New Tunnel opens on Shaikh Rashid Street

A tunnel on both sides of Shaikh Rashid Street (Al Garhoud and Mina Rashid) comprising four lanes in each direction is now open for public use.

The tunnel forms part of the Improvement of Shaikh Rashid and Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Streets Intersection Project.

Early February this year, RTA opened two major bridges, one on Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street comprising two lanes in each direction, and the other was a one-lane bridge stretching from Zabeel Street to the direction of Shaikh Rashid Street.

The project is located at the intersection of Shaikh Rashid Street leading to Al Shandagha northward, and Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street leading to the intersection with Al Kuwait Street.

The development includes the construction of two bridges on Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street comprising two lanes in each direction to ease the traffic flow from the Trade Center R/A to the intersection of Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Street and Al Kuwait Street and vice versa.

It also includes the construction of another single-lane ramp stretching from Zabeel Street and heading to Shaikh Rashid Street.

It also entails the construction of a tunnel of four lanes in each direction on the Shaikh Rashid Street in the direction of the intersection with Al Mankhool Street, and a signalised junction under the bridge to provide free turns from main roads to subsidiary roads. It also includes lighting, pavement, irrigation, sewage, storm-water drainage works as well as the shifting and protecting utility lines such as electricity, water and telecommunication.

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