Saudi–Egypt Causeway

[1] Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi suggested naming the proposed structure "King Salman bin Abdulaziz Bridge" in 2016.

The causeway would link Tabuk to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula and would pass through Tiran Island at the entrance of the Gulf of Aqaba.

Funding for the causeway was announced from the Saudi Binladin Group, which would work with the Egyptian government-run firm Arab Contractors.

The extra traffic and additional development could cause a further decline of the threatened Red Sea dugong population and increase damage to coral reefs and fisheries.

Article V of the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt provides for the right of freedom of navigation through the Strait of Tiran.

Strait of Tiran , site of the proposed project.