The Oud Maitha Highway and Al Asayel Road improvement challenge as a part of the Sheikh Rashid Hall Improvement Challenge is greater than three-fifths full.
The foremost challenge contains the event of 4 main intersections, that includes bridges spanning 4.3 km and roads extending 14 kilometres.
It is going to enhance the capability of Oud Maitha Highway from 10,400 automobiles per hour in each instructions to fifteen,600 automobiles per hour, nearly a 50 per cent enhance, whereas decreasing journey time from 20 minutes to only 5 minutes, reaching an enchancment of 75 per cent.
Upon completion in 2030, the challenge will serve greater than 420,000 residents and improve connectivity between Al Asayel Road and Al Khail Highway by way of Al Wasl Membership Road, whereas offering a devoted exit to Oud Maitha Highway and Al Wasl Membership Road.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) introduced that the challenge contractor has accomplished 70 per cent of the bridges serving visitors actions from Al Asayel Road to Al Khail Highway northbound in the direction of Enterprise Bay Crossing, with works at the moment underway in preparation for its opening within the first quarter of the present yr.
Roughly 60 per cent of the development works on the tunnel serving visitors from Dubai–Al Ain Highway in the direction of Al Wasl Membership Road can be full. Work is ongoing on the remaining highway widenings and related bridge buildings, that are scheduled to open within the third quarter of this yr.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director Common, Chairman of the Board of Govt Administrators of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) mentioned: “Oud Maitha Highway and Al Asayel Road improvement challenge is being undertaken in step with management directives to finish the event of the Sheikh Rashid Hall to accommodate city growth and inhabitants development.
“The challenge is amongst key highway infrastructure developments, and helps a number of key service, residential, and improvement areas, most notably Zabeel, Al Jaddaf, Oud Maitha, Umm Hurair, Latifa Hospital, and Al Wasl Membership. The inhabitants of areas served by the challenge is predicted to exceed 420,000 residents by 2030.”
4 intersections
Beginning with the Oud Maitha Highway–Sheikh Rashid Highway intersection, the challenge contains the improve of 4 main intersections. Works embody the addition of a left-turn slip ramp for visitors coming from Oud Maitha Highway onto Sheikh Rashid Highway in the direction of Al Garhoud Bridge, growing capability to 1,800 automobiles per hour.
The scope additionally contains upgrading the service highway on Sheikh Rashid Highway between the present bridge and Al Zahrawi Road exit, addressing current visitors overlap and enhancing highway security for all customers. As well as, the variety of right-turn lanes for visitors travelling from Sheikh Rashid Highway to Oud Maitha Highway in the direction of Dubai–Al Ain Highway will probably be elevated from two to a few lanes.
The intersection between Oud Maitha Highway with Al Asayel Road and Al Wasl Membership Road may also be upgraded via the development of two bridges linking Al Asayel Road to Al Khail Highway by way of Al Wasl Membership Road.
The primary bridge includes two lanes, with a capability of two,400 automobiles per hour, serving visitors actions from Al Asayel Road in the direction of Al Wasl Membership Road. The second bridge may have three lanes, with a capability of three,600 automobiles per hour, serving visitors actions from Al Khail Highway in the direction of Al Asayel Highway.
As well as, the challenge contains the development of a separate two-lane bridge with a capability of two,400 automobiles per hour to accommodate left-turn actions for visitors travelling from Al Asayel Road in the direction of Oud Maitha Highway.
The third Intersection to be upgraded will probably be between Al Wasl Membership Road and Al Khail Highway via the development of a two-lane bridge serving visitors actions from Al Asayel Road to Al Khail Highway in the direction of Enterprise Bay Crossing. The scope additionally covers the improve of Al Wasl Membership Road, together with growing exit capability in the direction of Al Khail Highway to 2 lanes.
The intersection of Zabeel Palace Road with Al Khail and Oud Maitha Roads will get an additional left-turn slip lane on the ramp serving visitors actions from Al Khail Highway in the direction of Dubai–Al Ain Highway. It will enhance the capability from 900 automobiles per hour to 1,800 automobiles.

