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 . All roads in Kuwait are toll-free.
Inter-Area Roads
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
Gulf Road
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.
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
- Transport in Kuwait
