Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai is the main and the longest street of the emirate. Its length is 55 km. In fact, Sheikh Zayed Street - a part of Dubai's longest motorway, the United Arab Emirates E11, which connects the town of Al-Force in Abu Dhabi to Ras Al Khaimah on the border with the state of Oman.

On Sheikh Zayed Road, are many of the city's attractions. This is the first in the history of the emirate's high-rise buildings of the International Trade Centre and Burj Khalifa - the tallest building in the world. Here are located such as the famous shopping malls: Mall of the Emirates, Marina Mall, Dubai Mall and Ibn-Batuta Mall, and the trendy residential areas, luxury hotels. Along the highway is most skyscrapers of Dubai.

Sheikh Zayed motorway - this is one of the busiest roads of the city. At peak hours there are formed many kilometers of traffic jams, from which it could not deliver either a paid fare or the global financial crisis. In 2009, he was commissioned the "red" line of Dubai Metro, which in recent years has somewhat improved situation on the road.

Until 1990, the road had no official name and national called "road Dubai - Abu Dhabi" or "Defense", the title roundabout, from where it began. In the early 90-ies. local government decree, work began on the modernization of the road. In the area of ​​Jebel Ali moved her to the side of the desert, which expanded the port. Subsequently, all roundabouts have been replaced by multi-level, and the road has become motorway.

After the reconstruction of the road, the former ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum has decided to call it the name of the first President of UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.