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.
	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	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	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	Eastern Province  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″N 46°40′41.7″E	Riyadh Province	[10]
	6	King Hamad Causeway project	جسر الملك حمد		25,000 m (82,000 ft)		Road bridge Gulf Railway Gulf of Bahrain		Khobar–Budaiya 26°14′36.2″N 50°20′06.8″E	Eastern Province  Bahrain	[11] [12]
	7	Saudi–Egypt Causeway project	مشروع جسر بري بين مصر والسعودية		9,000 m (30,000 ft)		Road bridge Straits of Tiran Gulf of Aqaba		Ras Alsheikh Hamid–Sharm El Sheikh 27°59′56.0″N 34°28′18.2″E	Tabuk Province  Egypt	[13] [14]
	8	West Viaduct (Riyadh Metro Line 3)				Box girder Prestressed concrete	Riyadh Metro (Line  3 )		Riyadh 24°36′01.9″N 46°38′37.9″E	Riyadh Province	[15]
	9	Viaduct 6-1 (Riyadh Metro Line 6)				Box girder Prestressed concrete	Riyadh Metro (Line  6 )		Riyadh 24°44′18.0″N 46°48′00.4″E	Riyadh Province	[16] [17]

See also

• 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

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]

• Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.

1. "Wadi Leban Bridge".
2. "King Fahd Causeway".

• Others references

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. pp. 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. "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. 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.

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.