Africa-Asia Link: Egypt’s Bridge to Saudi to Revolutionize Trade

In a move that blends bold engineering with deep historical symbolism, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are officially ready to build a $4 billion bridge that will physically connect Africa and Asia across the Red Sea.

Dubbed the “Moses Bridge” by the public, though officially proposed to bear the name of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, the structure will span the Strait of Tiran, linking Ras Hamid in Saudi Arabia to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt.

A proposed route through the site of Abydos, where Egypt’s first pharaohs were buried 5,000 years ago, has been diverted to pass over the plateau above and away from the antiquities site.