List of bridges in Saudi Arabia

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had approximately 6,000 bridges structures in 13 regions. [1]

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Major road and railway bridges

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).

NameArabicSpanLengthTypeCarries
Crosses
OpenedLocationProvinceRef.
Riyadh Bridge.jpg 1 Wadi Leban Bridge جسر المعلق بالرياض405 m (1,329 ft)763 m (2,503 ft) Cable-stayed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons
179+405+179
City road 500
Western Ring Road
Wadi Leban Valley
1997 Riyadh
24°36′57.2″N46°34′59.2″E / 24.615889°N 46.583111°E / 24.615889; 46.583111 (Wadi Leban Bridge)
Riyadh Province [S 1]
[2]
[3]
2 Saudi Landbridge Bridge
project
300 m (980 ft) Arch
Concrete deck arch
[4]
3 Obhur Creek Bridge
project
200 m (660 ft)2,000 m (6,600 ft) Arch
Concrete through arch
Road bridge
Jeddah Metro
(Line   2  )
Obhur Creek
Jeddah
21°43′21.1″N39°06′46.2″E / 21.722528°N 39.112833°E / 21.722528; 39.112833 (Obhur Creek Bridge)
Mecca Province [5]
[6]
King Fahd Causeway bridge num4.jpg 4 King Fahd Causeway جسر الملك فهد150 m (490 ft)25,000 m (82,000 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
80+150+80
Beam bridge
Prestressed concrete
Mashreq-M80.gif
King Fahd Causeway
Gulf of Bahrain
1986 Khobar Jasra
26°12′07.5″N50°17′12.3″E / 26.202083°N 50.286750°E / 26.202083; 50.286750 (King Fahd Causeway)
Eastern Province
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
[Note 1]
[S 2]
[7]
[8]
[9]
5 Takhassusi Bridge 106 m (348 ft)505 m (1,657 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
60+106+60
Road bridge
Takhassusi Road
Makkah road
Riyadh
24°40′31.5″N46°40′41.7″E / 24.675417°N 46.678250°E / 24.675417; 46.678250 (Takhassusi Bridge)
Riyadh Province [10]
6 King Hamad Causeway
project
جسر الملك حمد25,000 m (82,000 ft)
Road bridge
Gulf Railway
Gulf of Bahrain
Khobar Budaiya
26°14′36.2″N50°20′06.8″E / 26.243389°N 50.335222°E / 26.243389; 50.335222 (King Hamad Causeway)
Eastern Province
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
[11]
[12]
7 Saudi–Egypt Causeway
project
مشروع جسر بري بين مصر والسعودية9,000 m (30,000 ft) Ras Alsheikh Hamid Sharm El Sheikh
27°59′56.0″N34°28′18.2″E / 27.998889°N 34.471722°E / 27.998889; 34.471722 (Saudi–Egypt Causeway)
Tabuk Province
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
[13]
[14]
8 West Viaduct (Riyadh Metro Line 3) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Riyadh Metro
(Line   3  )
Riyadh
24°36′01.9″N46°38′37.9″E / 24.600528°N 46.643861°E / 24.600528; 46.643861 (West Viaduct (Riyadh Metro Line 3))
Riyadh Province [15]
9 Viaduct 6-1 (Riyadh Metro Line 6) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Riyadh Metro
(Line   6  )
Riyadh
24°44′18.0″N46°48′00.4″E / 24.738333°N 46.800111°E / 24.738333; 46.800111 (Viaduct 6-1 (Riyadh Metro Line 6))
Riyadh Province [16]
[17]

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Notes and references

  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). [7]
  1. "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Bridge Inspection and Bridge Management System". Stantec.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  2. Lengweiler, Roy; Marchon, Gerard (July 27, 1999). "Wadi-Leban-Schrägseilbrücke: moderne Anwendung der Segmentbauweise" [Wadi-Leban Cable-stayed Bridge: modern application of segmental construction]. Schweizer Ingenieur und Architekt (in German). 117 (29/30): 630-635. doi:10.5169/seals-79767.
  3. "Wadi Leban cable-stayed bridge" (PDF). VSL News Magazine. Vol. 10, no. 1. VSL International. 1999. p. 4-5.
  4. "Saudi Landbridge Railway". Colasanti-ltd.com - Colasanti Ltd. Consulting Engineering Company. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  5. "Obhur Creek Bridge and Secondary Bridges". Rendel-ltd.com - Rendel Limited. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  6. "Study and Conceptual Design of Obhur Creek Bridge". Tapconsu.net - Talal Abbas Adham & Partners Co. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  7. 1 2 "General Information". Kfca.sa - King Fahd Causeway Authority (official website). Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  8. 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.
  9. "Bahrain Causaway - The world's longest bridge" (PDF). CONNÆCT. Vol. 1. 2007. pp. 53–55.
  10. "Takhassusi Bridge. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia". Silga.es. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  11. "Second bridge to link Kingdom and Bahrain". Arab News . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  12. "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain explore new causeway project". Gulf News . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  13. "Saudi Arabia and Egypt Want to Build a Bridge Over the Red Sea". Time (magazine) . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  14. "Saudi Arabia mulls building causeway to Egypt". Middle East Monitor . Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  15. "Riyadh metro line 3". Systraibt.com - SYSTRA International Bridge Technologies. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  16. "FCC Construcción progresses in building the Khurais bridge in the Riyadh Metro project (Saudi Arabia)". Fccco.com - FCC Construcción S.A. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  17. Tierie, Clemens (April 26, 2015). "Riyadh metro project presentation - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". SlideShare . p. 11. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

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