Construction of a new bridge across the Strait of Tiran, linking Ras Hamid in Saudi Arabia with Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, will create a connection between Asia and Africa. Planning has been completed for the bridge which will cost an estimated $4 billion. First proposed by King Salman in 2016, the project has now been revived by the Egyptian and Saudi governments and will be financed by Saudi Arabia. The proposed name for the bridge is the “King Salman bin Abdulaziz Bridge” after the Saudi monarch, but it has already been dubbed the Moses Bridge.
According to a report in Construction Review of June 4, Egypt’s Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir recently announced that planning is over and is ready to be executed. A bridge or tunnel that would significantly boost trade, tourism, and religious pilgrims and give access to Saudi Arabia’s NEOM city, now under construction on Saudi Arabia’ Red Sea coast.
