الباب الأول – المشاريع
Chapter 1 - Projects
Third:
Al-Jahra Road Development project:
Commencement date: September 2010.
Completion progress until September 2014: 60.5%.
The development of Jahra Road project is one of the largest multi-storeys infrastructure projects in Kuwait and it is
almost the first of its kind. The project is composed of three layers. On the international level it is considered one of the
major and important projects, especially that there is a huge team of workers of up to 3,600 workers that are spread
over the sections of the whole project.
The project will be a turning point, and one of the solutions to the traffic congestion. The project will contribute
significantly to the separation of crossing traffic and local traffic and raise the capacity of the Jahra Road, which will
reduce both traffic congestion and traffic accidents rates, it will also contributes to raising the level of services to road
users.
These modern technologies have several advantages, as it helps in the bridge’s construction, specially that the project
consists of several bridges and slopes that are called “The three-layers bridges”, which are all connected together, and
that what makes the casting work so precise and needs huge cranes and advanced, more efficient technologies . This
technology will also contribute in decreasing the working time by 20%
The project needs 8395 pieces to complete the whole bridge, transported to the working fields through huge trailers.
12-16 pieces are manufactured daily.
The hanged crane is a huge crane that is 140 meters high and weighs 500 Tons, so it is able to lift the bridge’s pieces
which weighs about 120 Tons. The pieces are lifted above the bridge in order to install and tighten them with wires that
can withstand high-pressure power.
The project’s stages:
Stage 1: From al-Jahra gate to the Airport road
Stage 2: From the United States’ roundabout to the Hospitals road
(Sabah Healthcare area)
Stage 3: From the hospitals road to the Gazali road
Stage 4: From the Gazali road to the Airport road
Stage 5: The Gazali intersection
Structural works:
Constructing 17.7 km of flyovers by the pre-cast cutting method.
7.3 km on the main Al-Jahra road, and 2.4 km on the intersected
roads with it .
8 km of ramps.
Tunnel’s length: 620 meters.
الدليل الإحصائي السنوي Statistical Year Book 97
2- أهم المشاريع الجارية
The most important
Ongoing projects