Bridge on Airport Street to open today, says RTA
dubai — Good news to motorists: The bridge at Marrakech Street intersection on Airport Street will open today, as part of the Airport Street Improvement Project and to ease the traffic flow towards Deira, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced.
The RTA said in a statement that the contractor has completed one of the bridges at Marrakech intersection in the direction from the Airport Street towards Al Khawaneej.
The Marrakech intersection project includes an overpass on the Airport Street, with three lanes in each direction, and a direct ramp from the bridge heading to Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. The intersection also includes constructing a two-lane tunnel to serve traffic heading left from Airport Street towards Marrakech Street. The project will cut down the waiting time on the intersection from seven minutes to less than one minute.
Beginning on Friday, the traffic movement on Airport Street (Marrakech Intersection) on Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Road and Al Khawaneej Street, will pass through Rashidiya Intersection in the direction of Deira through the new flyover.
The RTA will close the traffic movement coming from Terminal 1 of Dubai International Airport towards Deira to complete the remaining works at the new bridge at Casablanca intersection (Cargo Village).
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