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A 25km Saudi Bahrain Bridge.. in 1965, the desire to construct the causeway began to take form officially when Shaikh Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah of Bahrain paid a courtesy visit to King Faisal
and the king expressed his wish to have the causeway constructed. In
1968, both countries formed a joint committee to assess the financial
undertaking required for the task. As a result the World Bank
was requested by the committee to contribute their assistance in
methods of implementation of the mammoth-sized project. This required
taking into account the environmental and geographical aspects of the
Saudi-Bahrain region...
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