The 13 lane Business Bay Crossing (In

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: معبر الخليج التجاري; also known as the Ras Al Khor Bridge (جسر راس الخور)) is one of the most recent bridges across

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and was opened to traffic in June 2007. Six lanes travel from

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while seven go from Bur Dubai to Deira. The Business Bay Crossing is located some 1.5 km South of Al Garhoud Bridge near Dubai Festival City and provides a new road corridor to motorists travelling between

and

and to

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, in addition to Emirates Road and

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. The bridge cost 800 million

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and has a capacity of 26,000 vehicles per hour. The bridge is long, and has a maritime channel with a width of and a height of . The bridge was built by

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, a company which made some major bridges in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

.The introduction of two new toll gates at Business Bay Crossing on Al Khail Road and Al Safa South on Sheikh Zayed Road will be officially communicated this year. These new Salik toll gates are expected to further regulate traffic flow on some of Dubai’s busiest routes.

Photo gallery

Construction Photos on 31 January 2007 Image:Business Bay Crossing Under Construction on 31 January 2007 Pict 3.jpg, Image:Business Bay Crossing Under Construction on 31 January 2007 Pict 2.jpg, Image:Business Bay Crossing Under Construction on 31 January 2007 Pict 1.jpg, Construction Photos on 7 March 2007 Image:Business Bay Crossing Under Construction on 7 March 2007 Pict 1.jpg, Image:Business Bay Crossing Under Construction on 7 March 2007 Pict 2.jpg, Image:Business Bay Crossing Under Construction on 7 March 2007 Pict 3.jpg, Construction Photos from the air on 1 May 2007 Image:Business Bay Crossing on 1 May 2007 Pict 1.jpg Image:Business Bay Crossing on 1 May 2007 Pict 2.jpg Construction Photo on 31 May 2007 Image:Business Bay Crossing on 31 May 2007.jpg

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