The Tripoli Third Ring Road Project

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Ever wondered what is going on at the roundabout at Ghout El Sha33al on the main highway in Tripoli (or the second ring road, or El Saree3)?, and why that roundabout and since 2007 was split in half and became just a double road?

That is the western starting point of the project of the 3rd ring road, it’s a arterial multilane (6 lanes) roadway arching around Tripoli, from this round about it goes along the latitude line N32º50' towards the east, then just at the south of Souq El Jom3a it takes a shape turn towards the coast along the longitude line E13º16'. The project is about 24 km in length, it includes: three road carriageway, emergency carriageway both sides, eleven Interchanging points, a new bridge and nine over bridges, and respective roads and services road on both sides of the main road. The path of this road is highlighted in blue on the map below.

This project has been designed to relief the city from the ever increasing traffic pressure mainly by:

1. Allowing vehicles specially the heavy ones to bypass the city which reduces the traffic within.

2. Connecting east of the city to its west and supporting the overloaded 2nd ring road by picking up a major part of traffic from it.

3. Crossing and interconnecting the major roads all around Tripoli, which helps in moving across quite swiftly and avoiding congesting the small and tight roads.

4. Enhancing the traffic flow by having signal free highway which eliminates jamming.

The project is being handled by LBCD - Libyan Brazilian Construction and Development Company-, it is a joint venture composed by Odebrecht (Brazilian Conglomerate with renders Engineering and Construction Services) and UDHC (Urban Development Holding Company).

The info about this project is scattered in bits and pieces all over the internet, the LBCD did not seem to have had time to do the proper publication and promotion for this capital and key project among other projects taking place in Tripoli today. So I piled up maximum info in this page, this and this are links for additional information about this project.