Muscat Expressway () is a major highway in
Muscat, the capital of
Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
.
The expressway runs largely parallel to
Route 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
For roads numbered ...
but further away from the coast and acts as a
relief road
A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. A bypass spec ...
. It is 54km long.
The
Batinah Expressway
The Batinah Expressway is a 256 km 8-lane highway in Oman that connects the Muscat Expressway (a relief road in Muscat, the capital of Oman) at Halban with the United Arab Emirates border at Khatmat Malaha. It opened on 6 May 2018.
Histor ...
is a 256km 8-lane highway that continues from the Muscat Expressway in
Halban
Halban is a village in Al Batinah South Governorate, in northeastern Oman.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. GeoNames database entry.search Accessed 12 May 2011. Halban is the home of the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) and ...
to the
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
border at
Khatmat Malaha Khatmat Malaha is a 24-hour border crossing between the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
In Oman, the Batinah Expressway, a 256km 8-lane highway, links the Muscat Expressway in Halban to the United Arab Emirates border at Khatmat Malaha.
Wajaja is ...
.
See also
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Sultan Qaboos Street
Sultan Qaboos Street (aka Sultan Qaboos Highway) is a major highway in Muscat, the capital of Oman. It is named after Qaboos bin Said.
The following are close to Sultan Qaboos Street:
* Madinat Al Sultan Qaboos
* Muscat International Airport ...
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Transport in Oman This article is about transport in Oman.
Highways
''total:''
62,240 km
''paved:''
29,685 km (including 1943 km of expressways)
''unpaved:''
30,545 km (2012)
Oman has two expressway grade highways, with the first 8 lane express ...
References
{{Highways in Oman
2013 establishments in Oman
Roads in Muscat, Oman
Expressways in Oman