Unexploded bombs from what was known as the "Highway of Death" in the 1991 Gulf War have been found at a housing project site on Kuwait's Highway 80, which connects the city to the Iraqi border, said a report.

The "Highway of Death" got its name when US-led coalition aircraft bombed a convoy of fleeing Iraqi forces, killing hundreds and leaving behind hundreds of burned-out vehicles.

These bombs were uncovered by the construction crew working on a $950-million residential project on Wednesday, according to AP, citing Kuwait's Public Authority of Housing Welfare.

"Finding explosives on the site is not surprising and more could be there," the state-run Kuwait News Agency quoted officials as saying.

A military bomb squad would immediately start defusing the ordinance found along Kuwait's Highway 80, they added.