Gulf Construction Online - Besix unit to build two bridges, tunnel in Dubai

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The project involves building two bridges and a tunnel in the Shindagha district.

Besix unit to build two bridges, tunnel in Dubai

01 March 2020

Besix Group, one of the world’s leading international contractors based in Brussels, Belgium, said one of its units, Six Construct, has secured a contract from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to build two flyover bridges, a one-lane ramp and a two-lane tunnel in the Shindagha district near Port Rashid.

The scope of work includes bridge works, pavement structure, signage and road marking, streetlighting, traffic systems, stormwater drainage and diversion and protection of the existing services, said the Belgian group.

The project is part of RTA’s Shindagha Corridor Improvement scheme, a 13-km-long road network along Sheikh Rashid, Al Mina, Al Khaleej, and Cairo Streets, that will be executed in five phases and is due for completion in 2027, it stated.

“We are proud to participate in a project that will improve mobility and safety in Dubai. Works will be carried out in such a way that traffic will not be disrupted,” remarked Olivier Crasson, general manager of Besix Contracting Middle East.

“We attach great attention to traffic flow and safety and have planned our working methods accordingly,” stated Crasson.

Works on the project began in October last year and it is due for completion in 2022, he added.

The new infrastructure will enhance the Al Falcon junction at the intersection of Al Khaleej, Ghubaiba and Khalid Bin Al Waleed streets. It includes two flyover bridges along Al Khaleej Street with six lanes in each direction, a one-lane ramp from Khaled bin Al Waleed Street towards Al Khaleej Street northbound, and a two-lane tunnel for left-turn movements from Khaled Bin Al Walid Street to Mina Street southbound.

The two main bridges, 466 m and 792 m long, are cast-in-situ, post-tensioned, box-shaped concrete bridge structures. The tunnel is 456-m long, comprising a reinforced concrete retaining wall and slab, and is covered over a 85-m length in the centre, under the road junction. The at-grade signalised junction under the bridge will also be improved.