The King Fahd Causeway between Bahrain to Saudi Arabia |
Pointing the way to the causeway to Saudi Arabia |
Bahrain causeway on the back of a 10 Bahraini Dinar banknote |
The way to Saudi Arabia |
King Fahd Causeway - Saudi Arabia & Bahrain |
السعودية |
Toll plaza on the Bahraini side of the King Fahd Causeway |
Toll booths - King Fahd Causeway Authority |
King Fahd Causeway linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia was first conceived in 1965 |
The King Fahd Causeway finally opened in 1986 |
Marina West, a large real estate project near Budaiya on the NW corner of the island of Bahrain |
Palace at the north end of Nasan Island along the King Fahd Causeway |
King Fahd Causeway crossing a Nasan Island, Bahrain |
Trucks backed up for miles along the King Fahd Causeway approaching the border checkpoint |
Trucks backed up for miles along the King Fahd Causeway approaching the border checkpoint |
King Fahd Causeway spans a total of 25km |
Truck jam on the King Fahd Causeway, Bahrain |
A similar causeway has been proposed to link Bahrain to Qatar |
Truck jam on the King Fahd Causeway, Bahrain |
King Fahd Causeway - $1.2 billion |
On the second bridge of the King Fahd Causeway |
Lookout towers on the Bahraini side of the King Fahd Causeway island |
King Fahd Causeway, Bahrain |
King Fahd Causeway island with the bridge to Saudi Arabia |
Departure to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
To visit the observation tower, keep right |
Observation tower and restaurant on the Bahraini side of the causeway |
Bahraini observation tower |
Causeway Restaurant on the Bahrain side |
View of the King Fahd Causeway looking east from the Bahrani observation tower |
Bahraini immigration and mosque, King Fahd Causeway |
The Bahraini side of the border island, King Fahd Causeway |
9 lanes of trucks funneling down to 1 lane to cross into Saudi Arabia |
The Saudi observation tower, King Fahd Causeway |
The Saudi Arabian side of the King Fahd Causeway seen from the Bahraini observation tower looking west |
The bridge leading to Al Khobar, Dharan and Dammam, Saudi Arabia |
Saudi border control facilities, King Fahd Causeway |
View to the east from the Bahraini observation tower, King Fahd Causeway |
Saudi Arabia - so close and yet.... |
Welcome to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (almost) |
No visa...back to Bahrain |
Bahraini observation tower, King Fahd Causeway |
Bahraini observation tower, King Fahd Causeway |
Leaving the Kingdom of Bahrain |
Note the Golden Arches near the minaret on the Saudi side |
Trailer painted with the King Fahd Causeway bridge and restaurant |
The Gulf from near the Bahraini observation tower |
Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia |
No Trucks Allowed Beyond This Point - King Fahd Causeway |
Departure to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
King Fahd Causeway Restaurant, Bahrain |
King Fahd Causeway Restaurant and Observation Tower, Bahrain |
King Fahd Causeway Restaurant and Observation Tower, Bahrain |
Mosque on the Bahraini side of the King Fahd Causeway island |
There's a McDonalds "behind the mosque" |
Minaret of the King Fahd Causeway mosque, Bahrain |
البحرين |
King Fahd Causeway |
The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Kingdom of Bahrain welcomes you |
Driving back across the causeway to Bahrain |
The main island of Bahrain ahead |
اهلاَ و سهلاَ - Welcome to Bahrain |
Bahrain |