The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the opening of the second underpass within Mesaimeer Interchange. 

The new one-kilometer-long underpass will ensure free flow traffic from E-ring Road to Industrial Area Road, according to Ashghal.

The opening took place with the cooperation of the General Directorate of Traffic under the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

Earlier, in November, Ashghal had opened the first underpass of the Mesaimeer Interchange linking traffic between E Ring Road and Rawdat Al Khail Street. With the opening of the new underpass, two out of nine tunnels at the interchange have been completed thus far. 

The new underpass consists of one-way traffic with two lanes and an emergency lane connecting the E-Ring Road with the Industrial Area Road with a capacity of around 4,000 vehicles per hour.

Engineer Hassan Al Ghanim said, "Works of the first interchange were completed six months ahead of the schedule,” he said while adding that 76 percent of total works have been completed so far.

The new underpass connects the E-Ring road with the Industrial Area Road easing commuters’ access from Al Thumama and Old Airport areas without using the existing diversion resulting in less travel time and free traffic flow. 

Features of Mesaimeer Interchange

The newly constructed Interchange consists of three levels, the first of its kind in Qatar, containing nine underpasses providing free flow of traffic.

Besides, it contains two main bridges, one of them connecting Rawdat Al Khail Street and the Industrial Area Road and vice versa, and the other one connecting E Ring Road with Doha Expressway South in one direction, ensuring free flow traffic in all directions and connecting the main strategic roads.

The project includes 6.1 kilometers length of construction works and it can intake 20,000 vehicles per hour in both directions, once completed.

The Interchange will be operational by the second quarter of 2020 and will play a major role in improving the traffic movement and saving more than 60 percent of travel time.

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Cover Image Credit: Photo from the opening of the first underpass at the Mesaimeer Interchange

Source: Ashghal