WORK on the Trade Centre Bridges project at Zaabeel, Dubai, is 68 per cent complete and the project is set for opening by the end of this year, according to Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA).

The project comprises the construction of 22 precast concrete slabs bridges extending 4,250 m with a capacity for two lanes in each direction, in addition to a 120-m-long concrete bridge added to serve the traffic heading towards Al Maktoum Bridge.

“The Trade Centre Bridges project, which costs Dh719.37 million ($195 million), is by far the largest phase of the Parallel Roads project, a massive road project being undertaken by the authority that aims at linking the Western Parallel Road with the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Road and Street 312 passing by the World Trade Centre,” said Mattar Al Tayer, chairman of the board and executive director of the RTA.

“The RTA has already accomplished key phases of the Parallel Roads project including the opening of the initial phase which included the construction of roads at Al Barsha, and Al Qouz Industrial and residential areas spanning Hessa Road to the south and Meydan Road to the north extending 15 km in the Eastern Parallel Road and 18 km in the Western Parallel Road, comprising three lanes in each direction,” he added.