List of bridges in Bahrain

Major road and railway bridges

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This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges with spans greater than 100 metres (328 ft) or total lengths longer than 5,000 metres (16,404 ft).

Name Arabic Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Governorate Ref.
  1 King Fahd Causeway جسر الملك فهد 150 m (490 ft) 25,000 m (82,000 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
80+150+80
Beam bridge
Prestressed concrete
 
King Fahd Causeway
Gulf of Bahrain
1986 JasraKhobar
26°12′07.5″N 50°17′12.3″E / 26.202083°N 50.286750°E / 26.202083; 50.286750 (King Fahd Causeway)
Northern Governorate
  Saudi Arabia
[Note 1]
[S 1]
[1]
[2]
[3]
  2 Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Bridge [ar] جسر الشيخ خليفة بن سلمان 121 m (397 ft) 404 m (1,325 ft) Arch
Steel tied arch
Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Causeway
Manama harbour
2003 ManamaAl Hidd
26°13′9″N 50°37′37″E / 26.21917°N 50.62694°E / 26.21917; 50.62694 (Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Bridge)
Capital Governorate
Muharraq Governorate
[S 2]
[4]
[5]
  3 Second Manama-Muharraq Crossing [ar] جسر الشيخ عيسى بن سلمان 120 m (390 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons and cable-stays
Shaikh Isa Causeway
Manama harbour
1997 ManamaMuharraq
26°15′13″N 50°35′36″E / 26.25361°N 50.59333°E / 26.25361; 50.59333 (Second Manama-Muharraq Crossing)
Capital Governorate
Muharraq Governorate
[S 3]
4 P-954 Flyover Bridge 122 m (400 ft) Arch
Steel tied arch
Bow-string bridge
Road Bridge
Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Causeway
2014 Manama
26°12′26.8″N 50°36′51.5″E / 26.207444°N 50.614306°E / 26.207444; 50.614306 (P-954 Flyover Bridge)
Capital Governorate [6]
[7]
[8]
5 Qatar–Bahrain Causeway
project
جسر المحبة 40,000 m (130,000 ft) Rail-road bridge
Qatar–Bahrain Causeway
Railway line
Gulf of Bahrain
AskarZubarah
26°02′05.0″N 50°49′35.6″E / 26.034722°N 50.826556°E / 26.034722; 50.826556 (Qatar–Bahrain Causeway)
Southern Governorate
  Qatar
[Note 2]
[S 4]
[11]
6 King Hamad Causeway
project
جسر الملك حمد 25,000 m (82,000 ft)
Road bridge
Gulf Railway
Gulf of Bahrain
BudaiyaKhobar
26°14′36.2″N 50°20′06.8″E / 26.243389°N 50.335222°E / 26.243389; 50.335222 (King Hamad Causeway)
Northern Governorate
  Saudi Arabia
[12]
[13]


See also

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Notes and references

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  • Notes
  1. ^ The causeway is composed of bridges, dykes and artificial islands, the lengths of the bridges numbered from 1 to 5 are respectively 934, 2,034, 5,194, 3,334 and 934 metres (3,064, 6,673, 17,041, 10,938 and 3,064 ft) totaling 12,430 metres (40,780 ft).[1]
  2. ^ Like the King Fahd Causeway, the Qatar–Bahrain Causeway includes 18 km (11 mi) of artificial dikes and 22 km (14 mi) of viaducts and bridges. Different designs were proposed for the main channel, two 225 m (738 ft) span cable-stayed bridges,[9] or an arch bridge with a 250 m (820 ft) main span.[10]
  • Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
  • Others references
  1. ^ a b "General Information". Kfca.sa - King Fahd Causeway Authority (official website). Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Bilderbeek, D.W.; Svensson, K.B. (September 3, 1984). "Saudi-Arabia: Bahrain causeway". IABSE 12th congress report - E-periodica.ch. Vancouver, BC: International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering: 1168–1169. doi:10.5169/seals-12284. ISBN 3-85748-041-6.
  3. ^ "Bahrain Causaway - The world's longest bridge" (PDF). CONNÆCT. Vol. 1. 2007. pp. 53–55.
  4. ^ "Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salaman Causeway Bridge, Bahrain". Dlteng.com - Dorman Long Technology Engineering. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Shiekh Khalifa Bin Sulamn Causeway Bridge, Bahrain". Yee.co.uk - Yee Associates. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  6. ^ Chahine, Ali (November 2015). "A New Bridge in 25 Hours". The Military Engineer. 107 (698). Society of American Military Engineers: 61–63. ISSN 0026-3982. JSTOR 26354565.
  7. ^ McCombs, Natalie (September 2014). "Speed on base path - Accelerated construction used for Bahrain bridge". Roads&Bridges. pp. 32–34.
  8. ^ "Bahrain Bridge move huge engineering feat". Tam.usace.army.mil - US Army Corps of Engineers - Middle East District Public Website. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  9. ^ Redfern, Bernadette. "Row could end Bahrain-Qatar bridge project". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "Qatar-Bahrain Causeway". Greisch.com - Bureau Greisch. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  11. ^ "The region's most ambitious causeway projects". Meed.com - MEED - Middle East Economic Digest. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  12. ^ "Second bridge to link Kingdom and Bahrain". Arab News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  13. ^ "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain explore new causeway project". Gulf News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.