A new highway linking the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia was inaugurated and could soon enter the Guinness World Records.
The 246-kilometre highway could become the longest international interstate road of its kind in the world, according to Emarat Al Youm.
The Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Shaikh Hemdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan inaugurated the new road.
The highway, named after UAE President Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, links Al Mefraq, in the Emirati territories and the international border with Saudi Arabia in Ghuwaifait.
The AED5.3 billion-project was awarded to the Abu Dhabi General Services Company, Musanada, under the supervision of the Abu Dhabi Transport Department.
The highway has been equipped with 8,747 lampposts, 21,154 bulbs, in addition to 33 parking lots for trucks and trailers, 10 petrol stations and other rest houses.
It has the capacity of accommodating 6,000 to 8,000 vehicles per hour and boost the flow of goods and the volume of trade exchanges in the whole region.
Roads director-general Faisal Ahmed Al Suweidi said that a trip on the new highway to the Saudi border would take three hours.
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