The challenge will improve six main junctions, connecting Umm Suqeim Road with:
- Jumeirah Road
- Al Wasl Road
- Sheikh Zayed Highway
- First Al Khail Road
- Al Asayel Road
- Al Khail Highway
The scope contains 4 bridges and two tunnels with a mixed size of three.45km. Staff will construct one of many key tunnels on the junction of Umm Suqeim Road and Jumeirah Road, that includes two lanes in every path and a signalised at-grade junction to enhance surface-level visitors move.
They may assemble one other tunnel on the junction with Al Wasl Road, offering two lanes for autos heading from Sheikh Zayed Highway in the direction of Jumeirah Road.
Engineers will add two bridges on the junction of Umm Suqeim Road and Sheikh Zayed Highway to remove present visitors overlap, together with at-grade enhancements on the First Al Khail Highway junction.
Elevated capability and connectivity
“The challenge additionally provides a lane on Umm Suqeim Road from its junction with First Al Khail Highway to Al Asayel Road, growing capability to 4 lanes in every path,” Al Tayer mentioned.
He famous that the challenge additionally contains the development and widening of two bridge crossings — one linking Al Khail Highway to Al Quoz Industrial Space, and one other connecting Umm Suqeim Road to Al Khail Highway within the path of Deira.
Mall of the Emirates redevelopment
Mall of the Emirates, which first opened in 2005, welcomes greater than 40 million guests yearly. To mark its twentieth anniversary, Majid Al Futtaim — the area’s main developer and operator of procuring malls, retail, and leisure locations — has introduced a AED5bn ($1.36bn) redevelopment of the mall.
The enlargement will add 20,000sqm of retail area, introducing as much as 100 new luxurious, trend, and way of life shops, in addition to a brand new well being membership, cultural centre, and eating district.
The redevelopment additionally options main infrastructure upgrades to boost accessibility and customer expertise.
Three five-star motels — Kempinski Resort, Novotel Suites Mall Avenue Dubai, and Sheraton Mall of the Emirates Resort — at the moment function inside Mall of the Emirates, which connects on to the Mall of the Emirates Metro Station through a pedestrian bridge.
