Khamis-Misheit road, 913 kilometer, Qassim -Hail road, 258 kilometer, Hail-Joaf road, 370 kilometer, and Rafha-Tureif road, 550 kilometer. The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, when he was the Crown Prince, laid the foundation stone for the project of Taif-Baha road. The project of the 200-kilometer road will be implemented at a total cost of SR 600 million. The new budget includes the implementation of new road projects with a length of more than 8000 kilometer at a cost of about SR 7 billion. The Saudi Arabian Public Transport Company (SAPTCO), established in 1979, has now a fleet of more than 3095 buses of various sizes. Since the first development plan in 1390-1391 up to 1424-1425 more than SR 16 billion were spent in the maintenance of the roads. King Fahd causeway, which links the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Bahrain, stands as a witness for the great projects implemented in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Late King Fahd bin Abdulaziz inaugurated the causeway on Nov 25, 1987.
