I found the picture above on @molowey’s (AbuJack) account on Twitter and it reminded me of when the Fahaheel Expressway first opened up. I was a kid but I remember it being like a very cool and big thing and I think I fairly remember my dad taking the family onto the expressway after a Friday lunch to check it out. At one point in time, the top speed was 140KM/h before being brought down to the current 120KM/h. If you want to see more old photos of Kuwait, AbuJack has been posting old photos he’s taken practically on a daily basis. Link
2 replies on “The New Fahaheel Expressway, 1987”
I don’t know why but I cracked up when I saw the “No Camel 🐪” sign.
Remember my dad driving me and my mum in a Cutlass Supreme on the then newly commissoned As-Safar motorway from Jabreya all the way to Nuwaiseeb and back. The initial excitement quickly dissipated as the landscape was dull with not much to see for an eight year old. I remember thinking the expressway must be haunted as there was hardly anyone else on the road besides us. Must say, till date I never took a shine to that motorway.