Al Fateh Highway Upgrade project will boost the highway’s capacity from 87,000 to 140,000 vehicles per day.
Bahrain makes progress on highway upgrade
01 April 2022
Bahrain has made considerable progress on upgrading the Al Fateh Highway, which will enhance its capacity by 61 per cent at a cost of BD40.5 million ($107.49 million), including the design and site supervision contracts.
The project will increase the highway’s capacity from 87,000 to 140,000 vehicles per day once it is completed, a Bahrain News Agency report quoted Works, Municipal Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam bin Abdullah Khalaf as saying at a press conference. He later presented the first virtual 3D rendition of the project.
Al Fateh Highway Upgrade Project starts from the entrance to the Exhibitions Avenue in the north to Mina Salman interchange in the south. The main works include the expansion and upgrade of the highway to four lanes in each direction over more than 3 km, and the construction of an underpass with three lanes in both directions with a length of 595 m at Gulf Hotel junction for traffic between north and south, in addition to a signal-controlled junction at ground level.
The ministry has completed the construction of all the piles and piers of the U-turn flyover, and construction of the flyover is proceeding according to the programme, officials said. The flyover is scheduled for opening to traffic in the last quarter of this year.
The construction of piles for the left-turn flyover for traffic heading towards Prince Saud Al Faisal Highway has begun, in conjunction with the required traffic diversions to provide work space. This part of the project will open for traffic in the first quarter of 2023. Additionally, secant piling works are in progress in preparation for the underpass excavation and structural works.
The minister said that many ground services that impeded the main works of expanding and upgrading Al Fateh highway, have been diverted, in addition to the construction of the main sewage water line extending from Juffair to Al Ghuraifah which has been recently completed.
The project is expected to be completed in 2024.
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