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

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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).

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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
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 / ﻿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) |  |

Road bridge
Gulf Railway
Gulf of Bahrain

|  | 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
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 / ﻿27.998889°N 34.471722°E﻿ / 27.998889; 34.471722﻿ (Saudi–Egypt Causeway) | 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 / ﻿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″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]
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## See also

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## Notes and references

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* 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-79767.630-635&rft.date=1999-07-27&rft_id=info:doi/10.5169/seals-79767&rft.aulast=Lengweiler&rft.aufirst=Roy&rft.au=Marchon,+Gerard&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+bridges+in+Saudi+Arabia" class="Z3988">
3. ^ "Wadi Leban cable-stayed bridge" (PDF). VSL News Magazine. Vol. 10, no. 1\. VSL International. 1999. pp. 4–5.4-5&rft.date=1999&rft_id=https://www.structuraltechnologies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/NEWS_1999_1.pdf#page=4&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+bridges+in+Saudi+Arabia" class="Z3988">
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. ^ a b "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 3-85748-041-6.1168-1169&rft.date=1984-09-03&rft_id=info:doi/10.5169/seals-12284&rft.isbn=3-85748-041-6&rft.aulast=Bilderbeek&rft.aufirst=D.W.&rft.au=Svensson,+K.B.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+bridges+in+Saudi+Arabia" class="Z3988">
9. ^ "Bahrain Causaway - The world's longest bridge" (PDF). CONNÆCT. Vol. 1\. 2007. pp. 53–55.53-55&rft.date=2007&rft_id=https://www.bbrnetwork.com/fileadmin/userdaten/CONNAECT/CONNAECT_2007.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+bridges+in+Saudi+Arabia" class="Z3988">
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

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* 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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