New $571m Dubai-Abu Dhabi motorway to open by end-2016

Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) has announced it has completed 83 percent of the new Abu Dhabi-Dubai speedway which aims to cut congestion between the UAE’s two major cities.

The execution of the new highway followed a detailed study of the conditions and volume of daily traffic between Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

The four-lane highway will have a capacity of 8,000 vehicles per hour and will function as an alternative route to the existing E11 Abu Dhabi-Dubai highway, a statement said.

It added that the new motorway will form a strategic link that will provide an additional capacity to traffic movement particularly during peak hours.

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