Dubai’s New Road Projects: Which Connections Have Opened?

Near Dubai World Trade Centre, a new bridge carries traffic from Al Majlis Street towards 2nd December Street. On Al Qudra Road, another takes drivers over Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street towards Al Qudra City. Both are confirmed openings. The works planned for Meydan and the proposed Fourth Corridor appear in the same year’s road announcements, but those announcements record different steps. A driver can use an opened bridge. A contract award or approval tells residents what the authority intends to build.

This tracker looks at six projects across Dubai and the exact connections named in their notices. It separates completed work from open sections of a larger project and from future links. The status reflects information checked on 6 November 2026. Directions are given as published because a bridge that helps on the way out can leave the return trip unchanged.

Dubai road projects at a glance

Trade Centre Roundabout: the final bridge is open

RTA’s 25 October announcement set 30 October 2026 as the opening date for the last bridge in the Trade Centre Roundabout Development Project. Its subsequent operational page confirms that the bridge opened. It is 1,000 metres long and has two lanes. The movement is from Al Majlis Street towards 2nd December Street. RTA says this completed the major works under the project, which built five bridges with a combined length of 5,000 metres. RTA’s dated opening notice. RTA’s operational confirmation.

The road names matter more than the label “Trade Centre bridge.” The project contains five bridges, so that shorthand could refer to different approaches. If you are leaving via Al Majlis Street and heading towards 2nd December Street, this is the movement named in the final notice. If you are travelling from 2nd December Street to a venue entrance near the Trade Centre, check that trip independently. A journey can pass through the same interchange in both directions and use different roads each time.

The authority gives different time comparisons for the Al Majlis to 2nd December Street movement in the opening notice and the operational page. The sources agree on the direction, length and lane count. For a trip to an exhibition or office, put the actual car park entrance or drop-off into navigation. The final approach to the building may still matter more to arrival time than the length of the bridge.

Oud Maitha and Al Asayel: four junctions upgraded

RTA announced completion of the Oud Maitha Road and Al Asayel Street Development Project on 20 September. It reports work at four major intersections, with four bridges and two tunnels measuring 4.3 kilometres together, alongside 14 kilometres of road work. The authority identifies Za’abeel, Al Jaddaf, Oud Maitha and Umm Hurair among the areas served, as well as Latifa Hospital and Al Wasl Club. RTA September completion release.

RTA’s campaign for the Al Asayel Street bridges highlights access towards Al Wasl Club Street, Al Khail Road and Business Bay Crossing. A useful way to read that list is to identify the next road your trip needs. Business Bay Crossing is a named connection in the road network. An address in Business Bay can call for a different onward route. If you are heading to the hospital or the club, use the appropriate site entrance as the destination. The bridge package improves connections in the area, while the last turn remains specific to the address. RTA Al Asayel bridge guide.

At Sheikh Rashid Road, the completed works added a lane to the turn from Oud Maitha Road towards Al Garhoud Bridge. In the other direction, RTA increased the right-turn approach from Sheikh Rashid Road onto Oud Maitha Road towards Dubai–Al Ain Road from two lanes to three. It also built a tunnel from the Oud Maitha service road to the Sheikh Rashid junction for traffic heading towards Bur Dubai. Those are three different changes at one junction. The first is useful if you are joining Sheikh Rashid Road, the second if you are leaving it in the Dubai–Al Ain direction, and the third if you approach from the service road.

Farther along, RTA identifies a two-lane bridge from Al Asayel Street towards Al Wasl Club Street and a separate three-lane bridge from Al Khail Road towards Al Asayel Street. A further two-lane bridge serves the Al Asayel approach to Al Khail Road in the direction of Business Bay Crossing. The bridge directions give you a more useful way to identify the new link than searching for a single “Oud Maitha flyover.”

Al Qudra: through bridges at one junction, ramps at another

At the junction of Al Qudra Road and Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, RTA opened a four-lane bridge towards Al Qudra City on 9 August. It runs for 700 metres. The bridge in the opposite direction, from Al Qudra City towards Umm Suqeim, had opened in February. These are the two through movements. RTA’s August notice put side ramp bridges at this junction in its fourth-quarter schedule. A later opening confirmation for those side ramps did not surface in the sources reviewed. RTA Al Qudra opening notice.

