The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded the contract for the event of the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue intersection with Al Awir Highway and Al Manama Avenue, as a part of wider efforts to enhance visitors move and assist city development throughout the emirate.
The undertaking 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 Avenue and Al Awir Highway in each instructions.
As soon as accomplished, it’s anticipated to considerably enhance capability and cut back congestion alongside the hall.
Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue 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 ready to fall from 20 minutes to simply 5 minutes, with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2028.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director Basic, Chairman of the Board of Government Administrators of the Roads and Transport Authority, mentioned: “Endeavor this undertaking 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 move throughout Dubai.
“This plan helps the wants of city enlargement and inhabitants development. The undertaking serves residential and improvement areas with a mixed inhabitants of residents and guests exceeding 600,000.
“The undertaking consists of changing the prevailing roundabout right into a grade-separated intersection that permits free-flowing visitors actions in all instructions.
“The works contain establishing most important bridges on Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue with 4 lanes in every course, together with constructing ramps for right- and left-turn actions, every comprising two lanes.”
“The undertaking additionally consists of establishing a bridge on the intersection of Al Awir Highway with Emirates Highway to serve visitors heading in direction of Al Awir and Sharjah, in addition to creating parallel service roads alongside Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue and Al Awir Highway in each instructions to offer protected entry factors serving the encompassing improvement areas.”
Al Manama Avenue upgrades
He additional defined:“ The undertaking consists of upgrading the floor roads on the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue with Al Manama Avenue. The scope entails widening Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue from two to 4 lanes in every course to extend capability and enhancing the signalised floor intersection to enhance its operational effectivity and develop its visitors capability.
The undertaking may even present protected entry factors to serve the encompassing improvement areas.”
Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Avenue improvement
The development of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Avenue types a part of RTA’s broader programme of highway upgrades, which started with the event of the road’s extension via 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 Avenue.
A number of surrounding intersections had 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 Avenue with Latifa bint Hamdan Avenue close to the doorway to World Village for visitors inbound from Emirates Highway.
A signalised roundabout was constructed on the intersection with Al Qudra Avenue, together with a signalised floor intersection on the junction with Hessa Avenue. These measures characterize interim visitors options that might be additional enhanced via future upgrades.
Dubai Silicon Oasis
The undertaking additionally included enhancements alongside the part extending from Dubai–Al Ain Highway to the Educational Metropolis roundabout, overlaying 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 had been designed to make sure smoother visitors move in direction of Dubai Silicon Oasis and Zayed College, whereas enhancing motion on the Educational Metropolis roundabout.
