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Traffic opening of sitra causeway marine bridges interchange flyovers
The Sitra Causeway consists of a series of bridges and causeways constructed in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The causeway connects the island of Nabih Saleh and Sitra, to the capital city Manama across Tubli Bay.
Contents
- Traffic opening of sitra causeway marine bridges interchange flyovers
- New sitra causeway
- Structure
- References
Originally constructed in the early 1970s, a $266 million reconstruction plan was announced in 2006 which involved building two new bridges as well as reconstructing the Umm Al Hassam traffic junction, in order to ease traffic. The project was finished in mid-2010, a year after schedule. The new bridges were designed to have a 120-year design life.
New sitra causeway
Structure
The causeway consists of two bridges and a causeway, with a total length of 3.2 km:
References
Sitra Causeway Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA