The Dubai route numbering system is a network of highway

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Dubai

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 that is managed by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The network comprises 6 main highways and several major and minor inter-city and intra-city roads.

E-routes

Highways connecting Dubai to other emirates are designated Emirates routes or E-routes. They are identified by an emblem

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 of a falcon

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, the letter E and a two or three digit number. While within city limits, most roads and highways take alternate names, but are consistently identified by their corresponding E-route number. Six E-routes pass through Dubai, connecting the city with other emirates and towns:

• E 11 (Sheikh Zayed Road)
• E 311(Emirates Road)
• E 44 (Al Khail Road; Dubai-Hatta
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• E 66 (Dubai-Al Ain
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• E 77 (Dubai-Al Habab Road)
• E 611(Dubai Bypass Road)

• E 55 (Goes to Adh Dhayd)

• E 22 (Khalifa Ibn Zayed Street; goes to Al Khaznah)

The longest of the E-routes is E 11, which extends the length of the UAE's Persian Gulf coast and connects all emirates

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, with the exception of Al Fujairah.

D-routes

D-routes connect localities within the city of Dubai and are identified by the emblem of a fort, the letter D and a two or three digit number. Considerably shorter in length than the average E-route, D-routes provide an intra-city network of roads and streets. D-routes parallel to UAE's coast along the Persian Gulf

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 are numbered evenly, beginning with D 94; the numbers decrease as the network moves farther from the coast. D-routes perpendicular to the Persian Gulf coast are odd numbered and increase as the network moves towards the emirate of Sharjah. Some of the D-routes include:

• D 97 (Amman Street)
• D 95 (Al Mamzar Road (Cairo Street); Baghdad Street)
• D 94 (Jumeirah Road)
• D 93 (Al Wuheida Road; Al Nahada Road; Tunis Street)
• D 92 (Al Wasl Road; Al Mina Road; Al Khaleej Road)
• D 91 (Abu Hail Road)
• D 90 (Al Satwa Road; Mankhool Road; Al Muasallah Road)
• D 89 (Al Maktoum Road; Airport Road; Al Khawaneej Road)
• D 88 (On Bur Dubai side Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Road and on Deira side Omar Bin Al Khattab Road)
• D 85 (Baniyas Road)
• D 84 (Al Seef Road; Zabeel Road)
• D 83 (Umm Ramool Road)
• D 82 (Al Naif Road; Al Rasheed Road)
• D 81 (Riyadh Street)
• D 80 (Salahuddin Road)
• D 79 (Khalid bin al Waleed Road, Tariq Bin Ziyad Road, Oud Metha Road)
• D 78 (Abu Baker Al Siddique Road)
• D 77 (Al Kuwait Street)
• D 75 (Sheikh Rashid Road)
• D 73 (Al Dhiyafa Road)
• D 71 (Al Doha Street)
• D 70 (Casablanca Road)
• D 69 (Al Hadiqa Street; Muscat Street)
• D 67 (Academic Road; Manama Street)
• D 64
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   (Al Qusais Road; Damascus Street)
• D 63 (Umm Suqeim Street)
• D 62 (Nadd Al Hammar Road)
• D 60 (Al Rashidiya Road)
• D 56 
• D 54 (Academic City Road)
• D 50 (Aweer Khawaneej Road)

Major roads

Major roads typically surround a community or locality within the city and are addressed by a name and a three digit identification number. Streets within a locality are identified with a two digit number. Street numbers are repeated within each locality.