Bridge of the Horns
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12°35′07″N 43°20′57″E / 12.58528°N 43.34917°E
The Bridge of the Horns (
Prospective structure
The length of the bridge is estimated at 29 km (18 mi), with a total cost of around USD20 billion. It was proposed by the Dubai-based firm Middle East Development LLC headed by Tarek Bin Laden. The opening date was expected to be in the year 2020.
To clear submarine and surface vessels, the proposed bridge would have the longest suspension span in the world measuring 5 km (3.1 mi). The overall length of the entire bridge spanning the Red Sea, starting in Yemen, connecting to the island of Perim, and continuing on to Djibouti on the African continent, would be roughly 28.5 km (17.7 mi). It would have to allow very large ships of the Suezmax size in both directions simultaneously.
It was anticipated that about 100,000 cars and 50,000 rail passengers would cross the bridge daily.[2]
Expected use
Twin cities, referred to as
The Economist magazine, noting that developers state that the project will make Noor City the "financial, educational, and medical hub of Africa", commented, "Africans may wonder why the hub is not being built in a bit of Africa where more Africans live and which has food and water."[3]
Timeline
- 2009
- Original planned start[4]
- December 2009
- Yemen-Djibouti bridge gets go-ahead[5]
- June 2010
- Phase I of Yemen and Djibouti Causeway delayed[6]
- June 5, 2019
- Bridge of the Horns - Cities of Light - Will they ever actually be built? [7]
- June 13, 2020
- The Plan to Build a Bridge Across the Red Sea (video)[8]
See also
- Al Noor City
- Gibraltar Bridge
- Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
- List of bridge-tunnels
- Qatar–Bahrain Friendship Bridge
- Saudi-Egypt Causeway
- Strait of Messina Bridge
- Sunda Strait Bridge
- Transport in Djibouti
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
References
- ^ The Bridge - Overview
- ^ "MENAFN.com". Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ "Can it really be bridged?", The Economist, 31 July 2008 (subscription required)
- ^ Borsen.dk in danish
- ^ Yemen-Djibouti bridge gets go-ahead
- ^ Phase I of Yemen and Djibouti Causeway delayed
- ^ BRIDGE OF THE HORNS - CITIES OF LIGHT - WILL THEY EVER ACTUALLY BE BUILT?
- ^ The Plan to Build a Bridge Across the Red Sea
External links
- COWI link in English (via Wayback Machine)
- [1], company website.
- Notice-to-Proceed Launches Ambitious Red Sea Crossing
- Tarek Bin Laden's Red Sea bridge
- Can it really be bridged?
- A Vision to Connect Africa and Asia, Spiegel Online 22 August 2008
- St Tropez in the Horn?