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Kuwait Bridge Project
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PROJECT OVERVIEW From Cowi Press
Release COWI has just signed a contract with the Ministry of Public Works in
Kuwait to carry out the feasibility study on what will be the fifth
longest bridge in the world. The bridge will be 22 km long and will
connect Kuwait City with the development region Subiyah, which lies across
the bay. The bridge will be a low-level bridge with a number of
embankments near the coast. To allow ships passage to the Kuwait harbour
the bridge will be suspended over the channel. It is expected that the
bridge will be completed in five to six years. The bridge is a step in
the development of the northern region of Kuwait, which has until now been
a part of the desert. This area has been allocated for urban and
industrial development. The contract is for the first phase of the project
which COWI will carry out in collaboration with local companies and the
Danish companies Sund & Baelt, DHI and Dissing + Weitling. "It is an exciting
multidisciplinary project which confirms COWIs international standing
within bridges and fixed links" says department head Dan Olsen, COWI. The project incorporates
environmental and engineering studies which place focus on continuity and
economic viability. The activities will include traffic assessments,
alignment studies, design of bridges and embankments as well as economic
and financial studies. Furthermore, the environmental effects, hydrologic,
bathymetric, and geotechnical aspects will be included in the study. In Denmark, COWI has
been involved in the construction of the Great Belt Link and the Sound and
has carried out feasibility studies for the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark
and Germany. Internationally, COWI is at present involved in the design of
the worlds longest cable stayed bridge in Hong Kong, in the Chaco
suspension bridge in Chile and the worlds longest road link, the
Qatar-Bahrain Causeway. COWI has recently, together with local engineering
companies, won two large bridge projects, the Sutong Bridge and the Ly
Yang - Deep Water Harbour Bridge in China. Director of
Bridges, Marine and Foundation
Engineering Anton Petersen,
ape@cowi.dk
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