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Chapter 3 – Road Networks
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, an d 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
The Highway network in the State of Kuwait
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