Everything about The King Fahd Causeway totally explained
The
King Fahd Causeway is multiple
dike -
bridge combination connecting
Khobar,
Saudi Arabia, and the
island nation of
Bahrain.
A construction agreement signed on
July 8,
1981 led to construction beginning the next year. The
cornerstone was laid on
November 11,
1982 by
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia and
Sheikh Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa of Bahrain; construction continued until 1986, when the combination of several bridges and dams were completed. The causeway officially opened for use on
November 25,
1986.
The project, completely financed by Saudi Arabian money, cost a total of
US$1.2 billion and was contracted out to the
Ballast Nedam Group based in the Netherlands. The four-lane road (2x) is long. Five bridges with an overall length of were built using 350,000 cubic metres (460,000 yd³) of
concrete along with 147,000
metric tons of reinforced
steel.
The causeway consists of three parts, a combination of three bridges from
Khobar to the
artificial island on the Saudi Arabia - Bahrain border, including the longest bridge, at long, a bridge from the artificial island to
Umm al-Na'san island and another bridge from
Umm al-Na'san island to the main island of Bahrain.
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