Roads in Kuwait are mostly

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. Roadways are extend up to 6,500 km, of which 4,900 km is paved. As of 2000, there were about 552,400 passenger cars and 167,800 commercial vehicles. On major roads like the ring roads, the maximum speed is 120 km/h. There are cameras on all major roads, highways, ring roads and near traffic lights. The Kuwaiti government spends nearly 450

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for these cameras.

Road System

* 1st Ring road (also called Sabah I road): The road runs mainly in

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

and starts from near

Souq Sharq The Souk Sharq is a major shopping center in Kuwait City, Kuwait. The center began as a traditional souq but as the city has undergone investment it has expanded into a modernized shopping mall of approximately area. Overview On its two floors, ...

and ends at Sheraton Circle. * 2nd Ring road (also called Khalid Yousef Al-Marzouq road): Starts at the east side of Gulf road and ends at the Gulf road

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. * 3rd Ring road (also called Abdullah Al-Mutawaa road): Begins at Gulf road and ends near Green Island. * 4th Ring road (also called Hussien Al-Roumi road): Starts in

Salmiya Salmiya (Arabic السالمية; transliterated As-Sālmīya(h)) is a city in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. Salmiya is administratively divided into 12 blocks. The blocks located closer to the interior of the district tend to be mostly resid ...

, runs through

Shuwaikh Shuwaikh ( ar, الشويخ) is a seaside district of Kuwait City in Kuwait. It comprises eight blocks. Shuwaikh also has an industrial area, a port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, ...

& Al-Rai and ends at the

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maternity hospital. * 5th Ring road (also called

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ( ar, زَايِد بِن سُلْطَان آل نَهْيَان, Zāyed bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati politician, statesman, and philanthropist who served as ...

road): Begins from the gulf road in Salmiya and ends at Jahra. It is the longest ring road. * 6th Ring road (also called

Jassem Al-Kharafi Jassem Al-Kharafi, ( ar, جاسم محمد عبدالمحسن الخرافي, 1940 – May 21, 2015) was a Kuwaiti oligarch who was the speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from 1999 to 2011. In his capacity as Speaker in 2006, Al-Kharafi pl ...

road): Down at the end of the gulf road is the sixth ring road, which begins when it intersects Highway 30. The road ends at Jahra. * 7th Ring road (also called

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road): Starts from Abu Fatira when Coastal road meets with

Fahaheel Fahaheel ( afb, الفحيحيل, li-Fḥēḥīl) is an area in Kuwait, located in the Ahmadi Governorate. It is located east of the Ahmadi area and is on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The Fahaheel Fish Market is a major fish market in Kuwait. ...

Motorway. The road ends at Sulaibya. * Highway 30 & 40 (also called

King Abdulaziz Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud ( ar, عبد العزيز بن عبد الرحمن آل سعود, ʿAbd al ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd ar Raḥman Āl Suʿūd; 15 January 1875Ibn Saud's birth year has been a source of debate. It is generally accepted ...

road and

King Fahd Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ar, فهد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ''Fahd ibn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz Āl Suʿūd'', ; 1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was a Saudi Arabian politician who was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia fro ...

road respectively): Runs parallel to each other. It serves

Mahboula Mahboula ( ar , text=المهبولة , lit=mad woman) is a Kuwaiti district on the Persian Gulf, south of Kuwait City. It is located in the Ahmadi Governorate between Fintās and Abu Halifa. In the mid-2000s, Mahboula was essentially "un ...

, Ahmadi and Fintas. The road helps the residents of the towns to go to Kuwait City. Later, the road joins and heads towards to

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. It is used to get to

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. There are other Highways which intersect the ring roads like Highway 50, 55, 60, 70, 80 (

Highway of Death The Highway of Death ( ''ṭarīq al-mawt'') is a six-lane highway between Kuwait and Iraq, officially known as Highway 80. It runs from Kuwait City to the border town of Safwan in Iraq and then on to the Iraqi city of Basra. The road was used ...

), 85 and 801. Many ring roads are connected to highways...

Road System

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