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Roads closures for Qasr Al Hosn fest from tomorrow
ABU DHABI- The roads around Qasr Al Hosn in the Capital will be closed between February 28 and March 9 to facilitate the celebration of the historic fort's 250th anniversary. The Department of Transport (DoT) announced on Sunday that five major and internal streets will be closed from 2pm till 6pm on Thursday, most notably the Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (known as Airport Road), from Hamdan Street intersection to Al Falah intersection, one of the busiest areas in the Capital.
- On February 28 (2pm-6pm):
- Route 007 that operates Zayed First Street will be detoured to Fourth Street going through Hamdan Street to Sixth Street, and then follow the normal route.
- Route 008 that operates Fourth Street and Zayed First Street will be detoured to Hamdan Street going through Sixth Street and then follow the normal route.
- Route 009 that operates Al Falah Street will be detoured to Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street, going through Hazza Bin Zayed Street, then Al Karama Street and then follow the normal route.
- Route 032 that operates Zayed First Street will be detoured to Fourth Street going through Hamdan Street and Sixth Street, then follow the normal route.
- Route 034 that operates Zayed First Street and Rashid bin Saeed Street will be detoured to Hazza bin Zayed Street going through Al Karama Street, Al Falah Street, Khalid bin Al Waleed Street and then back to Zayed First Street going through Sixth Street and Hamdan Street, then follow the normal route.
- Route 044 that operates Al Karama Street to Al Falah Street will be detoured from Al Karama Street going through Hazza Bin Zayed Street, Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street and Al Falah Street going through the Fourth Street to Zayed First Street, then follow the normal route.
- Route 054 going through the main bus station heading to Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street to Hamdan Street will be detoured to Fourth Street to Hamdan Street and then follow the normal route.
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