Cairo in April of the year two thousand and sixteen, an Egyptian-Saudi summit that brings together the
King Salman bin Abdulaziz and President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, would be affected . And the
few. Will the Saudi king announce one of the greatest projects linking Arabs with
Arabs. Most of the optimists did not expect more than trade agreements or a
forward political treaties at the summit of Salman al-Sisi. But the announcement is just
gave the summit its greatest impetus. And leaving it open to a Saudi-Egyptian dream that has been around for
after he was rejected by the late Egyptian President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak
decades ago. Cairo and Riyadh agreed to build a huge land bridge, not the
linking Egypt to Saudi Arabia only. Rather, it restores an earthly womb connection that was broken between
Arabs since the establishment of Israel. It shortens the distances and increases the yield of the economy,
links Asia with Africa. Sisi added to King Salman's announcement to give to the
project
Salman bin Abdulaziz Bridge. Bridge uh King Salman Ibn Abdul Aziz.
and its objectives to double the trade exchange and ensure the smooth transportation of travelers have
and the travel time between the two countries has been shortened from three days to twenty minutes, for
shocking . The bridge will also be an alternative to the ferries that are currently operating and avoid the
. In addition to the crossing of hundreds of thousands of tourists and pilgrims, and
Umrah pilgrims in the Hajj seasons every year. Especially from the Arab Maghreb,
countries from Africa. At the other end, there is a distance of a kilometer,
meters was not the same joy. Israel has gone crazy and Jordan has not been
he can control his anger. And if the reasons differed between Tel Aviv, which the sheikh saw
declaration of war, and Oman, which believed that the bridge would negatively affect the corridor,
, the strategic naval officer in the Strait of Air. However, the project
not yet seen the light of day, not because of this, but rather the reasons varied between the
engineering, geopolitical and even environmental. So what is Salman Bridge? Why are cars still in
fetus that bears nothing but his name? After it was expected that within a few
years since it was announced? Thousands of travelers, goods and the first dreams
Arabic to build ? Will this bridge see the light soon? Especially after Mubarak's
the Jeddah Metro Company in the middle of the year 2121 re-launched an aviation
King Salman Bridge again after making modifications to it. Here is the story of the bridge
which terrified Israel before it was born. Mubarak is the enemy of the bridge. I have always thought about
Saudis and the Egyptians with a land bridge project linking northwestern Saudi Arabia,
in the Tabuk region, located on the Red Sea in the South Sinai Governorate, in the
in northeastern Egypt. It passes through the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, allowing the passage of
addition to a train track to transport goods and passengers? The signs are
of the idea in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight. When he put
Saudi researchers the idea through the media, but the Egyptian response came
lukewarm through the newspapers either. Without any official statements from
two countries. With the sinking of the Peace Ferry in February of the year
will be built on the surface of the Red Sea again. But the rejection was severe due to the
the Egyptian President at the time, Hosni Mubarak, based on purely touristic justifications based
is that the noise and pollution resulting from the bridge will affect tourism in Sharm
in the shadow of numbers, it was reported at the time that the number of foreign tourists to Egypt, a
exceeded nine million tourists annually, with an income of more than seven points five
2006, a billion dollars a year floated . While other media reports went that Murd refused the
president revealed his fear that the Camp David agreement between Egypt,
days, and Israel, which rejected the project, especially after the goals and dimensions became clear, a
strategy of the project, which was not limited to the economic part,
commercial benefits. Billions float on the sea. With the advent of a year
two thousand and sixteen. The sudden announcement by King Salman and Sisi
of the launch of the bridge. Then successive information about the King's Bridge
giant Salman, whose length is about fifty kilometers, along with
lanes for cars and trucks. The bridge will carry six
a freight train. This will make the expected annual volume of trade from the bridge about
two hundred billion dollars annually. Under estimates that it takes about
seven years, Saudi funding may exceed five billion dollars. On the
workers, all of which will be from Egypt, providing tens of thousands of jobs.
construction work, Saudi, Egyptian and international companies are involved.
the itineraries of the bridge, it was developed according to three visions. The first scenario
the Tabuk region to Sanafir Island, then Tiran Island, before reaching
the Nabq region, the closest point in Sinai. As for the second scenario, it excludes,
Sanafir, so that it passes directly from Tabuk to the island of Tiran and then to Sharm,
sheikh. While the third fire of the Salman Bridge includes digging a tunnel to the Sinai
that it will not affect navigation and the exit and entry of Palestinian ships and the
Jordan after passing the bridge from Tabuk to Sanafir Island, and the
project, and in any proposed scenario for the bridge, there are geographical facts
economical, and that Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, will be linked to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, which reduces
the travel time between the two countries to about twenty minutes, and the revenues of
economic solutions , they will be in the billions due to the increase in trade exchange from
during the crossing of trains and trucks. As the oil transit revenue increases, only
through the bridge about three billion dollars annually. bridge obstructions. Despite the
what Salman bridge similar to reducing significantly the importance of the Suez Canal in terms of
Ease of passage of trade movement for industrial projects between the east,
West. However, many obstacles still prevent the birth of the bridge.
among them, the difficulty of implementing the project due to the invalidity of the currently available iron, which is
such a huge construction. The length of the net distance between the two shore lines
estimated at five interval seven kilometers. While the pillars of this idea
bridge under the sea, at least twenty-five meters. Which means and
that the distance between the two pillars will be about four kilometers apart . The importance of
considered an engineering challenge outside of engineering knowledge at the present time. Just as
the height of the bridge to seventy-five meters above sea level, with the aim
allowing ships to sail under it. It will make the two supports rise to
numbers that cannot be implemented. In addition to the bad weather that affects the
this area at times of the year. Experts also believe that the bridge will affect
negatively affects the sea wealth of coral reefs in this area. What
Some engineering bodies and experienced offices came up with the idea of ​​a new project focused on
Construction of two tunnels under the Gulf of Aqaba to link the two countries. At the region of
Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and west of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia, across the island of Tiran due to
technical difficulty in implementing the bridge in the region. This relieved Israel,
which considered the intention of Egypt and Saudi Arabia to implement a declaration of war. The Salman bridge,
Which is considered the kiss of life for the economy of Egypt and Saudi Arabia is nothing but the danger of the
and pose a direct strategic threat to Israel. Given that this is
bridge come tens of meters above the Trump Strait? You may place over it
missiles and weapons that will lead to the closure of the strait despite assurances
Egyptian and Saudi Arabia to ensure freedom of navigation. And you, in your opinion, will the
link between Egypt and Saudi Arabia with the Salman Bridge, after finding
engineering? Or will Israel not allow such a connection after it cut
land link between the two countries for decades?