al-Batinah Expressway
| Expressway in Oman | |
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| Operator: | Ministry of Transport and Communications |
| Overall length: | 270 km |
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Muḥāfaẓa ( governorate ): |
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The Al-Batinah Expressway is a highway in the Sultanate of Oman . The four-lane trunk road relieves route 1 and greatly shortens the travel time between Dubai and Muscat . It begins in Halban on the Muscat Expressway and leads through the flat al-Batina plain past the cities of Barka , As-Suwaiq , Al-Chabura , Saham , Suhar and Shinas to the border with the United Arab Emirates on the route 1 . The motorway was opened to traffic on May 7, 2018.
literature
- Kirstin Kabasci, Peter Franzisky: Oman. Travel Guide. 9th edition, 2015. ISBN 978-3-8317-2543-4 .
- Henning Neuschäffer: Oman & United Arab Emirates. Polyglot "Apa Guide", 2012. ISBN 978-3-86459-038-2 .