I think this deserves its own thread... massive! :runaway:

Use this thread for future double decker road projects as well

Double decker road to open in 2008

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DH605m two-layer structure on Dubai's Doha street will accommodate the increasing volume of traffic.

Dubai: The first double decker road in Dubai will be built on Doha Street to cater for increasing traffic near new developments such as the Burj Dubai - deemed the tallest building in the world.

The two kilometre two-layer road is part of the bigger Ras Al Khor Road Network project, which is being built at a cost of Dh1.85 billion in line with directions from His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The double decker road will improve traffic on Al Doha Road and ensure smooth traffic flow to new development projects such as the Burj Dubai and the Dubai International Financial Centre.

The two-layer road includes three lanes towards Jumeirah and five lanes towards the Al Khail Road, and will accommodate 9,000 vehicles per hour.

This project will start in August this year to be completed in August 2008, at a cost of Dh605 million.

"All our new projects are designed to reduce traffic congestion in the whole city and not just one area," Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), told a press conference on Tuesday.

Maitha Obaid Bin Udai, Chief Executive Officer of the Traffic and Roads Department at the RTA, Nabeel Mohammad Saleh, Director of the Roads Department, and Badar Al Siri, Director of the Traffic Department, were also present to explain the upcoming road projects.

The Ras Al Khor Road network project consists of a new road corridor stretching almost 15 km from the airport tunnel in the north through to the first Intersection (Defence Roundabout) on Shaikh Zayed Road in the south.

"It is the biggest road network project ever launched in Dubai in terms of its impact on traffic in the emirate," said Al Tayer.

The project also involves the construction of Ras Al Khor Bridge (the fourth crossing over the creek) and an expressway from the first Interchange on Shaikh Zayed Road, passing through Doha Street and Jeddaf and linking with the airport tunnel via the fourth crossing.

The fourth crossing will comprise 13 lanes with six lanes towards Bur Dubai and seven lanes towards Deira. It will have a capacity of 27,000 vehicles per hour in both directions.

The new crossing will open to traffic in January 2007.

There will be a total of five free flow interchanges that will include construction of more than 20 bridges and five tunnels.

The project has been divided into six contracts.

Four of them are under construction to be completed in March 2008 while the full road network will be operational by August 2008.

i also think this project is one of the most important road developments for dubai apart from the metro and creek crossings.

i think they should not build 8 lanes, but even 10 or 12, so that they won't have to extend it later on.

remember this will not only serve BD and DIFC as main access but also BB and even The Lagoons.

what i would like to see is a whole new map showing RaK road network along with 1st IC.

also, i want to see the plans for Al Khail road which might become the new SZR in some years..

btw poor al murooj :D

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overall i really think the RTA will be able to handle the traffic in the end.
since they newly launched it, they have done so many massive things which don't only seem to be smaller improvements and trying to repair the things rushed and missed before, but really have a concept.

what i would like to see is a whole new map showing RaK road network

http://i1.tinypic.com/20f21du.jpg

Looks like 2009 is really going to be a new era in Dubai's history after all... I have lost count of the number of great projects that will be completed or partly completed by 2009

^^ lol ok thanks.

a pity well this is really important, it means access (and good access) to BD etc from Airport withouth having to use Trade centre R/A and avoid Garhoud.

they have to focus in out metha road (which they do) and al khail road (which they also do afaik)

very good. oh and they have to connect the metro to Burj dubai station from Garhoud running along al Khail road, this would mean access for BB DIFC Lagoons, festival city and even CV.

the double-decked part seems fine where it is. This road is definitely needed with business bay, etc coming up.

not enough, all roads in dubai should be double deckerd lol

now watch out for those crazy emirati teenage boys try their stunts with their white nissan patrols on top of these deckered roads ;)

^^ no way, General Dhahi will be still alive :lol:

ever wonder if they got interested in building roads in mid air...

Dubai...

now watch out for those crazy emirati teenage boys try their stunts with their white nissan patrols on top of these deckered roads ;)


:runaway:

can land cruisers fly?

About time they worked on the Defence R/A area and the Doha Road, been in need for improvement for years now. Personally that means more waiting because of construction!

lol, in post 3, if u look at the chart thing it says the project costs 603 dirhams :D

^^ 605 dirhams actually :bash:


:D

Not good! :(

They should find other solutions to solve traffick jams.

Dubai should be more like Manhattan in NY tayher than LA.
You can live with out car in NY but not in LA.

^^ People in Dubai have way too much money.... it'll hurt their ego to ride in the metro so they will never give up their SUVs :sleepy:

That is problem!
They cmpensate "something" with cars ;)
Dubai will sink with / to cars :(

Cant they create some kind of Vertu cabins to metro for rich people :weirdo:

no matter how luxurious u make the metro... it will still hurt the pride and ego of the rich in Dubai... they are too used to their Range Rovers and Benz to hop on a metro to get from say Satwa to Jumeirah...

