Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has fully opened the upgraded Hessa Street corridor between Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, a 4.5 kilometre stretch that has always been a bottle neck.
Hessa Street is one of Dubai’s most important strategic road corridors, serving several residential and development areas, including Al Sufouh 2, Al Barsha, and Jumeirah Village Circle. This upgrade will ease congestion and improve traffic flow.
Project Details
The project includes development of four intersections. The improvements include new ramps, expanded bridges, and upgraded junctions aimed at easing bottlenecks at major intersections along the route.
The first was the intersection of Hessa Street with Sheikh Zayed Road, where a two-lane directional ramp was constructed above Dubai Metro’s Red Line to serve traffic turning right from Sheikh Zayed Road onto eastbound Hessa Street towards Emirates Road.
The second involved developing the intersection of Hessa Street with First Al Khail Street through widening the existing Hessa Street bridge from three lanes to four lanes in each direction, in addition to traffic improvements at the signal-controlled at-grade intersection.
The project also included developing the intersection of Hessa Street with Al Asayel Street. This involves increasing the number of lanes on the existing bridge from two lanes in each direction to four lanes in each direction along Hessa Street through the construction of a new bridge parallel to the existing one, alongside traffic improvements at the signal-controlled at-grade intersection.
The last upgrade covered developing intersection of Hessa Street with Al Khail Road, where a direct two-lane directional ramp was constructed to serve traffic from Hessa Street onto northbound Al Khail Road towards Sharjah, together with additional bridges at the existing interchange above Al Khail Road to serve traffic moving from Hessa Street to Al Khail Road towards Deira.
Work Begins On Phase 2
RTA recently began works on Phase 2 of Hessa Street Development Project, extending from its intersection with Al Khail Road to its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road over a 3 kilometre stretch.
The phase includes the development of 3 key intersections through constructing 8,835 metres of bridges and a 480-metre tunnel, in addition to upgrading entry and exit points on several roads.
Once completed, this section will double capacity from 4,000 vehicles per hour to 8,000 vehicles per hour, reduce travel time from 24 minutes to 5 minutes, and provide direct traffic flow between Al Khail Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.
The project serves 10 residential and development areas and is expected to benefit around 650,000 people.