Muscat Expressway
| Muscat Expressway | |
|---|---|
| Route information | |
| Length | 54 km (34 mi) |
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Muscat Expressway (formerly known as the Southern Expressway[1]) is a major highway in Muscat, the capital of Oman, hence the name.
The expressway runs largely parallel to Sultan Qaboos Street but further away from the coast and acts as a relief road. It is 54km long.[1] The Batinah Expressway is a 256km 8-lane highway that continues from the Muscat Expressway in Halban to the United Arab Emirates border at Khatmat Malaha.[2]
The Batinah Expressway, one of the most strategically important projects of last decade built at a total cost of over RO1.5bn, has been finally opened on May 7, 2018.
Package 1 starts from Al Falaj roundabout in the Wilayat of Barka and ends in the Wilayat of Al Rustaq. Package 2 spans the distance between the Rustaq to Suwaiq with a total length of 42 km.
The 46-km long Package 3 stretches from Suwaiq to Saham, where the fourth package starts and stretches to the Wilayat of Sohar with a total length of 50 km.
Package 5 starts at the Wilayat of Sohar and ends in the Wilayat of Liwa with a total length of 41 km.
The 45-km Package 6 starts from the Wilayat of Liwa and ends at Khatmat Malaha.
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References[]
- ^ a b "Muscat Expressway: New Expressway Alleviates Congestion and Accommodates Future Growth". Parsons Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ "Batinah Expressway opened". Times of Oman. 22 May 2017.
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