Although it was originally unveiled by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in 2016, the bridge is expected to cost around $4 billion, fully financed by the Kingdom and would link Saudi Arabia's Ras Hamid with Egypt's Sharm El-Sheikh, spanning the Strait of Tiran.
Egypt’s Minister of Transport, Kamel al-Wazir, revealed in the past week that all planning work has been finalized.
The bridge will complement Saudi Arabia's NEOM development, an ambitious futuristic city project situated near the Kingdom's northwestern borders.
It will provide an alternative pilgrimage route to Mecca, potentially serving over a million travelers annually. The project has been hailed as a historic feat of engineering and diplomacy.
In 2016, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi suggested naming the structure "King Salman bin Abdulaziz Bridge" after the Saudi monarch.
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