Project Description

• Includes the construction of five bridges spanning 3,300 metres and road widening over 6,820 metres.
• It spread across seven locations along Al Khail Road, namely Al Jaddaf, Business Bay, Zabeel, Meydan, Al Quoz 1, Ghadeer Al Tair, and Jumeirah Village Circle.
• Includes a new approach to accelerate construction, reducing the construction period from 18 months to 9 months, an 80% reduction, by awarding contracts to multiple companies.
• 5,000 engineers and labourers were deployed, logging six million work hours, and using 650 machines and equipment daily.
• The two major bridges in the project are located at Zaa’beel and Al Quoz 1 on Al Khail Road in the direction of Jebel Ali. The total length of the two bridges is 1,350 meters, with the first bridge measuring 700 metres and the second 650 metres, and their capacity is 8,000 vehicles per hour.

Project Benefits

• It is one of the key strategic projects aimed at upgrading parallel and supporting road corridors to Sheikh Zayed Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and Emirates Road.
• Serves 1.5 million people and contributes to a 30% reduction in travel time.
• Increases the capacity of existing intersections and bridges to accommodate around 19,600 vehicles per hour.
• The Zaa’beel area bridge connects traffic coming from Zaa’beel and Oud Metha Streets towards Jebel Ali, with a capacity of 4,800 vehicles per hour.
• The Al Quoz 1 bridge connects traffic coming from Meydan Street to Al Khail Road towards Jebel Ali, with a capacity of 3,200 vehicles per hour