- Dubai Smile
-
Dubai Smile Carries Vehicles Crosses Dubai Creek Locale Dubai, United Arab Emirates Maintained by Roads and Transport Authority Design Arch Width 61.6 metres (202 ft) Height 100 metres (330 ft) Clearance below 15 metres (49 ft) Construction end 2012 The Dubai Smile is the nickname given to a what will become, upon completion, the seventh crossing across the Dubai Creek.[1] It will replace the temporary Floating Bridge, and will cost about Dhs810 million. The Smile consists of 12 lanes (6 lanes in each direction) and a footpath in each direction.[1] The width of the bridge is about 61.6 meters and the arch rises 100 meters.[1] The bridge can accommodate around 24,000 vehicles per hour, it shall rise 15 meters above the water level of the Creek, and width of the waterway is 400 meters.[1] On the Bur Dubai side the bridge would also connect with a new underpass near Rashid Hospital, while on the Deira side the bridge would be linked with Al Ittihad Road for motorists traveling to Sharjah.[1] The project is expected to be completed by 2012.[1] However it was announced on November 6, 2009 that The Floating Bridge which was supposed to be replaced by Dubai smile will stay till 2014[2]
See also
- Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing
- List of bridges and tunnels in Dubai
References
Bridges and tunnels in Dubai 
This article about transport in the United Arab Emirates is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
