E 611 road (United Arab Emirates)

This article is about the current Emirates Road. For the former Emirates Road, see E 311 road (United Arab Emirates).
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E 611
إ ٦١١
Emirates Road
Route information
Existed2006–present
Location
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Major citiesDubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al Quwain, Ras al Khaimah, Al Fujairah
Highway system

E 611 (Arabic: إ ٦١١) is a road constructed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Also known as the "Emirates Road", E 611 is developed to link the emirate of Abu Dhabi with the northern emirates of Ras al Khaimah, Umm al Quwain, parallel to E311 without passing through the city of Dubai.

History and description

The project is being developed in three phases. Work on Phase 1, which began in February 2006, was intended to create a sector that starts along E 66 (Dubai–Al Ain Road) and extends inward towards E 77 (Jebel Ali–Al-Habab Road). Phase II of the project, which began in January 2007, involved linking the bypass with E 88 (Al Dhaid Road) in Sharjah. Phase III will involve extending E 611 from the Jebel Ali–Al-Habab junction to the outskirts of Abu Dhabi City and is expected to cost approximately US$80 million.[1]

E 611 was called "Dubai Bypass Road" or "Outer Bypass Road" (also called the "Dubai Ring Road"), before being renamed the "Emirates Road" in 2013.[2]

In 2010, UPS Airline Flight 6, a cargo plane crashed near the highway by the Dubai Silicon Oasis, after it took off from Dubai International Airport. All people aboard were killed.[3]

Sharjah's largest mosque, opened in May 2019, is located at the junction of this road and the road to Mleiha.[4]

  • Aerial view of E611
    Aerial view of E611
  • E611 during a sandstorm
    E611 during a sandstorm

References

  1. ^ RTA Awards Dh289 million contract for Bypass Road Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. UAEInteract.com. June 21, 2007
  2. ^ "Dubai Bypass Road renamed Emirates Road". Gulf News. April 6, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. ^ Gulf News
  4. ^ "New Sharjah mosque can accommodate 25,000 worshippers". Gulf News. 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-12.


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