Bridges leading to Rashidya Metro car park open

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has inaugurated all bridges leading to the entry and exit points of the park-and-ride facilities of Rashidya Metro Station.

The bridges include the right inbound from Sharjah towards the Metro station, the traffic inbound from Abu Dhabi towards the parking of the Metro station, the right inbound from Al Khawaneej Road towards Abu Dhabi as well as the bridge from the Metro station and Al Khawaneej Road towards Mirdiff and Sharjah. 

This part of the second phase of the project’s opening, said an RTA press statement.

Maitha Bin Adai, CEO of Traffic and Roads Agency, said the construction of bridges leading to the entries and exits of the Metro station car parks comes within the RTA strategy to provide speed and smooth roads network for road users to get to Metro stations, in accordance with its master plan to upgrade the mass transit modes and attract additional numbers of riders to reduce traffic jams, pointing out that the Al Rashidya Metro station is considered one of key stations, as it is the launching pad of the Dubai Metro Red Line.

The station comprises a giant multi-storey car park that can accommodate around 2,700 vehicles so as to encourage the public to use the metro while transiting throughout Dubai.

The ground floor of the park is dedicated for public buses, which will feed the station. It was also taken into account to link the car park premises with the opposite side of the road leading to the Metro station.

"The total length of the bridge is 2.5km where its stage includes free turn junctures to the Emirates and Airport roads and it also includes the construction of two bridges on Al Khawaneej Bridge to streamline the vehicular flow from and to the Al Rashidya Metro Station Car Park. This stage was opened in coincidence with the Dubai Metro inauguration on 09/09/09. This part provides entries to the Al Rashidya Metro Station on two levels at the road incoming from Sharjah. This part is 1 km. These bridges cross Al Khawaneej Road towards the airport," she said.

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