Sitra Causeway

The Sitra Causeway consists of a series of bridges and causeways constructed in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

[1] The causeway is part of Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Highway and connects the island of Nabih Saleh and Sitra, to the capital city Manama across Tubli Bay.

[2] 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 congestion.

The project was finished in mid-2010, a year behind schedule.

[1] The new bridges were designed to have a 120-year lifespan.

The newly built underpass of the Um Al Hassam junction
Aerial view of the construction site, near the north bridge, in 2009.