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Egypt "ready to implement" bridge to Saudi Arabia over Red Sea

Egypt advances plans to build a bridge or tunnel connecting it to Saudi Arabia, boosting regional trade and transportation links.
08.06.25 | Source: Dezeen

Egypt's transport minister Kamel al-Wazir has announced that plans are progressing for a bridge connecting Egypt and Saudi Arabia across the Red Sea.


"We have now completed the planning for the bridge between Egypt and Saudi Arabia and are ready to implement it at any time, whether a bridge or a tunnel," Al-Wazir, who is also Egypt's deputy prime minister, told news agency Reuters.

If completed, the bridge will link Ras Alsheikh Hamid in Saudi Arabia with Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, crossing Tiran Island in between.


Aiming to boost trade and tourism between Africa and Asia, the project is planned as a high-speed railway that will transport cargo over the Straits of Tiran sea passage.


Plans to build a bridge across the Red Sea were originally announced in 2016 by Saudi Arabia's king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.


"This historic step to connect the two continents, Africa and Asia, is a qualitative transformation that will increase trade between the two continents to unprecedented levels," he said at the time.


 

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