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New Floating Bridge in Dubai
and the Creek in
a floating bridge has been opened linking Omar Bin Al Khattab Road in Deira to
Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road in Bur Dubai. This floating bridge has been a big
success in relieving the stress of the traffic over
particularly at peak times.
This is a temporary structure and will be replaced by a
permanent bridge in due course but
is doing everything in its power to keep the traffic flowing around its ever
increasingly populated road systems. This is a strong indicator of how
responsibilities seriously towards its residents and visitors by putting expensive
measures in place to support its populace.
One of the biggest criticisms of
as a result of the building expansion program so it is really encouraging to
see new roads and bridges being opened up to ease the flow during rush hour.
The floating bridge in
of this in the fact that being a temporary structure, the RTA in
Dubai RTA is constantly monitoring the traffic and making
plans to ease congestion and subsequent pollution. In order to support this,
another major project is underway which the Monorail system is due to be
operational by 2009. Already its infrastructure can be seen along the main
routes along Sheik Zayed Road and will be a great bonus to ease traffic as it
links all the major shopping malls, tourist attractions and the business areas
from the City,
District right the way down to Jebel Ali.
bridge is the 4th bridge to be built over the creek to ease the traffic
congestion. It is a 6 lane bridge accommodating 6,000 vehicles during peak
hours and stretches across from Deira City Centre and Dubai Golf and Yacht Club
to Riyadh Street by Dubai Courts and
10pm the bridge is aiming at peak flow traffic and when it is replaced by its
permanent structure, it will be open on a 24 hour basis with the main aim to
reduce the traffic over
best practice when it comes to road expansion programs, studying all the
international information available and bringing in consultants to advise them
of the way forward.
aggressive expansion program to receive 15 million tourists by 2010 means it
has to keep the population moving in order to keep the place an attractive area
to visit. Traffic congestion just adds to the frustration levels of visitors
and residents alike and ruins the lifestyle-vision
Therefore it's constant upgrading of the road and bridge systems provide a
welcome relief to residents who would think seriously about staying should this
not be addressed. The new floating bridge has gone a long way to support this
and enforces
commitment to making life in this fantastic Emirate more bearable whilst all
the building is taking place.