The 13 lane Business Bay Crossing is one of the most recent bridges across
Dubai Creek and was opened to traffic in
June 2007 . Six lanes travel from
Deira to
Bur Dubai while seven go from Bur Dubai to Deira.
It is the first bridge in
Dubai which provides free movement of vessels along the creek round the clock and is not closed at night unlike the existing
Al Garhoud Bridge and
Al Maktoum Bridge on Dubai Creek.
The Business Bay Crossing is located some 1.5 km South of Al Garhoud Bridge near
Dubai Festival City and provides a new road corridor to motorists travelling between
Bur Dubai and
Deira and to
Sharjah , in addition to
Emirates Road and
Sheikh Zayed Road .
The bridge cost 800 million
Dirhams and has a capacity of 26,000 vehicles per hour. The bridge is 1.6 kilometres (0.994 miles) long, and has a maritime channel with a width of 60 metres (196.850 feet) and a height of 15 metres (49.212 feet).
