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]. All roads in Kuwait are toll-free.

Highway of death, Kuwait - Iraq border (1991).

## Inter-Area Roads

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Highways of Kuwait

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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.

### Ring Roads

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Road  | Image  | Start  | End  | Length  | Areas served  | Landmarks  | Speed Limit  | Official Name

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❶ 1st Ring Road |  | Dasman, Kuwait City | Souq Al-Mubarakiya, Kuwait City  | 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi)  | Kuwait City (Sharq, Mirgāb, Jibla, Dasmān)

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

* Dasman Palace
* Shaheed Park
* Souq Al-Mubarakiya

|  | Ṣubāḥ I Road
❷ 2nd Ring Road |  | Bneid Al-Gar (@ Gulf Road)  | Shuwaikh Residential (@ Gulf Road)  | 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)  | North: Bneid Al-Gar, Dasma, Manṣūrīya, Dhāḥya, Shamiya, Shuwaikh

South: Diʿīya, Qādsīya, Nizha, Faiḥāʾ, Kaifan

| Ṣubāḥ Al-Sālim Stadium

|  | Khalid Yūsif Al-Marzūg Road
❸ 3rd Ring Road |  | Green Island, Diʿīya | Shuwaikh Industrial | 8 kilometres (5.0 mi)  | North: Bneid Al-Gar, Diʿīya, Qādsīya, Nizha, Faiḥāʾ, Kaifan, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

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

* Green Island
* The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training

|  | ʿAbdallah ʿAli Al-Muṭawwaʿ Road
❹ 4th Ring Road |  | Salmiya | Shuwaikh Medical before Sulaibikhat(merges with Route 80)  | 16.6 kilometres (10.3 mi)  | North: Salmiya, Maidan Hawalli, Hawally, Rawda, Adailiya, Khaldiya, Shuwaikh Industrial Area

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

* Little Manila
* The Avenues
* Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital
* College of Medicine at Kuwait University
* Friday Market
* Nurseries Market

|  | Ḥusayn ʿAli Al-Rūmi Road
❺ 5th Ring Road |  | Bidiʿ Roundabout (between Salmiya and Rumaithiya)  | Qairawan before Jahra | 30.3 kilometres (18.8 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,

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

|  | Zayid bin Sulṭān Al-Nhayyān Road
❻ 6th Ring Road |  | At Taʿāwun Street between Salwa & Messila | Jahra | 51 kilometres (32 mi)  | North:

South:

* Kuwait University \- Shaddādīya
* Kuwait International Airport
* Murouj
* Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
* 360 Mall

|  | Jasim Al-Khrāfi Road
6.5 Ring Road |  |  |  |  | Dhajeej, Jileeb, and Abdallah Al-Mubarak |

* Kuwait University \- Shaddādīya
* Kuwait International Airport

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❼ 7th Ring Road |  | Between the boundaries of Mubarak Al-Kabir Governorate & Ahmadi Governorate | Sulaibya (merges with 6th Ring Road)  | 34 kilometres (21 mi)  |  | Many industrial and agricultural areas  |  | Sultan Qaboos Road

### Gulf Road

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Main article: 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

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* 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.[1]

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

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1. ^ "Roads in Kuwait". ?. Retrieved 21 August 2013.

## See also

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