Overview

• The single-lane structure is designed for up to 900 vehicles per hour, giving motorists from Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali direct access to the mall’s car parks.
• The rollout included widening the southbound ramp at the Umm Suqeim junction, upgrading the junction, improving 2.5 km of at-grade roads, and optimizing six signalised intersections.
• Local changes converted the road beside the Kempinski Hotel from one-way to two-way traffic and upgraded pedestrian walkways and cycling tracks for safer movement.
• The Mall of the Emirates Metro Station bus station was modified, with additional works covering new road surfaces, lighting, traffic signals, stormwater drainage, and landscaping.
• The bridge forms part of the Umm Suqeim Street Improvement Project, which will add four bridges and two tunnels totaling 3.45 km and follows an 800-metre tunnel opened in August, as the mall pursues a AED5bn expansion adding about 20,000 sqm and up to 100 outlets.