Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) awarded the project to build two flyover bridges, a one-lane ramp and a two-lane tunnel in the Shindagha district near Port Rashid.
The project has been awarded to Belgium based construction company, Basix Group through its local subsidiary Six Construct.
The scope of work includes bridge works, pavement structure, signing and road marking, street lighting, traffic systems, storm water drainage system and diversion and protection of the existing services.
It includes two flyover bridges along Al Khaleej Street with six lanes in each direction, a one-lane ramp from Khaled bin Al Waleed Street towards Al Khaleej Street northbound, and a two-lane tunnel for left-turn movements from Khaled Bin Al Walid Street to Mina Street southbound.
The two main bridges, 466m and 792m long, are cast-in-situ, post-tensioned, box-shaped concrete bridge structures. The tunnel is 456-m-long, made of reinforced concrete retaining wall and slab, and is covered over 85m length in the centre, under the road junction. The at-grade signalised junction under the bridge will also be improved.
The project is part of RTA’s Shindagha Corridor Improvement project, a 13km long road network along Sheikh Rashid, Al Mina, Al Khaleej, and Cairo Streets, that will be executed in five phases and is due for completion in 2027.
Project Works due for completion in 2022.
The new infrastructure will enhance the Al Falcon junction at the intersection between Al Khaleej Street, Ghubaiba Street and Khalid Bin Al Waleed Street.
Earlier, BASIX group awarded a project for 12MW Al Qusais Waste Gas to Energy Project by Dubai Municipality(read more).
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