KHALDEH – DBAYEH

AND
DBAYEH - OKAIBE
EXPRESSWAYS
March 6 2018
By
Elie Helou – Council for Development and
Reconstruction
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Project Objective:

Connecting the
Northern &
Southern sections Coastal
Highway
of the M50 & to link
with the Pan Arab Known as
Highway
M50

By providing a
missing bypass to
the city of Beirut
& Pan Arab
By providing added Highway
capacity to bypass
the city Jounieh.
 CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
NORTHERN ENTRANCE TABARJA
NORTHERN
NORTHERN ENTRANCE
ENTRANCE

TABARJA - BEIRUT BOTH

BEIRUT BCD- DIRECTIONS
BCD TABARJA SOUTHERN
BEIRUT AM PM NIGHT ENTRANCE
ADT BOTH DIRECTIONS 290000 VPH
DISTANCE 24 KM
TRAVEL 70 MIN 90 MIN 18 MIN
TIME
SPEED 20 KM/HR 16 KM/HR 80 KM/HR
 CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
SOUTHERN ENTRANCE
TABARJA

NORTHERN
ENTRANCE

KHALDE - BEIRUT BOTH

BEIRUT BCD- DIRECTIONS
BCD KHALDE
AM PM NIGHT SOUTHERN
KHALDE
ADT BOTH DIRECTIONS 130000 VPH ENTRANCE
SOUTHERN DISTANCE 16 KM
ENTRANCE TRAVEL 40 MIN 35 MIN 12 MIN
TIME
SPEED 24 KM/HR 28 KM/HR 80 KM/HR
 PEAK HOUR OR PEAK DAY
Very high level of congestion is recorded on major corridors
thought-out most hours of the day
 DOWN THE ROAD
GBA MAIN ARTERIALS IN 2035
LOS “E” 1954
LOS “F” 2582

KHALDEH-DBAYEH
EXPRESSWAY
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Alignment & interchanges
KHALDEH-DBAYEH DBAYEH-OQAIBE
EXPRESSWAY EXPRESSWAY
20 KM 18 KM

‫محول البوار‬

‫محول صفرا‬

‫محول‬
)‫الميكانيك (الحدث‬
‫محول ضبية‬ ‫محول عوكر‬
‫محول‬
‫الكفاءات – الحدث‬
‫محول غزير‬
‫محول ذوق مصبح‬

‫محول ساحل علما‬

- Total length 38 km
- 20 interchanges
 ‫‪2027 ADT‬‬
‫‪50,000 VPH‬‬
‫محول خلدة‬

‫محول‬
‫الميكانيك (الحدث)‬
‫‪2027 ADT‬‬
‫‪50,000 VPH‬‬
‫‪2027 ADT‬‬
‫‪100,000 VPH‬‬
KHALDEH-DBAYEH EXPRESSWAY

• Elevated viaduct 20 km
• Dual 3-4 lanes in each direction
• Construction cost 775 MUSD
• Expropriation cost 850 MUSD
• Urban area
• Flat terrain
KHALDEH-DBAYEH EXPRESSWAY
Box Girder viaduct
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- Tunnels twin tubes x 3 lanes each, 8 km long
- Bridges twin structures x 3 lanes each, 5 km long
- At grade 5 km long
- Suburban, Mountainous terrain
- Construction Cost 825 MUSD
- Expropriation Cost 415 MUSD

DBAYEH-OQAIBE
EXPRESSWAY
18 KM
DBAYE – OKAIBE BRIDGES
Arch Bridge: Nahr El Kalb Bridge
Bridge structural Total Number of Total Length
type bridges (m)

Arch bridge 2 (Nahr-El-Kalb) 1000

Dbaye – Okaibe Bridges
Balanced Cantilever: 8

Total Number of
Bridge structural type Total Length (m)
bridges
Balanced Cantilever 8 2000
 Dbaye – Okaibe Bridges
Precast I-Beams: 16 bridges

Total Number of
Bridge structural type Total Length (m)
bridges
Precast I-Girders 16 2324
 Dbaye – Okaibe Bridges
Twin Tunnels

Tunnel Section Length = 8280 m

Longest Tunnel (Harissa Area) = 2800 m
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Possible sections based on connectivity to road network

 KHALDEH DBAYEH AND DBAYEH OKAIBE EXPRESSWAYS
Current Status
Completed
• Khalde - Dbayeh and Dbayeh - Okaibe expressways preliminary engineering
designs
• Khaldeh – Dbayeh initial ESIA prepared in 2012
• Dbayeh - Okaibe expressway expropriation plan approved by way of decree
No. 2169 on 9/1/2018.

On-going
• Khaldeh – Dbayeh expressway decree at pre-final preparation stage
• Khalde - Dbayeh and Dbayeh - Okaibe expressways financial study is at 60 %
progress
• Khalde - Okaibe ESIA to start shortly
 Next steps

To start the due diligence process for developing the expressway on a PPP basis
and decide on the following pressing issues:

1. Whether to execute the expressway as one project or split it into different

standalone sections
2. How to cover the project expropriation costs
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Thank you