The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is able to open the primary 820-meter bridge on the Umm Lekhba (Landmark) interchange on the celebrated Sabah Al Ahmad hall on Saturday.
Engineer Yousef Abdulrahman al-Emadi, Undertaking Director in Ashghal, Lt. Engineer Saud Abdullah al-Hamad of the Division of Site visitors Safety and Engineering, Mubarak Ferish Mubarak al-Salem, Board Member Central Municipal and Bader Darwish, head of the freeway mission with plenty of Ashghal engineers and the contracting firm visited the location Wednesday.
The brand new bridge will permit the free motion of Al Gharrafa to Doha and a parallel highway resulting in the 22 February road. The bridge connects visitors between the brand new Al Hateem Road and Al Gharrafa in the direction of Doha with 22 February Road and the Al Gharrafa change (passport change), which can scale back journey time.
Ashghal stated the airlift would enhance visitors within the space and that the bridge will accommodate about 1,500 autos on the time to service these coming from the Izghawa and Al Gharrafa areas in the direction of Doha with out having to make use of Al Shamal Highway and to keep away from the continuing building work within the space. It additionally provides another path to highway customers coming from the industrial amenities of the area to straight entry the road 22 February.
The bridge consists of a unidirectional lane connecting Al Gharrafa to Doha and one other emergency lane of a complete width of about 9 m and a top of 24 m positioned on the fourth and final ground of the Umm Lekhba interchange.
The engineer Mashael Jolo stated that 75% of the event of Umm Lekhba's interchange was over and careworn that the development of this large and essential interchange was persevering with 24 hours a day. Trade is anticipated to open a second bridge by the top of 2019, adopted by different openings till 2020.
