March 2008
With traffic gridlock in Dubai estimated to cost the economy around £800 million each year, the Government of Dubai saw a clear need to improve and expand the transport infrastructure. Within the strategic transport infrastructure development of Dubai is the new Al Garhoud Bridge Creek Crossing which replaces the old bridge constructed in the mid seventies.
This new bridge structure was designed and constructed to meet the requirements and desire for:
- aesthetics
- integration into an urban environment
- construction across a commercial waterway
- maintaining un-interrupted traffic flow.
Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated the bridge at the official opening, on Saturday 15 March 2008.