page_title: Dubai Canal
section_title: Infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: Dubai Canal / Infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: English: Dubai water canal night view
context_page_description: Dubai Canal is an artificial water canal unveiled on 2 October 2013 and inaugurated on 9 November 2016. The canal side-walk comprises one shopping centre, four hotels, 450 restaurants, luxury housing, walkways and cycle paths. It is a three-kilometer long project starting from Business Bay into the Persian Gulf through Safa Park and Jumeirah. The width ranges from 80 meters to 120 meters. It is six meters deep and be crossed by eight-meter high bridges. It creates new public places and facilities with a total area of 80,000 square meters with private marinas for boats and a trade centre at the entrance of the canal.
context_section_description: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) built bridges over the canal for Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Wasl Road and Jumeirah Road. The Sheikh Zayed road bridge has eight lanes in each direction and three lanes in each direction on Al Wasl Road and Jumeirah Road. The crossings are 8.5 meters above the water to allow boats to pass underneath.
  The project also includes three pedestrian crossings in addition to footpaths on all three new bridges and four marina stations for public transport.
  As of July 2014, the earthworks for the project near Sheikh Zayed Road had commenced.
  It was unveiled on 2 October 2013 and inaugurated on 9 November 2016.
  One of the first projects launched on Dubai Water Canal is Marasi Business Bay, which broke ground in June 2017.
caption: Dubai canal night view
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