Al Ittihad Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Dubai Smile / Al Ittihad Bridge
Carries:Vehicles
Crosses:Dubai Creek
Locale:Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Maint:Roads and Transport Authority
Design:Arch
Length:420m (1,380feet)
Width:61.6m (202.1feet)
Height:100m (300feet)
Below:15m (49feet)
Complete:expected 2017
Open:expected 2018

Al Ittihad Bridge is a proposed 12-lane bridge across Dubai Creek in Dubai. The Bridge will connect Bur Dubai from near the Dubai Courts and Dubai Creek Park and Deira near Deira City Centre and Dubai Golf Club. It will replace the current Floating Bridge.[1] Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai reviewed the project on 30 June 2013. The project cost is estimated to be Dh1.1 billion. Contract for the construction is expected to be awarded by end of 2014[1] and construction works to be completed in 3 years.[2]

It will have 6 lanes and a footpath in both directions. It will be 61.6m (202.1feet) wide and 15m (49feet) high.[3] The arc above the bridge will be 100m (300feet), and the width of the waterway is 400m (1,300feet).[4] The crossing can accommodate around 24,000 vehicles per hour. On the Bur Dubai side the bridge will also connect with a new underpass near Rashid Hospital, while on the Deira side it will be linked with Al Ittihad Road for motorists travelling to Sharjah.[4]

The project is scheduled for opening in early 2018.[5]

Timing

The Al Ittihad Bridge was originally announced on November 15, 2008 nicknamed Dubai Smile, and also referred to as Seventh Crossing.[6] [7] The cost then estimated was Dh810 million and construction was originally expected to be complete by 2012.[8] Khaleej Times on 7 August 2012 reported that the Dubai Smile will be open for traffic in the middle of 2013.[9] This was later revised to late 2018,[10] since postponed.

It was announced on November 6, 2009 that the Floating Bridge will stay till 2014.[11] It is still in operation as of 2021.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 12-lane Al Ittihad Bridge to replace Floating Bridge - Khaleej Times. Staff Reporter. 2014-02-09. 2014-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20140208230314/http://khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data%2Ftransport%2F2014%2FFebruary%2Ftransport_February6.xml&section=transport. dead.
  2. Web site: 12-lane Al Ittihad Bridge to replace Floating Bridge; RTA approves Dh7 billion budget for 2014. Staff Report. 8 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Al Ittihad Bridge construction to begin in Dubai next year. Shafaat Shahbandari, Staff. Reporter. 1 July 2013.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140512215253/http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081116/NATIONAL/559818257 . 2014-05-12 . dead .
  5. Web site: Prequalification bids invited for new Dubai bridge. Jul 21, 2014 . constructionweekonline.com . ITP Business Publishing Ltd . 22 July 2014.
  6. News: The Dubai Smile is no bridge too far. The National. 2018-09-07. en.
  7. Web site: Dubai Smile to replace Floating Bridge. Zarooni. Mustafa Al. www.khaleejtimes.com. 2018-09-07.
  8. Web site: The Dubai Smile is no bridge too far. The National. 9 February 2014.
  9. Web site: Dubai Smile to replace Floating Bridge. Khaleej Times. 9 February 2014.
  10. News: Dubai's Al Ittihad Bridge to be ready by early 2018. Deulgaonkar. Parag. 2014-07-22. Emirates 247. 2018-05-28. en-GB.
  11. Web site: Floating Bridge will stay till 2014. Ashfaq Ahmed, Chief. Reporter. 6 November 2009.

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