A new 80-kilometer highway, the UAE's Fourth Corridor, is set to significantly improve connectivity between Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. This ambitious infrastructure project aims to cut down travel time between the emirates from an average of 35 minutes to just 14 minutes. The corridor will extend from Al Faya Street in Abu Dhabi to Al Shanouf in Sharjah and incorporates substantial construction, including 72 bridges, 17 tunnels, and 45 culverts, to ensure efficient traffic flow with 12 lanes in each direction and a capacity for 24,000 vehicles per hour. Its route will traverse key areas like Al Maktoum International Airport and the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve, marking a significant advancement in the UAE's transportation network.

A new 80-kilometer highway, the UAE's Fourth Corridor, is set to significantly improve connectivity between Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. This ambitious infrastructure project aims to cut down travel time between the emirates from an average of 35 minutes to just 14 minutes. The corridor will extend from Al Faya Street in Abu Dhabi to Al Shanouf in Sharjah and incorporates substantial construction, including 72 bridges, 17 tunnels, and 45 culverts, to ensure efficient traffic flow with 12 lanes in each direction and a capacity for 24,000 vehicles per hour. Its route will traverse key areas like Al Maktoum International Airport and the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve, marking a significant advancement in the UAE's transportation network.

A new 80-kilometer highway, the UAE's Fourth Corridor, is set to significantly improve connectivity between Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. This ambitious infrastructure project aims to cut down travel time between the emirates from an average of 35 minutes to just 14 minutes. The corridor will extend from Al Faya Street in Abu Dhabi to Al Shanouf in Sharjah and incorporates substantial construction, including 72 bridges, 17 tunnels, and 45 culverts, to ensure efficient traffic flow with 12 lanes in each direction and a capacity for 24,000 vehicles per hour. Its route will traverse key areas like Al Maktoum International Airport and the Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve, marking a significant advancement in the UAE's transportation network.

In a major infrastructure development, the UAE’s Fourth Corridor will connect three emirates, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, cutting a 35-minute drive to just 14 minutes. The corridor extends from Al Faya Street in Abu Dhabi to Al Shanouf in Sharjah, with a total length of 80 kilometres, and is being implemented in two phases.

This is also the fourth road linking the three emirates, after Sheikh  Zayed Road/Al Ittihad Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road.

The road passes through several key landmarks and areas, including Al Maktoum International Airport, Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve, the Desert Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Etihad Rail line, besides residential and development areas. According to Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the project includes the construction of 72 bridges, 17 tunnels, and 45 culverts for stormwater drainage.

The project will be carried out in three phases. The first phase will stretch around 30km from Al Shnouf Road in Sharjah to Dubai-Al Ain Road. The journey time is expected to fall by 60 per cent, from 35 minutes to 14.

The second phase, however, will run for 50km from Dubai-Al Ain Road to Al Fayah Road in Abu Dhabi. Journey time is expected to drop by 52 per cent, from 50 minutes to 24.  

Each phase will have 12 lanes in total across both directions, with capacity for up to 24,000 vehicles per hour.

The first phase includes the construction of approximately 55 kilometers of surface roads, 2.5 kilometres of tunnels, and 21 kilometers of bridges and ramps. The expansion of the Dubai-Al Ain road from three to four lanes in each direction, between the intersection of Emirates Road and Lehbab Road, also includes the development of 4 major intersections.

The second phase extends from Dubai-Al Ain Road to Al Faya Street in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, with a length of 50 kilometres, and includes the implementation of roads with a capacity of 12 lanes in both directions, with a capacity of up to 24,000 vehicles per hour in both directions.

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