The only way they can make people use the metro (other than the lower and middle class) is by introducing taxes for vehicle owners - london style

Or taxes like in Finland ;-D
Gasoline is at the moment 1.45 € / litre
And ofcourse you need to pay huge taxes when you buy car and use it.

More roads = more pollution. I just don't see Dubains as the ideal hybrid-loving ppl, unless the government can change the mindset of the people. I just hope the Metro reduces traffic, not increase it.

You may like the of double decker roads right but in the future it could be looked at as a mistake. It's already happened in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and many other American cities.

I dont feel any pain for al murooj. If your apartment can be out built by a double decker express way you made a poor choice. And yes agree Krazy but the culture is so hard to change. Dubai is a long way of compeating with London transport system( of course)

i drove along such a road in singapore and if done reasonable this is nothing bad, quite a good solution actually. but some trees under the elevated road and it is fine.

i drove along such a road in singapore and if done reasonable this is nothing bad, quite a good solution actually. but some trees under the elevated road and it is fine.

This road perhaps? (Just 1 of many)
There have been comments that its an eyesore but it allows traffic to bypass traffic lights on the ground level in this busy part of Singapore (near the port)and the vegetation planted beneath the viaduct helps to soften the harsh concrete environment.


Construction Period (Phases 1 & 2): June 1998 - 26 March 2006
http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/on_the_roads/road_projects/pasir_panjang/PanjangBlangah_A.PopUpPar.0001.Image.gif
http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/on_the_roads/road_projects/pasir_panjang/PanjangBlangah_B.PopUpPar.0001.Image.gif

This road perhaps? (Just 1 of many)
There have been comments that its an eyesore but it allows traffic to bypass traffic lights on the ground level in this busy part of Singapore (near the port)and the vegetation planted beneath the viaduct helps to soften the harsh concrete environment.


Construction Period (Phases 1 & 2): June 1998 - 26 March 2006
http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/on_the_roads/road_projects/pasir_panjang/PanjangBlangah_A.PopUpPar.0001.Image.gif
http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/publish/onemotoring/en/on_the_roads/road_projects/pasir_panjang/PanjangBlangah_B.PopUpPar.0001.Image.gif


There will be a suspension bridge in Dubai Beginning bridge in Khor Dubai And ends at the port of Jabal Ali 60 km 3 tracks in each direction

I think the bridge rise 7 meters or 17meters

There will be a suspension bridge in Dubai Beginning bridge in Khor Dubai And ends at the port of Jabal Ali 60 km 3 tracks in each direction

I think the bridge rise 7 meters or 17meters


wat????????????????? details pls!!!

R

wat????????????????? details pls!!!

R

This old news Dubai Municipality Bulletin news in the press

I was just told by someone that the double-decker road to run between defence roundabout and Al Khail Rd. will in fact be a tripple decker road! Dubai is not one to be outdone by the likes of Singapore.:banana:

^^ ohoh.. i am not too sure if i am supposed to be happy ..

that is going to look stupid and what is the purpose, a double decker is to serve the interchange directly, but triple? what for?

they could just widen Doha Road and it double decker road, apart from that it is going to look stupid next to Dubai Mall and Murooj Rotana will be pissed.

So if I am living in the index and want to go to the dubai mall just across the road how am I going to get there?

in the unlikely case there will be tunnel for pedestrians, use it.

if not, sit in your car, drive on Doha by the access road for DIFC, enter the new IC, exit the other way round and then turn right to Dubai Mall :D

What about doubledecker metro? ^^

21/May/2007

DOUBLE DECKER ROAD , Doha Road , near Burj Dubai

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U know what!? They should make an underpass, traffic lights/roundabout, and a flyover at the same junction! That will surely solve the traffic-at-bottleneck problems! :D

02/August/2007

DOUBLE DECKER ROADS

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Imre I love your shots ,what do you think about then future bridge in yeme and djibouti build for bin ladin(haah)

:)

that is a huge construction company , I saw their project in Geneva(Suisse) as well.

it's coming along quite fast now.. how is the diversion in this area?

Some pretty pillars. This area will be quite decked out when all is said and done.

btw- do they intend to have lanes of traffic running under the elevated roadway ? I'd assume so since that seems to be the point but their doesn't appear to be a whole lot of room between them. Maybe this will make it easier to separate through traffic from local?

^^ No there will be no traffic under the elevated road which will actually run at both sides of the existing road. It seams the elevated road willl serve the "through" traffic while the regular one will serve Dubai Mall and Burj Dubai.

yes this was said before!

Maybe anyone have a new pictures of the Doha Road? With all the new interchanges, bridges to the Dubai Mall and so on?

I will try to take some soon, gotta say though, Doha roads looks so different now in comparison to these pictures

I don't think more roads is the solution, but that's just me... More rail! :tongue2: