The King Fahd Causeway has reopened
The bridge was closed early this morning
The King Fahd Causeway, located on the Saudi-Bahrain border, is the primary land link between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The movement of vehicles across the bridge was closed early this morning (4am) due to the current regional developments as a precautionary measure. Now, the King Fahd Causeway has reopened.
As of 9.47am this morning, the bridge has reopened to vehicle crossing per a statement from the King Fahd Causeway Authority on X (formerly Twitter).
استئناف حركة عبور المركبات على جسر الملك فهد
— المؤسسة العامة لجسر الملك فهد (@KFCAofficial) April 7, 2026
More about the King Fahd Causeway
The King Fahd Causeway is a 25-kilometre (15.5 mi) long series of bridges and causeways connecting Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and Al Jasra, Bahrain, across the Gulf of Bahrain. The causeway spans long stretches of sea and reclaimed land. The project to build the bridge began during an official visit to Bahrain in 1954 by King Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Then in 1965, plans to construct the causeway officially began to take shape when Sheikh Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah, the prime minister of Bahrain, paid a courtesy visit to King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. During the visit, King Faisal again expressed his wish to move forward.
The causeway was then officially inaugurated in November 1986 in the presence of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, with the latter consenting to naming the bridge the King Fahd Causeway. The project cost a total of USD800 million (SAR3 billion, with Al-Muhandis Nizar Kurdi Consulting Engineers being the sole Saudi partner of the consulting group (Saudi Danish Consultants), which completed the study, design and construction supervision of the causeway. The King Fahd Causeway features four-lanes and its two roadways are 11.6 metres (38 ft) wide. It was built using 350,000 cubic metres (12,000,000 cu ft) of concrete along with 147,000 metric tonnes of reinforced steel.
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