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|date=August 2024}}. All roads in Kuwait are toll-free.

File:Demolished vehicles line Highway 80 on 18 Apr 1991.jpg

Inter-Area Roads

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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.

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1st Ring Road

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|Dasman, Kuwait City

|Souq Al-Mubarakiya, Kuwait City

|{{convert|6.5|km|mi}}

|Kuwait City (Sharq, Mirgāb, Jibla, Dasmān)

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

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|Ṣubāḥ I Road

2nd Ring Road

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|Bneid Al-Gar (@ Gulf Road)

|Shuwaikh Residential (@ Gulf Road)

|{{convert|7|km|mi}}

|North: Bneid Al-Gar, Dasma, Manṣūrīya, Dhāḥya, Shamiya, Shuwaikh

South: Diʿīya, Qādsīya, Nizha, Faiḥāʾ, Kaifan

|Ṣubāḥ Al-Sālim Stadium

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|Khalid Yūsif Al-Marzūg Road

3rd Ring Road

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|Green Island, Diʿīya

|Shuwaikh Industrial

|{{convert|8|km|mi}}

|North: Bneid Al-Gar, Diʿīya, Qādsīya, Nizha, Faiḥāʾ, Kaifan, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

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

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|ʿAbdallah ʿAli Al-Muṭawwaʿ Road

4th Ring Road

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|Salmiya

|Shuwaikh Medical before Sulaibikhat(merges with Route 80)

|{{convert|16.6|km|mi}}

|North: Salmiya, Maidan Hawalli, Hawally, Rawda, Adailiya, Khaldiya, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

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

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|File:IE road sign RUS-041.svg

|Ḥusayn ʿAli Al-Rūmi Road

5th Ring Road

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|Bidiʿ Roundabout (between Salmiya and Rumaithiya)

|Qairawan before Jahra

|{{convert|30.3|km|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,

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  • Boulevard
  • Bayan Palace
  • The Avenues
  • Kuwait Zoo
  • Sulaibikhat Graveyard

|File:IE road sign RUS-039.svg

|Zayid bin Sulṭān Al-Nhayyān Road

6th Ring Road

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|At Taʿāwun Street between Salwa & Messila

|Jahra

|{{convert|51|km|mi}}

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|Jasim Al-Khrāfi Road

6.5 Ring Road

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|Dhajeej, Jileeb, and Abdallah Al-Mubarak

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|File:IE road sign RUS-039.svg

|N/A

7th Ring Road

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|Between the boundaries of Mubarak Al-Kabir Governorate & Ahmadi Governorate

|Sulaibya (merges with 6th Ring Road)

|{{convert|34|km|mi}}

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|Many industrial and agricultural areas

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|Sultan Qaboos Road

=Gulf Road=

{{main|Gulf Street}}

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=

  • Highways 30 and 40 (also called King Abdulaziz road and King Fahd road respectively): These run parallel to each other. They serve Mahboula, Ahmadi and Fintas. This system has been installed (also called Jassem Al-Kharafi road): The road helps the system was put into (also called Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan road): residents of the towns to go to Kuwait City. Later, the road joins and heads towards to Saudi Arabia. It is used to get to Bahrain.{{cite web|title=Roads in Kuwait|url=http://www.expatserviceskuwait.com/Map%20RingRoadSystem01.htm|publisher=?|accessdate=21 August 2013}}

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

See also

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