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.
1Wadi Leban Bridgeجسر 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
1997Riyadh
24°36′57.2″N 46°34′59.2″E		Riyadh Province[S 1]
[2]
[3]
2Saudi Landbridge Bridge
project		300 m (980 ft)Arch
Concrete deck arch
Saudi Landbridge Project
[4]
3Obhur 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]
4King Fahd Causewayجسر الملك فهد150 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
1986Khobar–Jasra
26°12′07.5″N 50°17′12.3″E		Eastern Province
 Bahrain		[Note 1]
[S 2]
[7]
[8]
[9]
5Takhassusi Bridge106 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]
6King Hamad Causeway
project		جسر الملك حمد25,000 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]
7Saudi–Egypt Causeway
project		مشروع جسر بري بين مصر والسعودية9,000 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]
8West 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]
9Viaduct 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

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.
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