The Highway network in the State of Kuwait
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Chapter 3 – Road Networks
The Highway network is divided into three kinds of roads:
First : The Ring Roads:
Is a network of highways based in Kuwait City and intersect with radial roads and main highways, and it is divided
as follows :
A ring road surrounding the city of Kuwait that has free junctions with radial and main roads
that pass through it.
1st Ring road
Starts from the intersection with the Arabian Gulf Street to the east and extends westward
intersecting (free junctions with flyovers), respectively, with each of the roads of independence
- Cairo - Damascus - Riyadh - Al-Jahra - and ends with Gamal Abdel Nasser Street.
2nd Ring road
Starts from the intersection with the Arabian Gulf Street to the east and extends to the west of
the industrial area until Muhammad bin Qasim road, intersecting (free junctions with flyovers),
respectively, with each of the roads of independence - Cairo - Damascus - Riyadh - Airport.
3rd Ring road
Starts east from its intersection with the Fahaheel highway and extends westward to Gamal
Abdel Nasser road, intersecting (free junctions with flyovers and tunnels and multi-level
intersections), respectively, with each of the roads of Tunisia - Morocco - Damascus - Riyadh -
Muhammad Bin Qasim – Al-Edam Hospital Roundabout.
4th Ring road
Starts east from its intersection with the Fahaheel highway and extends westward to the Ardiya
area until it joins with the Sixth Ring Road and the road leading to the Doha area through
intersecting (intersections take different forms depending on traffic and land conditions from
free intersections, flyovers, tunnels and multi-level intersections), respectively, with each of the
roads of Custodian of the Two Mosques - Damascus - King Faisal - Ghazali - Muhammad bin
Qasim.
5th Ring road
Starts east of Masila roundabout and extends west to join with the Seventh Ring Road and
Doha Expressway and continue until the north of Mutla area where it ends at its intersection
with the Sixth Al-Jahra / Subiya road through intersecting (intersections take different forms
depending on traffic and land conditions from free intersections, flyovers, tunnels and multi-
level intersections), respectively, with each of the roads of Custodian of the Two Mosques -
Fahaheel - Airport - Ghazali.
6th Ring road
Starts east from the intersection of Fahaheel and extends from the west with Commercial
Fintas area, then intersecting with the Custodian of the Two Mosques road - Western Aqeelah
- then Mugwa, then the external highway and Sulaibiya, eventually joining with the Fifth and
Sixth Ring Roads and Al-Jahra.
7th Ring road
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