Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority will build the world’s longest arch bridge at a cost of $817 million. The 12-lane bridge will span 1.6 km, according to reports.

The bridge will include an arch 205 m high and 667 m long, which will make it bigger than the 550-m-long arch in the 3,900 m Lupu Bridge in Shanghai, the world’s longest bridge, it said.
The bridge will link Al Jaddaf in Bur Dubai with a road separating The Lagoon and Dubai Festival City. It will be able to carry more than 20,000 vehicles per hour in each direction.
The Green Line of Dubai Metro will run across the centre of the upcoming bridge and a metro and water transport station will also be constructed on the crossing.
“The sixth crossing is one of the biggest projects ever handled by RTA to address new property developments in the city,” Mattar Al Tayer, executive director and board chairman of RTA said.
The contract for the project has been awarded to American firm FXFowle. It won the tender following an open invitation.