New street signage is beginning to appear in Abu Dhabi, which I am guessing is inline with the announcement of a new addressing system for properties in the Emirate earlier this year. Each property will have an number and street address with a post code, much like the UK. At the moment, finding a property can be very difficult and landmarks are usually the main pointers. It would not be unusual to be told for example 'we are behind Najda Street (no street signs will ever show this name), next to Nissan showroom, Starbucks down, same building' . This way of giving directions and the fact that only main roads are referred to by a name (even then, not always the name on the sign - examples below), I think it's going to take some time for people to get used to a new system. But it will be a complete bonus for postal and courier services.
There is a current zone/sector system of mapping out the city, but it is confusing and complex. If you are interested I have a pdf that explains it in full detail! Mail me and I'll send it to you
In Abu Dhabi, there is a confusing system of street names. There are names used commonly, sometimes more than one, and then there are the official map and street sign names. Below is a table to try and help...
North South Abu Dhabi roads | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Common name | Number | Map name | Area | Comments |
| Airport Road | 2nd Street | Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum St | ||
| Old Airport Rd | 2nd Street | Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoom St | ||
| Lulu Rd | 4th Street | Lulu Rd | Al Markaziyah | |
| Al Sharqi St | 4th Street | Al Sharqi St | Madinat Zayed | |
| New Airport Rd | 4th Street | East Rd / Muroor Rd / New Airport Rd | South | |
| East Road | 4th Street | East Rd / Muroor Rd / New Airport Rd | South | |
| Muroor Road | 4th Street | East Rd / Muroor Rd / New Airport Rd | ||
| Al Dhafra Rd | Al Dafra St | |||
| Najda St | 6th Street | Umm Al Nar St | ||
| Najda St | 6th Street | Bani Yas Rd (Baniyas Rd) | ||
| East Coast Rd | 8th Street | Al Salam St (now Sheikh Zayed Street) | ||
| Eastern Ring Rd | 8th Street | Al Salam St | ||
| New Corniche Rd | 8th Street | Al Salam St | Madinat Zayed | |
| 10th St | 10th Street | Liwa St | ||
| 22nd Street | Khalid Bin Al Waleed St | |||
| 24th Street | Al Karamah St | |||
| 26th Street | King Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Saeed St | North | ||
| 26th Street | Al Nahyan / Nahayan St | South | ||
| 28th Street | Khalifa Bin Shakbut / Shakhbout St | |||
| Arabian Gulf Rd | 30th Street | Al Khaleej Al Arabi St | ||
| Mussafah Rd | 30th Street | Al Khaleej Al Arabi St | ||
| Coast Rd | 30th Street | Al Khaleej Al Arabi St | ||
| 32nd Street | Khalidiyah St | North | ||
| 32nd Street | Sultan Bin Zayed St | South | ||
| 34th Street | Baynunah St (Baynounah Rd) | to Emirates Palace | ||
East West Abu Dhabi roads | ||||
Common name | Number | Map name | Area | Comments |
| Corniche | 1st Street | |||
| Khalifa St | 3rd Street | Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed St | ||
| Khalifa St | 3rd Street | Al Istiqalal St | ||
| Hamdan St | 5th Street | Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed St | East | |
| Hamdan St | 5th Street | Al Nasr St | West | |
| 5th Street | Al Khubairah St | Al Khubeirah | ||
| Electra St | 7th Street | Sheikh Zayed the First St | East | |
| Zayed the First St | 7th Street | Sheikh Zayed the First St | West | |
| Khalidiyah St | 7th Street | Sheikh Zayed the First St | Khalidiya only? | |
| Old Passport Rd | 9th Street | Al Falah St | West | |
| Passport Road | 9th Street | Al Falah St | ||
| Jawazat Rd | 9th Street | Al Falah St | East | |
| Defense Rd | 11th Street | Hazza Bin Zayed St | ||
| 11th Street | Al Sudan St | |||
| Al Bateen St | 11th Street | Hazza Bin Zayed the First St? | ||
At least they look nice albeit a bit small!
ReplyDeleteA definite improvement!
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