Dubai to Fujairah in 40 minutes. Gulf News takes a drive on the new Dubai-Fujairah highway. The recently opened road is a smooth and scenic forty-minute commute between Dubai and Fujairah. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Normally the drive from Dubai to Fujairah takes about 90 minutes. It's a treacherous
00:11drive through the mountains, through the Friday market, through many twists and turns, and
00:17very often you come across heavy trucks. It just makes for a nasty drive. This weekend,
00:25to celebrate National Day, the government opened a new road between Dubai and Fujairah.
00:36It's supposed to take 45 minutes. I'm on my way to Sharjah now to see exactly what the
00:44road is like, so come along for the ride. So we've left Sharjah, I'm heading south-east
00:52on Maliha Road. I can see the mountains of Fujairah ahead of me. The only problem is
00:57that there's no signpost for this new road that links Dubai and Fujairah. There's just
01:04no sign of it. Right now I'm following my nose, I'm following the GPS, and as it stands
01:13right now, I haven't found a new road. So this beautiful sedge of new asphalt marks
01:20the beginning of the highway between Khor Fakkan and Fujairah. Highway 84, they opened
01:32last week, and judging by the amount of traffic on it, obviously we've all found it. So we're
01:40climbing quite a bit, my ears have started to pop. You can see here on the left where
01:46they've cut out basically a whole mountainside where we're cutting through. It really is
01:52a spectacular piece of engineering, the bright limestone is exposed from where they've drilled
01:58out. We're pretty much at the crest of the hill. On this side it's Fujairah, and as I
02:07pan around, on this side of Yudh mountain cut, it's Dubai's side. The road officially
02:14opened on Saturday, but not all of the road works are complete. They're still doing some
02:21side works, some drainage works, the occasional crew are working, but by and large it's very
02:28very open, very very smooth, and a marvellous drive altogether. And here we are on the outskirts
02:36of Fujairah. Very quick, comfortable drive. Ten times better than the old road.