{{Infobox road | country = OMN | name = Muscat Expressway | length_km = 56 | cities = Qurum, Madinat Sultan Qaboos, Bawshar, Ghubra, Rusayl, Khoudh Maʽabilah | system = Transport in Oman | photo = Muscat Expressway.jpg | established = 2011 }}{{Short description|Major 6-lane expressway in Muscat, Oman}} '''Muscat Expressway''' ({{Langx|ar|طريق مسقط السريع}}) is a 56km 6-lane highway in Muscat, the capital of Oman.<ref name="parson">{{cite news |title=Muscat Expressway: New Expressway Alleviates Congestion and Accommodates Future Growth |url=https://www.parsons.com/projects/Pages/muscat-expressway.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917171917/https://www.parsons.com/projects/Pages/muscat-expressway.aspx |archive-date=17 September 2016 |accessdate=1 June 2017 |publisher=Parsons Corporation}}</ref> The expressway runs largely parallel to Route 1 but further away from the coast and acts as a relief road. it connects with the Batinah Expressway which is a 256km 8-lane highway that continues from the Muscat Expressway at Halban to the United Arab Emirates border at Khatmat Malaha.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 May 2017 |title=Batinah Expressway opened |url=http://timesofoman.com/article/109592/TimesTV/Oman/Videos/Batinah-Expressway-opened |newspaper=Times of Oman}}</ref> The expressway was opened to the public on 7th of January 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |last=البيان |title=افتتاح الجزء الأخير من طريق مسقط السريع |url=https://www.albayan.ae/one-world/news-reports/2011-01-07-1.992250 |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=www.albayan.ae |language=ar}}</ref>
==See also== * Sultan Qaboos Street * Transport in Oman
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{{Asia-road-stub}} {{Oman-geo-stub}}{{Highways in Oman}} Category:2013 establishments in Oman Category:Roads in Muscat, Oman Category:Expressways in Oman