Shindagha Tunnel in Dubai
The Shindagha Tunnel is one of the oldest airport tunnel began in Dubai in March
tunnels built in the Emirate of Dubai. It was 2003 and it was opened in July 2005.
inaugurated in the era of the late Sheikh The airport tunnel project is one of
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, may Allah the largest road projects in Dubai at
rest his soul in peace, in December 1975. the time, in parallel to the expansion
The length of the Shindagha Tunnel is projects
of
Dubai
International
560 meters long and is five meters high. Airport,
serving
all
traffic
sizes.
It consists of four lanes, with two lanes The airport tunnel is 1.6 km long and
in each direction, with a maximum consists of four lanes for each direction,
speed of 60 km /h, it is considered a as well as side road posts and sidewalks.
vital project that has contributed greatly The
tunnel
accommodates
16
in facilitating the traffic movement. thousand cars per hour, an average of
The tunnel is extended under the eight thousand cars in one direction.
hub
of
Dubai,
connecting
the The tunnel body and its ramparts
districts of Ras, Deira and Shindagha. were created with more than 550,000
It is the only crossing that goes cubic
meters
of
concrete
and
under
water
in
Dubai
Creek. about 1890 concrete bridges for the
The importance of the tunnel comes tunnel ceiling of precast concrete.
as it locates in Al-Shindagha area, so The aesthetic touch is reflected in
it becomes a witness on the deep- the tunnel of the airport through an
rootedness and originality of Dubai area of 75 thousand square meters of
emirate, as Al Shindagha district is colored ceramics covering its walls, in
considered the first nucleus of the city addition to more than eighty aesthetic
of Dubai and the seat of its ruler at the paintings showing the landmarks of
time. It has many historical and heritage the modern renaissance of Dubai to
buildings, including the Sheikh Saeed the users of the tunnel the landmarks
Al Maktoum House, the grandfather of the modern renaissance of Dubai.
of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin The
tunnel
contains
12
variable
Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President electronic panels located on most of
and Prime Minister of the UAE and its external intersections, and 13 other
Ruler of Dubai, God bless him, and this electronic traffic boards inside it for
house has become a museum later. monitoring and securing the traffic safety.
The tunnel also contains 115 closed-
Airport Tunnel in Dubai
circuit television cameras inside the
Construction and building of the tunnel to monitor the traffic within
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