List of bridges in Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had approximately 6,000 bridges structures in 13 regions.[1]
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).
Name | Arabic | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
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![]() | 1 | Wadi Leban Bridge | جسر المعلق بالرياض | 405 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″N 46°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 | Saudi Landbridge Project | [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″N 39°06′46.2″E / 21.722528°N 39.112833°E / 21.722528; 39.112833 (Obhur Creek Bridge) | Mecca Province | [5] [6] | |||
![]() | 4 | 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 | Khobar–Jasra 26°12′07.5″N 50°17′12.3″E / 26.202083°N 50.286750°E / 26.202083; 50.286750 (King Fahd Causeway) | Eastern Province![]() | [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″N 46°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 حمد | 25,000 m (82,000 ft) | Khobar–Budaiya 26°14′36.2″N 50°20′06.8″E / 26.243389°N 50.335222°E / 26.243389; 50.335222 (King Hamad Causeway) | Eastern Province![]() | [11] [12] | |||||
7 | Saudi–Egypt Causeway project | مشروع جسر بري بين مصر والسعودية | 9,000 m (30,000 ft) | Ras Alsheikh Hamid–Sharm El Sheikh 27°59′56.0″N 34°28′18.2″E / 27.998889°N 34.471722°E / 27.998889; 34.471722 (Saudi–Egypt Causeway) | Tabuk Province![]() | [13] [14] | |||||
8 | West Viaduct (Riyadh Metro Line 3) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Riyadh 24°36′01.9″N 46°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 24°44′18.0″N 46°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] |
See also
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Download coordinates as:
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- Transport in Saudi Arabia
- Arab Mashreq International Road Network
- Rail transport in Saudi Arabia
- Geography of Saudi Arabia
- List of rivers of Saudi Arabia
Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ 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]
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- ^ "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Bridge Inspection and Bridge Management System". Stantec.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wadi Leban cable-stayed bridge" (PDF). VSL News Magazine. Vol. 10, no. 1. VSL International. 1999. pp. 4–5.
- ^ "Saudi Landbridge Railway". Colasanti-ltd.com - Colasanti Ltd. Consulting Engineering Company. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Obhur Creek Bridge and Secondary Bridges". Rendel-ltd.com - Rendel Limited. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Study and Conceptual Design of Obhur Creek Bridge". Tapconsu.net - Talal Abbas Adham & Partners Co. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ a b "General Information". Kfca.sa - King Fahd Causeway Authority (official website). Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bahrain Causaway - The world's longest bridge" (PDF). CONNÆCT. Vol. 1. 2007. pp. 53–55.
- ^ "Takhassusi Bridge. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia". Silga.es. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Second bridge to link Kingdom and Bahrain". Arab News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain explore new causeway project". Gulf News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia and Egypt Want to Build a Bridge Over the Red Sea". Time. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Saudi Arabia mulls building causeway to Egypt". Middle East Monitor. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "Riyadh metro line 3". Systraibt.com - SYSTRA International Bridge Technologies. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tierie, Clemens (April 26, 2015). "Riyadh metro project presentation - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". SlideShare. p. 11. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
Further reading
- Benedetto Marengo, Pablo; Alvarez Fernandez, Angel; Martinez Garcia, Fernando; Marin Diaz, Manuel; Gonzalez Pascual, Diego; José Fernandez, Juan (June 2017). Precast segmental bridges in Riyadh metro project - lines 1 & 2 (PDF). VII Congreso de ACHE - Asociación Española de Ingeniería Estructural. A Coruña, Spain.
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