Roads in Kuwait are mostly paved. Roadways extend up to 6,500 km, of which 4,900 km is paved. As of 2000, there were about 552,400 passenger cars and 167,800 commercial vehicles. The maximum speed limit, observed on major roads like the 5th, 6th, and 7th ring roads, the maximum speed is 120

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. There are speed cameras on all major roads, highways, ring roads and near traffic lights. The Kuwaiti government spends nearly 450

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for these cameras . All roads in Kuwait are toll-free. Demolished vehicles line Highway 80 on 18 Apr 1991

Inter-Area Roads

Kuwaiti highways are numbered, with most of the major horizontal/east-west highways being (called)

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and utilize a single-digit for their identification. Major vertical/north-south speedways use a multiplication of 10 for their numbers.

Ring Roads

Gulf Road

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and goes through Kuwait's southern coast passing by major attractions and landmarks of the

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until it reaches the boundary between Hawalli and Mubarak Al-Kabīr governorates at the 6th Ring Road.

Other highways

* Highways 30 and 40 (also called

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road and

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road respectively): These run parallel to each other. They serve Mahboula, Ahmadi and Fintas. This system has been installed (also called

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road): residents of the towns to go to Kuwait City. Later, the road joins and heads towards

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. It is used to get to

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. There are other highways which intersect the ring roads like Highway 50, 55, 60, 70 ( Salmi road) residents of the towns to go to

and Salmi, 80 (

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), 85 and 801. Highway 51 (also called subhan al_maqwa

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) It connects King Faisal Road 50 and the Sixth Ring Road to the Seventh Ring Road. Highway 35 (also called cairo street) he begins from kuwait city and ends in Baghdad roundabout in salmiya .Many ring roads are connected to highways.

Inter-Area Roads

Ring Roads

Gulf Road

Other highways

References

See also