I heard about this Nahr el Mot multi-bridges project months ago, and it seems like an ideal solution to the traffic there, but its implementation is a disaster. Two weeks ago, they decided to open up a road next to the bridge connecting Nahr el Mot to Salloume, therefore putting a bridge in the middle of a highway !
I don’t think i have ever seen that anywhere before, a bridge in the middle of the highway with the rest of the lanes on the left and right ! Add to that Lebanese drivers switching lanes left and right and driving recklessly and you get a living hell 🙂
Here is a picture of how it’s expected to look.
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Apparently they are re-changing the routes on Monday. So expect plenty of traffic going to work!
I agree, it could have been designed better. I spoke several times to teh Engineer in charge of this project at CDR, he says this is the best possible design taking into consideration several factors, one being routing of traffic during construction. Also he says a bridge cannot be constructed on teh left lane as per international highways standards