2024-04-14 08:15:39
In implementation of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai (may God protect him), to complete the stages of the Shindagha Axis development project, to keep pace with the continuous development witnessed by the region along the axis, to accommodate the needs of population growth, and to follow up with His Highness Sheikh Hamdan. Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, the Roads and Transport Authority has awarded a contract for the implementation of the Gulf Street Tunnel project, which extends from the end of the slope of the Infinity Bridge in Deira, to the intersection of Gulf Street and Cairo Street. The length of the tunnel is 1,650 meters. With a capacity of three lanes in each direction, with a capacity of 12,000 vehicles per hour in both directions.
His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, said: The tunnel implementation project is part of the Shindagha Axis development project, which is one of the largest projects currently implemented by the Authority, and extends along Sheikh Rashid Street, Al Mina Street, Al Khaleej Street, and Cairo Street, with a length of 13 kilometers. It includes the development of 15 interchanges, and serves a number of vital residential areas and development projects, the most important of which are Dubai Islands, Dubai Waterfront, Dubai Maritime City, and Port Rashid. The number of residents served by the project is estimated at one million people, and developing the axis contributes to reducing the travel time from 104 minutes to 16 minutes by 2030 AD.
He added: The project, which is part of the fourth phase, includes the implementation of the Gulf Street Tunnel with a capacity of three lanes in each direction and a length of 1,650 metres, to provide free and smooth traffic movement for those coming from the Infinity Bridge towards Deira and vice versa. It also includes developing the Cairo-Al-Wahida Street intersection with roundabouts. To intersections controlled by traffic lights, as well as implementing some improvements on Cairo Street, and connecting the slope of the bridge coming from Dubai Islands to the new tunnel on Al Khaleej Street towards the north, indicating that this phase of the project serves the areas of Abu Hail, Al Wahida, and Al Mamzar, in addition to development projects. They are: Dubai Islands, Dubai Waterfront, Waterfront Souk, and Hamriya Port.
Underway
His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer explained that the Roads and Transport Authority is currently implementing the project to develop Sheikh Rashid Street from its intersection with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road, to Al Saqr Intersection on Al Mina Street, with a length of 4.8 km, and includes the implementation of three bridges with a total length of 3.1 km, with a capacity of 19,400 vehicles. per hour for all lanes, and includes the implementation of a bridge with a length of 1,335 metres, with a capacity of three lanes in each direction, to ensure the flow of traffic between Sheikh Rashid Street and Al Saqr Intersection. The capacity of the bridge is estimated at approximately 10,800 vehicles per hour in both directions. It also includes the implementation of a bridge with a length of 780 metres. With a capacity of three lanes, it serves traffic coming from Al Saqr Interchange towards Al Wasl Street, with a capacity of 5,400 vehicles per hour, while the length of the third bridge is 985 metres, with a capacity of two lanes, and serves traffic coming from Jumeirah Street to Al Mina Street towards Falcon Intersection, and its capacity is estimated. With a capacity of 3,200 vehicles per hour, the project also includes developing 4.8 km of roads, in addition to developing surface intersections on Jumeirah Street, Al Mina Street, and Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Street, and constructing two pedestrian bridges, the first on Sheikh Rashid Street, and the second on Al Mina Street. The project also includes road lighting works, traffic systems, a rainwater drainage network, and an irrigation systems network.
Completed stages
It should be noted that the Roads and Transport Authority has developed a number of intersections within Al Shindagha Axis, including the opening of the intersection of Sheikh Rashid Street with Oud Maitha Street (Wafi Interchange), and the intersection of Sheikh Rashid Street with Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Street, which included the construction of two bridges on Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street. Zayed Road, with a capacity of two lanes in each direction, a bridge from Zabeel Street towards Sheikh Rashid Street, with a capacity of one lane, and a tunnel on Sheikh Rashid Street towards the intersection of Sheikh Rashid Street with Al Mankhool Street, with a capacity of four lanes in each direction, and five bridges were opened, providing bridged entrances and exits. Dubai Islands at the intersection of Al Khaleej Street with Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street. The total length of the bridges and ramps reached 2,571 meters, and their capacity is estimated at about 20,700 vehicles per hour. It also opened a main bridge on Al Khaleej Street, 570 meters long, with a capacity of three lanes towards Bur Dubai, and a surface intersection on Al Khaleej Street, with Omar Bin Al Khattab Street. The bridge serves traffic on Al Khaleej Street coming from the Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street intersection and traffic coming from Dubai Islands towards Al Shindagha Tunnel. Its capacity is 4,800 vehicles per hour. At the beginning of last year, the Authority completed the Infinity Bridge. infinity), which is approximately 295 meters long, with a capacity of six lanes in each direction, in addition to a shared path for pedestrians and bicycles three meters wide. The bridge is surmounted by an arch in the shape of the infinity sign with a height of 42 meters. It is one of the distinguished projects in terms of design as it is based on In its idea of infinity, it expresses Dubai’s unlimited ambitions, and the bridge, designed by the unique architect, is a unique sign for Dubai globally.
Falcon Cross
The Authority also completed the Falcon Interchange development project, which includes the implementation of two bridges along Al Khaleej Street, the first with a length of 750 meters in the northern direction, and the second with a length of 1,075 meters in the southern direction, with a capacity of 6 lanes in each direction, with a capacity of up to 24,000 vehicles per hour in both directions. The project includes the construction of a single-lane bridge for right-turn movement from Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Street to Al-Khaleej Street, with a length of 250 metres, with a capacity of up to 1,600 vehicles per hour, and the construction of a two-lane tunnel for left-turn movement from Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Street to Al-Mina Street, with a length of 500 metres. With a capacity of up to 3,200 vehicles per hour, as well as the construction of a surface intersection controlled by a traffic light linking Al Khaleej Street with Al Ghubaiba Street and Khalid bin Al Waleed Street.
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