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Record number of travelers cross King Fahd Causeway over Eid

Record number of travelers cross King Fahd Causeway over Eid
The King Fahd causeway. (AFP)
Updated 03 July 2017

Record number of travelers cross King Fahd Causeway over Eid

Record number of travelers cross King Fahd Causeway over Eid

JEDDAH — The King Fahd Causeway recorded the highest number of travelers since its opening with 342,810 people crossing during four days of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday.
Spokesman for Eastern Province Passports Department Col. Mualla bin Marzouq told Al-Hayat newspaper that the increased flow of travelers did not affect security aspects and the speed of processing paperwork at the crossing.
The 25-kilometer-long and 23.2-meter-wide causeway connecting ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and Bahrain was opened in November 1986 and has since contributed in expanding the two countries’ commercial exchange. The bridge cost $564 million and took over four years to build.