The newly laid 2.4km extended stretch of the Najma Street and the 117m long bridge within the stretch would also help Doha residents reach Barwa Village and other locations in the south, faster. While announcing the opening on Sunday, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) termed the ambitious project a `significant milestone' that would ensure smooth vehicular movement between Doha and the southern areas.
The bridge, a vital component of the new development, is situated at a height of 10m and at the intersection between the East West Corridor and Najma Street Extension. The speed limit along the stretch is 80km.
One of the most prominent projects of the Ashghal, the Najma Street Bridge is a vital connecting link of the East Corridor Project, which is the eastern part of the East West Corridor. The major corridor comprises 22km of a new dual carriageway, including five lanes in each direction stretching from the west of Barwa City to Al Matar Street, south of the Air Force signal.
The whole project includes eight grade-separated interchanges built to provide new access to key roads and residential areas such as Al Matar Street, Najma Street Extension , Barwa Access road and Al Wakra bypass.
The new development, it said, demonstrates Ashghal's commitment to developing effective and viable solutions to the ever growing road needs and requirements of the country's residents, notably those in the southern areas.
The Najma Street extension connects the partially opened F-Ring Road to Al Wakra Main road Wakra, thus improving connectivity between Al Thumama and Mathar Qadheem.
With the development of the 2.4km stretch, one of the biggest advantages of the road users is that they do not have to travel through the busy Airport Road or Ras Abu Aboud road anymore to commute between the southern and central areas.
Besides ensuring major infrastructural improvement, the project also includes the upgrade and relocation of utilities, installation of 2,842m of drainage lines and more than 140,000m of irrigation lines across the project area. Ashghal also has plans to build pedestrian pathways and cycle paths along the route.
The authorities hope that the whole project would eventually help providing strategic link from the Hamad International Airport to the upcoming residential areas areas in and around Barwa Village, Industrial Area, besides the under construction over QR18bn New Orbital Highway and Truck Route.
The new extended stretch of Najma Street
The newly built bridge across the extended stretch of Najma Street, which is connecting the southern side of Qatar with the central areas of Doha.
The opening of a new road and a bridge is to remarkably enhance the connectivity between the central areas of Doha and its southern region, including Wakra.