The Bride of the Red Sea will have a new and expanded road network by 2015 as work is continuing on a number of bridges and tunnels estimated to cost SR3 billion, said Jeddah Mayor Adel Fakeih here Thursday. He made this announcement after inaugurating a 770-meter-long and 23.60-meter-wide three-track bridge on each side of the intersection of King Fahd Road and Gharnata Street. Saeed Abdul Qader BaFahd, in-charge of the bridge and tunnel projects, told Saudi Gazette that on King Fahd Road (Sitteen Street) two bridges and three tunnels are under construction. Running south to north is a bridge and a tunnel on the intersection of Gharnata Street, a south-to-north tunnel passing under the Maidan Darraja, a south-to-north bridge passing over the intersection of Hera Street and a south-north tunnel passing under the Maidan Al-Falak. A tunnel passing under Tahliya Street is already open to traffic. There are three bridges and four tunnels running south to north on Prince Majid Street known as Sabaeen Street: A tunnel running south to north on the intersection of Sabaeen-Abdullah Sulaiman streets, a tunnel on the intersection of Sabaeen-Palestine streets, a bridge running south to north on the intersection of Gharnata street has already been completed, a south-to-north tunnel passing under Maidan Tayyara, a bridge on the intersection of Sabaeen-Sari streets, a bridge on the intersection of Sabaeen-Bin-Baz streets, and a south-to-north tunnel passing under the Sabaeen-Hera street intersection. On Sari Street running east to west a tunnel on the intersection of Madina Road is under construction. A bridge on the intersection of Sari-Prince Sultan streets has already been completed. On Muhammad Bin Abdul Aziz Street, known as Tahliya Street, a bridge and three tunnels running east to west are under construction: A bridge on the Tahliya-Umm Al-Qura street intersection, a bridge on the Tahliya-Prince Metab street intersection has already been completed, a tunnel passing along Tahliya Street on the intersection of Prince Majid Street, a tunnel passing along Tahliya Street on the intersection of Makrona Road, and a tunnel passing along Tahliya Street on the intersection of Madina Road. Two bridges and a tunnel running east to west are under construction on Palestine Street: A bridge along Palestine Street running over the intersection of Dallah-Prince Mitab streets, a bridge along Palestine Street on the intersection of Prince Majed Street, and a tunnel on the intersection of Palestine-Andalus streets, which will run through the cross section of Al-Hamra Street having a length of 1.5-kilometer. A bridge and a tunnel are under construction on Old Makkah Road running east-west: A bridge along Makkah Road on the intersection of Bin Laden Street, a bridge running on Old Makkah Road on the intersection of Jamiya Street is already complete, a tunnel running east to west on the intersection of Prince Majid Street.
