Construction of the world's longest marine causeway that will link the Persian Gulf states of Qatar and Bahrain will begin in the first quarter next year, with completion due by 2015.

For Bahrain, the causeway provides easy access to the region's fastest growing economy. Qatar's GDP has been growing by more than 10 per cent in real terms over the last few years.

“The Causeway is a strategic project for both countries. We need more bridges, and people are talking about the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway, and another bridge to connect Bahrain with Saudi Arabia,” said ...

Bahrain-Qatar Causeway. Also known as the Qatar Bahrain Friendship Bridge, the causeway will link the northern region of Qatar to Bahrain’s eastern coast at Askar village. Once completed, the ...

The 25-kilometre causeway, the longest in the Arab world, was opened by the late King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and the late Emir Shaikh Eisa Bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain.

Observers said the causeway will improve Qatar-Bahrain commercial relations by allowing cars and road freight to travel freely between the two countries. The causeway will also mark a new era in the ...

Their country is already connected from its opposite coast to Saudi Arabia, via a causeway built in the 1980s, and more than 5m Saudis cross the bridge to Bahrain every year, drawn by its ...

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain plan to build a new road and rail causeway between the two countries to ease congestion on the existing link and will seek funding from the private sector, a document ...

Bahrain backs plans to expand the capacity of the King Fahd Causeway that links it with neighboring Saudi Arabia, Bahrain News Agency said today, citing Premier’s Court Chief Sheikh Husam bin ...

A proposed causeway linking Qatar and Bahrain has been redesigned for the third time in the 12 years since the project was first mooted, it has been reported. The revised project has an estimated cost ...

The Bahrain-Qatar Causeway was among the most important strategic and development projects to promote the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economic development, strengthen ties between the peoples of ...

Bahrain will start the tender process for a group of financing advisers for its second causeway to Saudi Arabia next week. The “transaction adviser” group will comprise banks, law firms and ...