Bahrain Expats - The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge - Worlds longest fixed link between Qatar and Bahrain

12 January

The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Bridge - Worlds longest fixed link between Qatar and Bahrain

Image from the BAHRAIN QATAR CAUSEWAY REPORT by Dr. V. K. Raina

The Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge is a long-discussed bridge that is to be constructed between the two Gulf states of Qatar and Bahrain.

The link will be about 45 kilometers (28 mi) long. The beginning of the causeway in Qatar will be located at Ras Ashairij area, five kilometers South of the city of Al Zubara, and a similar spot will be located North of Askar village in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The link is expected to consist of a number of bridges combined with roads constructed on dams and will be a natural extension of the King Fahd Causeway that connects Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, thus linking the entire region.

Plans for its construction were first made in September 2001, when the Danish consultancy COWI signed a DKK 60 million contract for the first phase of the project with the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture in Qatar. Together with Sund & Bælt Partner Ltd., DHI Water & Environment and the architects Dissing+Weitling, COWI conducted pre-studies of the link.

The project was reportedly approved for construction on February 28, 2005, to link Bahrain near Manama to northwest Qatar near Zubarah as the longest fixed link in the world.

A formal agreement between the two countries was signed on June 11, 2006 to form a company that would raise the necessary capital and initiate construction.

It was announced on September 30, 2007 that construction should start within seven months and last 48 months. An MOU to that effect has been signed between the Qatar and Bahrain Causeway Foundation and a consortium of companies led by French construction major Vinci Construction and Qatari Diar.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar%E2%80%93Bahrain_Friendship_Bridge

tags: bahrain, qatar, bridge, friendship-bridge, longest-fixed-link, middle-east, manama, zubarah, sund-baelt, dhi, dissing-weitling, cowi

posted at 13:52:52 on 01/12/08 by bahrainexpats - Category: Development

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jamiu adams wrote:

Hello well i have been harrying about the two country and i will like to come down there for some days and see how it luck like and i will be very happy to come down ok.just try and up date me what and what to do ok . Thanks for you co- operation yours jamiu

04/21/08 07:12:43

Max Hoban wrote:

The longest bridge in the world between Bahrain and Qatar is a great step to both countries economic success. From what I have read, I believe that it should be completed around 2010. This mega structure will bring the two neighboring countries closer and will change the way of how citizens and tourists will travel in the region. Instead of taking a flight to the neighboring Middle Eastern countries people can just hope in their cars and can travel to three countries in one day (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar). I believe that the biggest impact it will have on the region would be to its Bahraini citizens who virtually do not have any oil or natural resources to live on. This bridge will bring plenty of business to Bahrain and the inhabitants that live there. It will also link the two countries in a way that has never been done before anywhere in the world both economically and politically. As the completion date nears closer and closer you will see many more business man from around the world bring their multi million dollars companies to Bahrain. Just like in the United Arab Emirates kings from different regions have worked together to bring a better way of life to their citizens by creating business opportunities for citizens their countries. This was a great project that was given the go ahead by King HAMAD Bin Isa Al-Khalifa.

05/04/08 00:43:03

dileep wrote:

any data about the companies involved and their office addresses in bahrain.

08/11/08 12:30:38

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