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Originally Posted by Slugbelch
How close could you get to the tower?
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Well, the closest the main road gets to it is about 200m away. There is a sliproad that comes off and gets within 30m or so, but as so you get onto it there's a security checkpoint.
You can see most of the top half of the tower from there but the view is now impeeded by new buildings.
I parked about 2kms away and walked down burj boulevard.
I arrived at the sliproad at about 1pm and the place seemed almost deserted with no real visable activity going on.
I was so tempted to wander down the sliproad to see how close I could get, but I'm a big chicken!
Everywhere else has 5ft fencing all around the site that blocks most of the developement from the view of passing cars.
Driving past again at around 7.30pm was a different thing all together. There were a queue of around 7-8 concrete trucks all lined up waiting patiently with cranes galore swinging here and there with bodies all over the place. I think must be the start of a new shift or something
So, in answer to your question....about 200m.....but if your brave and run up rambo style at around 1pm you could probably touch the thing!
Next time I'll grow a beard and take blue overalls and a yellow hard hat!