Qatar’s First Cable-stayed Bridge Half Complete: Ashghal

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed 50% of the works of Qatar’s first cable-stayed bridge on the prestigious Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor.

A Twitter video by Ashghal said that the bridge will be opened in 2021. The installation of 120 cables has started to support the 150m stretch.Ashghal started the construction of the unique bridge in April 2019. The 1,200m-long bridge extends prior to Haloul Roundabout through Faleh Bin Nasser Intersection on Salwa Road to provide free traffic flow between Hamad International Airport (HIA) and the areas of Bu Hamour, Mesaimeer and Al Waab.

With four lanes in each direction, the bridge will accommodate more than 16,000 vehicles an hour. The bridge that is to pass over Haloul intersection as well as Faleh Bin Nasser intersection on Salwa Road will ease the congestion in the vital area significantly. The bridge is constructed without pylons for a distance of 150m, but cables instead for support. The construction needs 854 precast reinforced concrete pieces, each weighing 200 tonnes, and 20 pylons and 16 piers to reach the highest point of 30m.