Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the opening of three new bridges this Friday, 27 April 2018.
The three bridges will be completing the Airport Street Improvement Project, initiative to decongest and ease traffic flow around the area of Dubai International Airport, one of busiest airports in the world. The Airport Street Improvement Project will also feature another two-lane tunnel that will serve traffic coming in from Airport Street heading toward Marrakech Street set to open in July 2018.
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, announced that the “Bridges to be opened include a two-lane bridge to serve the traffic from Nad Al Hamar Street to the Airport Street. This bridge will ease the snarls resulting from the overlapping traffic at Nad Al Hamar Interchange between the first circular slope heading leftward from Nad Al Hamar to the Airport Street, and the second circular slope heading leftward from the Airport Street to Nad Al Hamar Street. The traffic on the first circular slope will be limited to U-turns in the direction of Nad Al Hamar Street,” said Al Tayer.
“The opening of all bridges at the four junctions of the Airport Street increases the intake of the Airport Street by 5000 vehicles per hour. It would also step up the traffic safety and flow. The Project is needed to cope with the sharp growth rate in the number of passengers using Dubai International Airport, which is expected to hit 92m passengers by 2020,” continued Al Tayer.
The Airport Improvement Project comprises upgrading four junctions. The first was Rashidiya junction, which includes the construction of two bridges on the Airport Street of three lanes in each direction. The second includes upgrading the Airport-Nad Al Hamar Streets Junction through a two-lane ramp to serve the traffic from Nad Al Hamar Street to the Airport Street. The third junction includes upgrading Marrakech junction through building two bridges of three lanes in each direction along with a ramp leading to Terminal 3. And the fourth junction includes upgrading Casablanca Street junction through the construction of an additional single-lane ramp to serve the traffic from the Airport Street in the direction of Casablanca Street.