UAE | Traffic and Transport
Floating bridge completed in just 300 days
Project staff who helped complete the floating bridge in record time of 300 days were honoured by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
- By Alia Al Theeb, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:32 July 20, 2007
- Image Credit: Gulf News
- The floating bridge which is 360 metres in length, extends from the intersection beside City Centre and Dubai Golf Club in Deira and ends at the intersection at Al Riyadh Street, between Dubai Courts and Creek Park.
Dubai: Project staff who helped complete the floating bridge in record time of 300 days were honoured by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman and Executive Director of the RTA said, "We were racing against time to inaugurate the bridge and help alleviate traffic congestion on Al Maktoum and Al Garhoud Bridges."
He said the floating bridge consists of three lanes on each direction and has a capacity of 3,000 vehicles in each direction in the morning and evening peak hours. The mobile part allows the opening and closure of the bridge within 10 minutes to give way to the maritime movement in the creek.
Hollow slabs
"Initial indicators confirm that it has contributed a great deal to reducing traffic jams on bridges and the movement on the intersections leading to the bridges in Deira and Bur Dubai has become smoother," he said.
The floating bridge which is 360 metres in length, extends from the intersection beside City Centre and Dubai Golf Club in Deira and ends at the intersection at Al Riyadh Street, between Dubai Courts and Creek Park.
Al Tayer said that the floating bridge consists of concrete slabs which are hollow and each slab is six metres wide and 20 metres long. The total cost of the project is Dh155 million.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Al Tayer gave awards to Hamid Zagho, Deputy Chairman of Parsons, the consultant supervising the floating bridge project; Klaus Aldlips Director General of Wagner Bureau Gulf, the company executing the bridge and top officials from the two companies.
Your comments
It's amazing work, it helps to reduce the traffic congestion, especially from Sharjah to Jebel Ali.
Anil
Dubai,UAE
Posted: July 21, 2007, 14:33
First of all I should thank the RTA for the wonderful idea that has been put in to ease traffic. As a salesman I have been driving in this road for the past three years and now I can compare the easiness in roads, and I say it's cool. I feel more relaxed in my work and I don't have to hurry to get to the road and moreover, I did use the bridge and its a great piece of art and technology.
Kannan
Dubai,UAE
Posted: July 21, 2007, 08:11
Implementing this new floating bridge is a great move by the Dubai government.
Jesbir
Dubai,UAE
Posted: July 21, 2007, 08:03
More from UAE Traffic and Transport
More from UAE
Latest news
- Youngsters dance and raise cash for charity
- Dubai departments upgrade services
- Get yourself a free test for diabetes
- Ensuring a safety net for intellectual property
- Reader's issue addressed
- 5,552 illegals held in Dubai this year
- Man cleared because he took drugs in France
- Man charged with trafficking women
- Auditors to probe Mizin graft case
- Breaking down cultural barriers with photographs
- Abu Dhabi Crown Prince visits Islamic centre
- Police's secret source scheme reaps rewards
- Transfusion centre launches new toll free number
- Mirror, mirror show me the way
- Smart e-Gate system launched
Community Reports
-
Mirror, mirror show me the way
Driver on Salam Street had so many boxes and fruits piled into car, he would not be able to view rear or right side mirrors
-
Parents should be more vigilant
Reader's picture highlights risk of negligence by caretakers
-
Warming up to ‘Mobilise the Earth' theme
Dubai school dedicates a whole week to celebrating Earth Day with can-collection drives, sapling plantation and painting competition among others
-
Drivers using mobiles put others' lives at risk
Speeding is dangerous for the driver and other motorists
