Dubai-Abu Dhabi Highway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with E 11. (Discuss)

This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it. Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (September 2006)

This article does not cite any references or sources. (June 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

The Dubai-Abu Dhabi Highway is a long stretch of highway that links the 2 largest cities of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, together. The project was proposed by the Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi and Dubai to Sheikh Zayed. In 1971, the project was approved and construction began. The highway was completed in 1980, 9 years after it was started. The highway starts near Maqta Bridge, Abu Dhabi and intern becomes Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai.

Currently, the highway is the most widely used highway in the Arab World. This may be because Dubai and Abu Dhabi are twin cities, and people frequently move between them. The Highway has 5 lanes on either side, and has 27 petrol stations. The highway also has been the scene of many accidents. more than 25 accidents happen on the highway in a month. This has led to installation of radar systems to stop speeding. The maximum speed limit on the Highway is 120 km/h.