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Dubai Opens 600-Metre Al Qudra Road Bridge to Cut Delays

A second 700‑metre bridge is slated to open on February 15 to advance the corridor upgrade.

Overview

  • The RTA opened a four-lane, 600‑metre span on February 8 at Al Qudra Road’s junction with the link between Arabian Ranches and Dubai Studio City.
  • The authority reports junction capacity rising 191% to 19,200 vehicles per hour from 6,600.
  • Reported delays at the junction dropped 55%, cutting average waits from 113 seconds to 52 seconds.
  • Journey times along the corridor are projected to fall from roughly 9.4–10 minutes to about 2.8–3 minutes.
  • A 700‑metre northern bridge at Al Qudra and Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street is scheduled to open on February 15, part of a wider 2.7‑kilometre bridges program and 11.6 kilometres of road upgrades serving about 400,000 people.