The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened a section of the Dubai-Al Ain Road improvement Project, where the road has been widened from three to six lanes in the direction of Al Ain.
The 8-kilometer-long sector runs from Bu Kadra Junction to the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Dubai-Al Ain Road.
Works completed include two underpasses to serve the traffic from and to Al Meydan Road, service roads leading to the residential communities of Nad Al Sheba 1, 2, 3 and 4 as well as the new Nad Al Sheba Bridge, Meydan district and Meydan Heights.
As such, motorists coming from Dubai heading towards Nad Al Sheba 2 via the underpass are required to use the service road at Exit 6 on Oud Metha Street. Those exiting Meydan Heights heading to the Dubai-Al Ain Road are required to use the temporary road connecting the traffic from Meydan Heights through the Abjar Street heading to the mainstream Dubai-Al Ain Road, be it in the direction of Al Ain or Dubai, via Street 34 at Nad Al Sheba.
The widening project, one of the biggest infrastructure projects currently being undertaken by RTA, extends 17 km from the intersection of the Emirates Road to Bu Kadra-Ras Al Khor intersection. It encompasses widening the road and constructing service roads on both sides to boost the traffic safety.
The total length of the project’s six junctions amounts to 6,600 meters and all bridges span 4,900 meters. The project will serve the existing and future development projects on both sides of the Dubai-Al Ain Road, and also increase the road capacity to 12,000 vehicles from 6,000 vehicles in each direction.
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