The 'Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge', approved for construction on
February 28 2005, is to link
Bahrain near
Manama to northwest
Qatar near
Zubarah as the longest fixed link in the world. The projected cost is $4.8 billion, double lane highway, to be completed in 2 years and 7 months.
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It will be about 45 kilometers (28 mi) long. 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.
In September 2001
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 is to conduct a pre-study of the link.
Notes
1. http://www.ameinfo.com/54824.html