The new Business Bay bridge over Dubai Creek was fully opened

The new Business Bay bridge over Dubai Creek was fully opened on Tuesday, providing easy access to motorists travelling between Bur Dubai and Deira.

All 13 lanes of the bridge were opened on Tuesday, Six of the 13 lanes of the bridge were opened to traffic last month.

It is the third bridge over the creek and has been built 30 years after the last bridge, Al Garhoud, was constructed.

The Business Bay Crossing is located some 1.5 km South of Al Garhoud Bridge near the Festival City and will provide a new road corridor to motorists travelling between Bur Dubai and Deira and to Sharjah, in addition to Emirates Road and Shaikh Zayed Road.

The total length of the comprehensive road network being built as part of the Business Bay Crossing is 15 km and it will ultimately connect the Dubai Airport Tunnel with the First Interchange on Shaikh Zayed Road

A 9-km stretch of the road from the Airport Tunnel to Oud Metha Road was opened last month.

According to the RTA it is the first bridge in Dubai, which will provide free movement of vessels along the creek round the clock and will not be closed at night unlike the existing Al Garhoud and Al Maktoum bridges on the Dubai Creek.

Since the opening of the new bridge, the traffic flow on Al Garhoud and Al Maktoum bridges has eased considerably as a large number of motorists have started using the new bridge.