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Old Mar 9th 2011, 5:35 am
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Originally Posted by EmiratesMillhouse
When will we stop referring to it as the new road? - it opened in October 2009, one week before the grand prix!
Yes and you could tell it was a rush job. But I believe now that they have sorted out the sub-standard and dangerous fencing but the bridge joints have a lot to be desired.
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Yes and you could tell it was a rush job. But I believe now that they have sorted out the sub-standard and dangerous fencing but the bridge joints have a lot to be desired.
I didn't realize that you were a civil engineer!
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but the bridge joints have a lot to be desired.
Why? Personally I'm a great admirer of bridges, but I must admit the joints rarely do it for me. Why are they so desirable?
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Why? Personally I'm a great admirer of bridges, but I must admit the joints rarely do it for me. Why are they so desirable?
There are whole websites dedicated to such matters:

http://www.bridgejoints.org.uk
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Phwooar. Now I see what Busybee means. The Elastomeric with Metal Runners Resin Encapsulated type are wicked, but catch a load of the Asphaltic Plugs...hummin'
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Phwooar. Now I see what Busybee means. The Elastomeric with Metal Runners Resin Encapsulated type are wicked, but catch a load of the Asphaltic Plugs...hummin'
Indeed. How else does a bored housewife in KCA occupy herself all day. She can only donut the Explorer for so long!
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Indeed. How else does a bored housewife in KCA occupy herself all day. She can only donut the Explorer for so long!
She's not a Bored Reader's Wife, is she?
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Her husband is an engineer or works with engineers.
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Her husband is an engineer or works with engineers.
Don't let the facts get in the way.

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Her husband is an engineer or works with engineers.
...or knows someone whose brother-in-law is an engineer?
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...or knows someone whose brother-in-law is an engineer?
it must be 'riveting' in the BB2 household
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It may not be a new road to you lot, but I didn't even know of its existence until earlier this week!

I won't be finished at Le Meridian until 6.00pm so I assume I will hit dreadful traffic getting out of AD. Will getting on this 'new' road be a much better route out then? I am guessing so. Is it well signposted from the AD end?

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Originally Posted by Meow

I won't be finished at Le Meridian until 6.00pm
ouch - good luck.

My tip for joining the road is to not join it from the corniche but to go up to the port and join it with the lorries. They are slow so you can out accelerate them and push in front of them at the lights.
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Traffic last night was backed up in SHZ all the way to the Marina due to a major pileup near TECOM. Coming from the opposite direction it still took me twenty minutes to get from the Hessa Street exit to my apartment via Knowledge Village so I ended up getting out of it pretty well, and from my balcony I could see the traffic on Hessa Street backed all the way to Al Khail.

In other words, you could be fine or all hell will break loose. Luck of the draw.

Originally Posted by Meow
It may not be a new road to you lot, but I didn't even know of its existence until earlier this week!

I won't be finished at Le Meridian until 6.00pm so I assume I will hit dreadful traffic getting out of AD. Will getting on this 'new' road be a much better route out then? I am guessing so. Is it well signposted from the AD end?

Thanks again
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Originally Posted by Meow
It may not be a new road to you lot, but I didn't even know of its existence until earlier this week!

I won't be finished at Le Meridian until 6.00pm so I assume I will hit dreadful traffic getting out of AD. Will getting on this 'new' road be a much better route out then? I am guessing so. Is it well signposted from the AD end?

Thanks again
Personally at that time i would head down the corniche and up 30th to the airport and go that way via New Shahama.

I used to work at mina port and travelled around 6pm to Mangrove (o/s of Musaffah bridge) never any issues.
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