HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced the opening of Rashidiya Bridge in both directions at the intersection of the Airport St. on Friday, Jan 5. The opening of the two bridges will ensure a smooth flow of traffic in the direction of Deira as well as Al Khawaneej.
Al Tayer also announced that the new bridge at the intersection of Casablanca intersection would be operational in mid of Jan 2018. He also revealed that the new bridge at the junction of Marrakech St. opposite to Emirates Airline building serving the traffic from Deira in the direction of the Airport St. would be opened by the end of Feb 2018. He further announced that both the Expo Bridge in the direction of Dubai Aviation Engineering Project premises, and the new Nad Al Hamar Bridge in the direction of Airport St, would be opened by the end of March 2018.
Upon completion, the project would increase the capacity of Airport St. by an additional 5000 vehicles per hour, enhance the traffic safety level, and reduce the transit time on Airport St. from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road to Casablanca St. from 30 minutes to 5 minutes.