The system of main streets is straight forward enough once you realize that the odd numbered streets run across the island and the even numbers run along it. However, by recent decree, the city has been split up into numbered 'zones' and 'sectors', with all roads in each sector numbered, First St, Second St, etc, and the vast majority of street signs only refer to these. Many roads have traditional names, like 'Airport Rd', which may not correspond to the official names, like 'Maktoum St', and the city is divided into traditional districts like 'Khalidiyya'.

Street addresses in Abu Dhabi are simultaneously very logical and hopelessly confusing. The wide end of the wedge forms the city centre, with the Corniche running along the coast and a road variously known as Airport Rd or Sheikh Rasheed bin Saeed al Maktoum St running lengthwise out to the bridges. The core of Abu Dhabi is a wedge-shaped island connected to the mainland by the Maqta and Musaffah bridges. It remains to be seen how well the strategy will work but the city is certainly experiencing a construction boom. Yas Island hosts Abu Dhabi's Formula 1 track and the new Ferrari theme park, while the upcoming USD28 billion cultural zone of Saadiyat Island and its centrepieces the Guggenheim (scheduled to open in 2017) and Louvre Museums (opened 2017) have been repeatedly plagued by delays. Several massive projects are also under way. Scale model of Saadiyat Island, with the Guggenheim up front

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