Dubai airport tunnel longest and the widest tunnel in the Middle East, Al Khalil Road, Business Bay

Описание: Al Khail Road,
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E 44 is one of the main roads of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The road connects the city of Dubai to the town of Hatta. In Dubai, the city is also referred to as Al Khail Road, Ras al Khor Road and, Al Aweer Road Dubai-Hatta Highway. E 44 also connects the UAE with Oman.

E 44 originates (as Al Khail Road) in Al Barsha, Dubai and runs roughly parallel to E 11 (Sheikh Zayed Road) and E 311 (Emirates Road). It is referred to as Ras Al Khor Road after the E 44-Oud Mehta Road junction near Dubai Creek. E 44 terminates in the town of Hatta.


Dubai airport tunnel
The Dubai Airport tunnel is the longest and the widest tunnel in the Middle East, connecting Al Qusais in the north to Al Khawaneej in the south of Dubai. The tunnel is designed to ease traffic flow and reduce congestion from Dubai to the Northern Emirates and vice-versa.


Business Bay Crossing
The 13 lane Business Bay Crossing,also known as the Ras Al Khor Bridge is one of the bridges across Dubai Creek and was opened to traffic in June 2007. Six lanes travel from Deira to Bur Dubai while seven go from Bur Dubai to Deira.

The Business Bay Crossing is located some 1.5 km South of Al Garhoud Bridge near Dubai Festival City and provides a new road corridor to motorists travelling between Bur Dubai and Deira and to Sharjah, in addition to Emirates Road and Sheikh Zayed Road.

The bridge cost 800 million dirhams and has a capacity of 26,000 vehicles per hour. The bridge is 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long, and has a maritime channel with a width of 60 metres (196.850 ft) and a height of 15 metres (49.212 ft).

The bridge was built by BESIX,[1] a company which made some major bridges in Dubai