Batinah Expressway

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| country = OMN

| name = Batinah Expressway

| photo = Batinah Expressway Package 5 - Autostrada per Batinah, lotto 5 - panoramio.jpg

| photo_notes = Batinah Expressway under construction in 2016

| length_km = 256

| established = 2018

}}{{Short description|Road in Oman}}

The Batinah Expressway is a 256 km 8-lane highway in Oman that connects the Muscat Expressway (a relief road in Muscat, the capital of Oman{{cite news | url=https://www.parsons.com/projects/Pages/muscat-expressway.aspx | title=Muscat Expressway: New Expressway Alleviates Congestion and Accommodates Future Growth | publisher=Parsons Corporation | accessdate=1 June 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917171917/https://www.parsons.com/projects/Pages/muscat-expressway.aspx | archive-date=2016-09-17 | url-status=dead }}) at Halban with the United Arab Emirates border at Khatmat Malaha.{{cite news|quote=It is the largest road network project in the history of Sultanate of Oman|title=Batinah Expressway opened|url=https://timesofoman.com/article/109592/TimesTV/Oman/Videos/Batinah-Expressway-opened|newspaper=Times of Oman| date=May 22, 2017}} It opened on 6 May 2018.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 May 2018 |title=Al Batinah Expressway opened to traffic |url=https://timesofoman.com/article/133651/Oman/Omans-historic-270km-long-road-project-opened-to-traffic |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Times of Oman |language=en}}

History

Batinah Expressway was opened to the public on 6 May 2018.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 May 2018 |title=Al Batinah Expressway opened to traffic |url=https://timesofoman.com/article/133651/Oman/Omans-historic-270km-long-road-project-opened-to-traffic |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Times of Oman |language=en}} One of the biggest road infrastructure projects in the Sultanate of Oman, it consists of 1,106 concrete channels, 25 bridges crossing wadis, 17 overhead bridges, 12 tunnels and other technical paraphernalia to overcome terrestrial obstacles. The Expressway has four lanes in each direction and was completed in a time span of six years, built at a cost of RO 800 million.

See also

References

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Category:2017 establishments in Oman

Category:Expressways in Oman

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