Chapter 3
– Road Networks –
The Highway network in the State of Kuwait
Third:
International (border) roads:
Due to the geographical location of the country, it the internal road networks have been linked with the international road
networks with neighboring countries. The linking process has been done by international standards, both in terms of
direction duplication or endurance specifications for heavy transport or the types of services required as well as to take
into account the availability of international guidance signs, and it is divided as follows :
This road runs from the end of Fahaheel Expressway until the southern border of Kuwait with Saudi
Arabia. It is linking Kuwait City (the capital), the port of Abdullah, oil industries centers, and the
southern borders. This road serves the international traffic between the north and south of the Gulf
States.
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This route starts from the edges area west of the village of Al-Jahra and extends westward until Salmi
area on Kuwait's border with Saudi Arabia. The route serves the international road traffic heading to
and from the north-western part of the Gulf region.
Al-Salmi
This road starts from Al-Mitlaa area in front of Al-Jahra village, it is an extension to the AL-Jahra
highway to connect the country with the other northern countries
Al-Abdili
Fourth: Bridges and tunnels:
The bridges and tunnels built in Kuwait contributed largely in reaching a solution for the traffic crisis, some of these
bridges as follows :
The length of the bridge is 2 km. It is a part of the Ghazali road. The road’s southern intersection
extends with Gamal Abdel Nasser Street passing above the Second and Third Ring Roads and under
the Fourth Ring Road by an underground tunnel. The roads below it serve as various entrances and
exits and to serve the traffic to the areas that it passes through. The bridge mainly supports the
transportation of goods from and to the Shuwaikh seaport.
Gazali bridge
The bridge has been implemented to link the Bobyan island and other parts of Kuwait with Al-Subiya
area. It consists of several parts; the middle part is a concrete bridge that passes above the navigation
canal with a length of 2 km. The other parts are asphalt road of approximately 3 km long that connects
Al-jahra and Subiya
Bobyan
bridge
This tunnel is part of the project to establish an extension through Riyadh highway that intersect with
the First Ring Road highway and Al-Soor Street. It is provided with a pump to raise the rainwater to the
rainwater sewage network surrounding the tunnel. The tunnel has contributed to resolving the traffic
crisis in the ministries complex area to a large extent and it connects many of the highways to the
heart of the capital.
The
ministries
complex
tunnel
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