President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Tuesday inaugurated, via video conference, the new Sharm El-Sheikh International Road, which runs from the Martyr Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel (Suez Tunnel) to the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, after the Armed Forces Engineering Authority completed construction of the new 340-kilometer "Ayoun Moussa-Sharm El-Sheikh" road.
According to the Masrawy website, the road was built by 3 national companies at a cost of nearly EGP 3.5 billion, and it passes through the towns of Ras Sedr, Abu Zenima, Abu Rudeis and El-Tor up to the city of Sharm El-Sheikh. The distance between Cairo and Sharm El-Sheikh becomes about 450 kilometers after adding the 110-kilometer Cairo-Suez Desert Road, and the road is expected to cut travel time from Cairo to Sharm El-Sheikh to 4 hours.
The road includes 14 fuel stations on both sides, 7 on the outbound carriageway and 7 on the return carriageway, with an average distance of 50 kilometers between stations.
To avoid accidents and for ease of travel, the road was built with 3 lanes in each direction and a width of 25 meters to accommodate vehicles whatever the traffic density. There is also a median in the middle of the road separating the two directions to avoid accidents; the road also avoids all dangerous curves and does not pass through towns and residential areas.
In addition, Bridge 109 was built on the Suez Road to allow direct entry toward the tunnel instead of turning around from the Suez Road. After the Ayoun Moussa toll gate, drivers can turn left into the desert area and take the new road, leaving the old coastal road, with links connecting the coastal towns to the new road.
