Dubai route numbering system
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The Dubai route numbering system is a network of highways and roads in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that is managed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The network comprises 6 main highways and several major and minor inter-city and intra-city roads.
Routes
[edit]E-routes
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Highways connecting Dubai to other emirates are designated Emirates routes or E-routes. They are identified by an emblem of a falcon, the letter E and a two or three digit number. While within city limits, most roads and highways take alternate names, but are consistently identified by their corresponding E-route number. Six E-routes pass through Dubai, connecting the city with other emirates and towns:[1]
- E 11 (Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed International Rd, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Rd, Sheikh Zayed Rd, Sheikh Rashid Rd, Al Ittihad Rd, Dubai - Sharjah Rd, Wasit Street, Wahda Street, Sheikh Mohammed bin Salem Rd, Al Rams Road)
- E 311 (Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (formerly Emirates Road))
- E 611 (Emirates Road (formerly Dubai Bypass Road))
- E 44 (Al Khail Road, Ras Al Khor Road, Al Awir Road, Dubai-Hatta Road, Hatta Highway)
- E 66 (Oud Metha Rd, Dubai-Al Ain Road)
- E 77 (Expo Road/Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road)
The longest of the E-routes is E 11, which extends the length of the UAE's Persian Gulf coast and connects all emirates, with the exception of Al Fujairah.
D-routes
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D-routes connect localities within the city of Dubai and are identified by the emblem of a fort, the letter D and a two or three digit number. Considerably shorter in length than the average E-route, D-routes provide an intra-city network of roads and streets. D-routes parallel to UAE's coast along the Persian Gulf are numbered evenly, beginning with D 96; the numbers decrease as the network moves farther from the coast. D-routes perpendicular to the Persian Gulf coast are odd numbered, beginning with D 97, and decrease as the network moves away from the emirate of Sharjah. Some of the D-routes include:[1]
- D 97 (Amman Street)
- D 96 (Deira Islands Street)
- D 95 (Cairo Street; Baghdad Street)
- D 94 (Jumeirah Street; King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street)
- D 93 (Al Wuheida Road; Al Nahda Road; Tunis Street)
- D 92 (Al Wasl Road; Al Mina Road; Al Khaleej Road)
- D 91 (Abu Hail Road; Al Quds St)
- D 90 (Al Satwa Road; Mankhool Road; Al Musallah Road)
- D 89 (Al Maktoum Road; Airport Road; Al Khawaneej Road)
- D 88 (On Bur Dubai side Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road and on Deira side Omar Bin Al Khattab Road)
- D 86 (First Al Khail Street; Al Mustaqabal Street (formerly Al Sa'ada Street))
- D 85 (Baniyas Road)
- D 84 (Za'abeel Road; Al Seef Street)
- D 83 (Rebat Street; Tripoli St)
- D 82 (Naif Road; Al Rasheed Road)
- D 81 (Riyadh Street)
- D 80 (Salahuddin Road)
- D 79 (Khalid Bin Al Waleed Road; Oud Metha Road)
- D 78 (Abu Baker Al Siddique Road; Umm Hurair Road; Tariq Bin Ziyad Road)
- D 77 (Kuwait Street in Bur Dubai and Manama Street in Dubai International City)
- D 75 (Sheikh Rashid Road)
- D 74 (Al Ittihad Road (parallel to E11 (Al Ittihad Road) in Deira)
- D 73 (2nd December St (formerly Al Diyafah Street); Za’abeel Palace Street)
- D 72 (Al Asayel Street)
- D 71 (Al Safa Street; Financial Center Street)
- D 70 (Casablanca Road)
- D 69 (Al Hadiqa Street; Al Meydan Street)
- D 68 (Al Khail Street (parallel to E44 (Al Khail Rd))
- D 67 (Umm Al Sheif Street; Latifa bin Hamdan St)
- D 65 (Al Manara St; Al Marabe'a St; Saih Al Dahal St)
- D 64 (Damascus Street)
- D 63 (Umm Suqeim Street; Al Qudra St)
- D 62 (Al Hadaeq St; Nad Al Hamar Road; Beirut St)
- D 61 (Hessa Street)
- D 59 (Al Jamayel Street (formerly Garn Al Sabkha Street))
- D 57 (Al Yalayis Street)
- D 56 (Algeria Street)
- D 55 (Jebel Ali Free Zone Street)
- D 54 (Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road (formerly Academic City Road))
- D 53 (Al Maktoum Airport Street)
- D 50 (Al Amardi Street)
- D 42 (Saih Al Salam Street)
- D 40 (Margham Street)
- D 30 (Hatta Street)
Major roads
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Major roads typically surround a community or locality within the city and are addressed by a name and a three digit identification number. Streets within a locality are identified with a two digit number. Street numbers are repeated within each locality with odd numbers being vertical streets, and even numbers being horizontal streets.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Reading Dubai's road signs". Gulf News. 8 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
See also
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