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Roads in Kuwait

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Roads in Kuwait are mostly paved. Roadways extend up to 6,500 km, of which 4,900 km is paved. As of 2000, there were about 552,400 passenger cars and 167,800 commercial vehicles. The maximum speed limit, observed on major roads like the 5th, 6th, and 7th ring roads, the maximum speed is 120 Km/h. There are speed cameras on all major roads, highways, ring roads and near traffic lights. The Kuwaiti government spends nearly 450 million USD for these cameras [citation needed]. All roads in Kuwait are toll-free.

Highway of death, Kuwait - Iraq border (1991).

Inter-Area Roads

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Highways of Kuwait
Highway names
System links

Kuwaiti highways are numbered, with most of the major horizontal/east-west highways being (called) ring roads and utilize a single-digit for their identification. Major vertical/north-south speedways use a multiplication of 10 for their numbers.

Ring Roads

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Road Image Start End Length Areas served Landmarks Speed Limit Official Name
1st Ring Road Dasman, Kuwait City Souq Al-Mubarakiya, Kuwait City 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) Kuwait City (Sharq, Mirgāb, Jibla, Dasmān)

Bneid Al-Gar, Dasma, Manṣūrīya, Dhāḥya, Shamiya

Ṣubāḥ I Road
2nd Ring Road Bneid Al-Gar (@ Gulf Road) Shuwaikh Residential (@ Gulf Road) 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) North: Bneid Al-Gar, Dasma, Manṣūrīya, Dhāḥya, Shamiya, Shuwaikh

South: Diʿīya, Qādsīya, Nizha, Faiḥāʾ, Kaifan

Ṣubāḥ Al-Sālim Stadium


Khalid Yūsif Al-Marzūg Road
3rd Ring Road Green Island, Diʿīya Shuwaikh Industrial 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) North: Bneid Al-Gar, Diʿīya, Qādsīya, Nizha, Faiḥāʾ, Kaifan, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

South: Shiʿib, Hawally, Rawda, Adailiya, Khaldiya, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

ʿAbdallah ʿAli Al-Muṭawwaʿ Road
4th Ring Road Salmiya Shuwaikh Medical before Sulaibikhat(merges with Route 80) 16.6 kilometres (10.3 mi) North: Salmiya, Maidan Hawalli, Hawally, Rawda, Adailiya, Khaldiya, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

South: Salmiya, Jabriya, Surra, Cordoba, Yarmūk, Rai, Rigʿi, Andalus

Ḥusayn ʿAli Al-Rūmi Road
5th Ring Road Bidiʿ Roundabout (between Salmiya and Rumaithiya) Qairawan before Jahra 30.3 kilometres (18.8 mi) North: Salmiya, Jabriya, Surra, Cordoba, Yarmūk, Rai, Rigʿi, Andalus, Nahdha, Sulaibikhat, Qairawan

South: Rumaithiya, Bayan, Salam, Siddeeq, Khaitan, Omariya (Kuwait), Rabya, Ardhiya, Firdos, Sulaibiya,

  • Boulevard
  • Bayan Palace
  • The Avenues
  • Kuwait Zoo
  • Sulaibikhat Graveyard
Zayid bin Sulṭān Al-Nhayyān Road
6th Ring Road At Taʿāwun Street between Salwa & Messila Jahra 51 kilometres (32 mi) North:

South:

Jasim Al-Khrāfi Road
6.5 Ring Road Dhajeej, Jileeb, and Abdallah Al-Mubarak N/A
7th Ring Road Between the boundaries of Mubarak Al-Kabir Governorate & Ahmadi Governorate Sulaibya (merges with 6th Ring Road) 34 kilometres (21 mi) Many industrial and agricultural areas Sultan Qaboos Road

Gulf Road

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Route 25, comprising Gulf Street, Blājāt Street, And Taʿāwun (Coöperation) Street, is a prominent coastal road that starts in Kuwait City and goes through Kuwait's southern coast passing by major attractions and landmarks of the capital until it reaches the boundary between Hawalli and Mubarak Al-Kabīr governorates at the 6th Ring Road.

Other highways

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There are other Highways which intersect the ring roads like Highway 50, 55, 60, 70, 80 (Highway of Death), 85 and 801. Many ring roads are connected to highways.

References

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  1. ^ "Roads in Kuwait". ?. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

See also

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