New bridge leading to Expo site opened
dubai — A bridge at the intersection of the Expo Road and Al Asayel Street was opened in Dubai on Saturday, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced. The bridge is part of phase five of the roads network leading to the Expo site. The completion rate of this phase has “exceeded 50 per cent”, with construction set to be completed by June.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, said: “The RTA has opened three lanes in each direction of the bridge on the Expo Road. This phase includes the construction of bridges extending 2.6km and roads spanning about 3km. The Expo Road will be widened to six lanes in each direction over a 3-km sector. Two service roads will be added to ease the present traffic condition.”
The Expo Road will be elevated at the intersection with Al Asayel Street with a bridge of six lanes in each direction extending 800 metres. Two other bridges will be con-
structed to link Expo Road with the service road extending 1km to “ensure smooth traffic flow from and to Expo site”, Al Tayer added.
“This phase also covers the improvement of Al Asayel Street through the construction of a signalised surface junction at the intersection of the Expo and Al Asayel Streets to ensure entry and exit from the Expo Road to the Jebel Industrial Area and JAFZA.”
Phase one
The completion rate of phase one of the project has hit 43 per cent. This phase includes converting the existing roundabout at the intersection on the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road with the Expo Road to a flyover, offering free traffic flow in all directions. The Expo Road will be elevated and widened through the construction of two bridges, each of six lanes in each direction.
“These improvements will provide free turns and links, thus ensuring smooth traffic flow from the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road in both directions, and from the Expo Road to Sheikh Zayed Road. Works will also ease the traffic movement inbound from Expo northwards to the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Dubai, and from the Expo Road Southwards to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Abu Dhabi,” said the RTA.
Phase one also includes road works extending 27km on the Expo Road and widening it from four to six lanes in each direction, besides constructing service roads in both directions. Works include the construction of four bridges to enable traffic movement from and to the Expo Road and Expo site.