The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has opened the Logistics City Interchange at the south entrance of G-Ring Road in the Free Zone, southwest of Hamad International Airport (HIA) before the Airport Interchange.
According to an official press statement by Ashghal, the opening is in line with the county’s plan to complete expressway projects being implemented by the authority.
 

Bader Darwish
The new interchange consists of two levels and three bridges, each with three to four lanes in each direction, in addition to four exits while taking the capacity of the junction to approximately 10,000 vehicles per hour. Ashghal has built three tunnels, a surface water drainage network, treated water lines for irrigation purposes in the surrounding green areas, and a communication network and service roads on both sides of the interchange with 2km in length.



The Logistics City Interchange will link the east and west Free Zone directly to HIA, G-Ring Road and surrounding roads such as Ras Abu Abboud Street, Airport Road and Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor while integrating with Doha Metro to facilitate access to the Free Zone station.
The new interchange is important as it is located in a logistical area of strategic importance. It will facilitate the movement of commodities and goods from Hamad International Airport and the Free Zone to all areas, whether within or outside of Doha, where G-Ring Road is located and leading to the southern areas, Industrial Area and Al Majd Road. It also intersects with Ras Abu Abboud Street reaching the Corniche and Doha Central.



Bader Darwish, Highway Projects Department manager, said the expressway network accomplished by Ashghal has achieved a qualitative improvement in traffic across Qatar. The construction of a new interchange on G-Ring Road will mainly serve the Free Zone, as it does not have a direct connection with G-Ring Road. Therefore, the interchange will directly link the Free Zone with G-Ring Road and surrounding areas across the State.
The Logistics City interchange is integrated with G-Ring Road, making it the ninth vital interchange extending 22km in length. The G-Ring Road is one of the most important interchanges of which the expressway network consists of in Qatar.
As an expressway, it provides uninterrupted traffic flow, which will positively result in less traffic congestion on other roads in other areas, integrated with other interchanges in the expressway network such as: Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor and Ras Abu Abboud Street.
G-Ring road provides new vital entrances to the Industrial Area from the south, connecting it with HIA, Hamad Port, Mesaieed Road, Bu Samra border and north areas by connecting with Al Majd Road, and a direct link to Logistics Village, to and from HIA.
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