Navigate Fahaheel Expressway in Style

Driving to Kuwait City for work in the morning can be real nerve wrecking. The highway is usually backed up with traffic all the way from the 5th ring road. Below are few tips to speed up the drive:

• After Cairo Street, keep on the left lane. Because people are merging into the highway and you have the Shaab exit, the left lane moves faster
• On the 3rd ring road bridge, keep on the right lane. There are a few exits to the right of the highway which seem to divert traffic that way. The right lane usually moves faster.
• Keep on the right lane, all the way until about 300 meters before the stop light into Kuwait City. At this point, the traffic from Beneid Al Gar will be merging into the highway. Up ahead you'll see bus stops and a pileup of buses.
• You want to take the left lane at this point. It moves the quickest. At the stop light the right 2 lanes into Sharq are lined up. The left lane to Salhiya is also lined up. But the lane in the middle is completely empty. This should be your target lane till you pass the stop light.

Hopefully by following these tips you can knock a few precious minutes off your trip to work. But more importantly you lessen your frustration. Enjoy and let me know if you have any other / different shortcuts.