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Tunnel in Middle East to open
25 July 2011: The Middle East's longest traffic tunnel, Al Salam currently under construction in Abu Dhabi city will be commenced by December 2011.
The Dh5 billion Al Salam tunnel venture has launched more than three years ago as one of the largest road construction projects to be carried out in the UAE.The road will have a capacity of 12,000 moving cars per hour in both directions once it becomes fully operational. Around two kilometres of the tunnel will be embedded nearly 15 metres underground while the rest will be open and near the surface level.
Source: zawya