Emirates Road has its own junction with Al Qudra Road. At that junction, the same RTA notice confirms May works including a service road along Emirates Road towards Jebel Ali and a loop ramp for traffic coming from the city-centre direction on Emirates Road towards Al Qudra City. The August notice separately scheduled a ramp from the Jebel Ali direction towards Umm Suqeim. Treat the latter movement according to current signs and route information. The notice’s schedule alone does not confirm when that ramp became available.

For a trip to Town Square, Mira or another development in the corridor, first establish whether you will stay on Al Qudra Road or turn onto it from a connecting highway. Staying on the main road and making a turn at a junction are different movements. This is also why an opening at Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street says little about a turn at Emirates Road. RTA’s wider programme extends between Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road, with Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street on the corridor in between. The three names refer to separate roads. RTA’s wider Al Qudra project record.

Beyond those junctions, the August release describes widening 3.4 kilometres of Al Qudra Road through the development area and building a 4.8-kilometre road along its southern part to connect to Emirates Road. For people following access to a particular development, those are separate items to watch. A through bridge on the main corridor may be usable while a future link closer to home still awaits an opening notice.

Meydan: two awards cover different parts of the network

On 30 August, RTA announced two contracts worth AED 1.161 billion for the Al Meydan Street Development Project. Together the plans include 17 kilometres of roads and 3.7 kilometres of bridges. RTA gave the end of 2028 as the project target. At the award stage, these are specifications and a schedule. A new movement needs its own opening confirmation before it belongs in a driving itinerary. RTA Al Meydan contract announcement.

The first contract covers Al Meydan Street from Latifa bint Hamdan Street to Umm Suqeim Street and Al Marabea’ Street from Dubai Hills to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. The planned interchange where Al Meydan meets Al Marabea’ would separate traffic onto different levels and create a direct connection between Umm Suqeim and Latifa bint Hamdan. This package also includes a planned direct link from Al Marabea’ Street to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. If Dubai Hills or Al Marabea’ is the part of the project you use regularly, look for updates on those named links.

The second contract takes in Al Meydan Street from First Al Khail Street through Al Khail Road to Muscat Street. It includes new surface connections to Latifa bint Hamdan Street, a multilevel interchange at Muscat Street and cycling routes with underpasses. A cyclist should look for access confirmation for the cycle connections separately from any bridge opening for vehicles. The award sets out both types of work, which could have different opening notices.

Latifa bint Hamdan: a separate corridor with work underway

RTA announced the AED 2 billion Latifa bint Hamdan Corridor contract in July. In its August Meydan update, the authority said work had begun on the 12-kilometre corridor. The plan links Sheikh Zayed Road to Emirates Road via Al Khail Road, Al Meydan Street, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street. The August notice gives the end of 2028 as the scheduled completion. RTA July corridor award.

Latifa bint Hamdan Street appears in the Meydan announcement because the projects meet. The Latifa corridor has its own contract and construction status. If you are following one junction, check which package names it and which approach the notice describes. This becomes more useful as work advances: an announcement about one section can tell you exactly where a new connection is, even while other work on the corridor continues.

Fourth Corridor: approved, with Sharjah to Dubai–Al Ain Road first

RTA’s 16 September announcement records approval to implement an approximately 80-kilometre corridor between Al Faya Road in Abu Dhabi and Al Shanouf Road in Sharjah. The first phase is the stretch from Al Shanouf Road to Dubai–Al Ain Road. The authority puts that phase at around AED 3.5 billion. It describes a longer route passing areas including Al Maktoum International Airport and the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve. RTA Fourth Corridor approval.

Those endpoints explain the plan’s reach, while the first-phase boundary tells you where delivery is intended to start. If you are following access from Sharjah, Dubai–Al Ain Road is the relevant endpoint in the first-phase announcement. If you are following a future connection near the airport, look for a notice that names that section specifically. The approval gives no current driver access for either trip.

When the next notice appears, check the starting road, the direction of travel and the effective date together. If it says “open,” look for the movement it confirms. For a future phase, watch for a contract, a construction update or a dated opening notice for the section you need. On the day you travel, use current navigation and follow posted signs at the junction.