The Sitra Causeway consists of a series of

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...

s and

causeway A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet ...

s constructed in the

Kingdom of Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...

. The causeway connects the island of

Nabih Saleh Nabih Saleh ( ar, النبيه صالح) is an island of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf. It lies in the Tubli Bay, east of Bahrain Island, and is south of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. History The island is named for the formerly separat ...

and

Sitra Sitra ( ar, سترة or , ''As-Sitra''), also known as Sitrah ( ar, Jazīrat Sitrah, script=Latn) or Sitra Island ( ar, Jazīrat as-Sitra, script=Latn), is an island in Bahrain. It lies south of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. History ...

, to the capital city

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very d ...

across

Tubli Bay Tubli Bay ( ar, خليج توبلي) (also known as the Gulf of Tubli) is a bay in the east of Bahrain, between Bahrain Island and Sitra island. The body of water is directly south of the Manama peninsula. The island of Nabih Saleh lies in the ...

. 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. MOW RD5

Structure

The causeway consists of two bridges and a causeway, with a total length of 3.2 km: *The north bridge is 200 m long and 58 m wide, and runs from Umm Al Hassam in the southern edge of

to a causeway. *The 2.7 km

embankment Embankment may refer to: Geology and geography * A levee, an artificial bank raised above the immediately surrounding land to redirect or prevent flooding by a river, lake or sea * Embankment (earthworks), a raised bank to carry a road, railway ...

(or causeway) that connects the north bridge to the south bridge, and passes by the island of

through

Tubli Tubli ( ar, توبلي) is a village in Bahrain. Tubli is located in the east of Bahrain island and west of Sitra island. It is also situated next to the capital of Bahrain, Manama. Tubli Bay Tubli Bay ( ar, خليج توبلي) (also known as t ...

bay. *The 400 m long and 55 m wide south bridge connects the causeway to the island of

, close to the Sitra Mall.

References

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Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

Roads in Bahrain