The Sheikh Zayed Road is home to most of Dubai's skyscrapers, including the Emirates Towers and the Burj Khalifa.
The highway also connects other new developments such as the Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Marina and Dubai Waterfront.
The road has most of the Red Line of Dubai Metro running alongside it.

Interchanges:-

Sheikh Zayed Road has several interchanges to enable traffic to go on and off the highway.
These interchanges commonly lead to roundabouts (rotaries) to enable traffic to exit or to go to the other side of the highway.

There are many other exits although they are not as well equipped.

As of 2007, the interchanges are:
World Trade Centre Roundabout: Towards Union House, BurJuman, Zabeel Park
Interchange 1: Financial Centre Road Street interchange towards Downtown Dubai, Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall
Interchange 2: Towards Hadiqa Rd, Safa Park and Jumeirah on the west; and Meydan Rd towards Meydan on east.
Interchange 3: Towards Al Quoz through Manara Rd on east.
Interchange 4: Towards Mall of the Emirates, Gold & Diamond Park, Madinat Jumeirah, Burj Al Arab, Wild Wadi Water Park, Jumeirah Beach Hotel through Umm Suqeim Rd.
Interchange 5: Towards Dubai Marina, Emirates Hills, Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City