The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai, announced the opening of three new bridges as part of the Airport Street Improvement Project tomorrwo Friday (27 April 2018). By opening these bridges, the RTA completes the opening of all bridges on the Airport Street; which considerably contributes to easing the traffic flow. A two-lane tunnel will be opened to serve the traffic inbound from the Airport Street heading towards Marrakech Street in July this year.

Bridges to be opened include a two-lane bridge to serve the traffic from Nad Al Hamar Street to the Airport Street. This bridge will ease the snarls resulting from the overlapping traffic at Nad Al Hamar Interchange between the first circular slope heading leftward from Nad Al Hamar to the Airport Street, and the second circular slope heading leftward from the Airport Street to Nad Al Hamar Street. The traffic on the first circular slope will be limited to U-turns in the direction of Nad Al Hamar Street.

Upgrading Marrakech-Aiport Streets Junction includes the opening of a ramp leading to Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport; which enables motorists access to the building without waiting at the junction.

RTA will also open the bridge leading to the premises of the Dubai Aviation Engineering Projects (Ex location of the Dubai Airshow).

The opening of all bridges at the four junctions of the Airport Street increases the intake of the Airport Street by as much as 5000 vehicles per hour. It will also step up the traffic safety and flow. The Project is needed to cope with the sharp growth rate in the number of passengers using Dubai International Airport; which is expected to hit 92m passengers by 2020.

The Airport Improvement Project comprises upgrading four junctions. The first was Rashidiya junction; which included the construction of two bridges on the Airport Street of three lanes in each direction. The second included upgrading the Airport-Nad Al Hamar Streets Junction through constructing a two-lane ramp to serve the traffic from Nad Al Hamar Street to the Airport Street.