The 13 lane Business Bay Crossing (In
Arabic: معبر الخليج التجاري; also known as the Ras Al Khor Bridge (جسر راس الخور)) is one of the most recent bridges across
Dubai Creek and was opened to traffic in June 2007. Six lanes travel from
Deira to
Bur Dubai while seven go from Bur Dubai to Deira.
The Business Bay Crossing is located some 1.5 km South of
Al Garhoud Bridge
Al Garhoud Bridge (in Arabic: جسر القرهود) is one of three road bridges over Dubai Creek, and one of five crossings, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Al Garhoud Bridge forms the eastern end of the road toll (called Salik) that went into ...
near
Dubai Festival City
Dubai Festival City ( ar, دبي فستيفال سيتي) is a large residential, business and entertainment development in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, owned by Al-Futtaim Group. Dubai Festival City is the Middle East's largest mixed- ...
and provides a new road corridor to motorists travelling between
Bur Dubai and
Deira and to
Sharjah, in addition to
Emirates Road and
Sheikh Zayed Road.
The bridge cost 800 million
dirhams and has a capacity of 26,000 vehicles per hour. The bridge is long, and has a maritime channel with a width of and a height of .
The bridge was built by
BESIX,
a company which made some major bridges in
Dubai.
Photo gallery
Construction Photos on 31 January 2007
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Construction Photos on 7 March 2007
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Construction Photos from the air on 1 May 2007
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Construction Photo on 31 May 2007
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References
External links
More information on the Business Bay Crossing
Bridges in the United Arab Emirates
Bridges completed in 2007
Transport in Dubai
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