King Abdullah Bridge

31°48′3.85″N 35°32′53.04″E / 31.8010694°N 35.5480667°E / 31.8010694; 35.5480667

The King Abdullah Bridge (Arabic: جسر الملك عبد الله) is an inoperative bridge over the Jordan River between the West Bank and Jordan. It is about 5 kilometers south east of Jericho, and about 4 kilometres south of the Allenby Bridge. It has been known to be a landmark development within the region.

History

The bridge was built in the 1950s, along with the reconstruction of a road between Jerusalem and Amman, at a point where the distance between the two cities is the shortest, about 60 km. Today, that road is numbered "Highway 1" in Israel, "Road 40" on the Jordanian side. The bridge is named after King Abdullah I of Jordan.

During the Six-Day War, on 7 June 1967^{[citation needed]}, a section of the bridge was destroyed by the Harel Brigade of the IDF and it became unusable.

Today

As of 2024^[update], the bridge has not been rebuilt yet and the Allenby Bridge, just north of it, remains the major crossing point between Israel and Jordan. If the bridge is ever rebuilt, the travel time by car between Jerusalem and Amman would only be about 45 minutes, as the majority of road on both sides of the River Jordan is now a dual carriageway.

References

Israeli border crossings and checkpoints

Israel's
Mutually recognised
international borders

Egypt	Taba Border Crossing Nitzana Border Crossing Netafim Border Crossing (closed)
Jordan	Yitzhak Rabin Crossing Jordan River Crossing Allenby Bridge¹ King Abdullah Bridge (destroyed)
Lebanon	Rosh HaNikra Crossing Fatima Gate (closed)

Crossings at or within Israeli-occupied territories
Golan Heights¹ and the rest of Syria	Quneitra Crossing (ceasefire line crossing)
Witin the Occupied West Bank¹	Israeli checkpoints Checkpoint 300 (in Bethlehem)
Gaza envelope and Gaza Strip¹	Erez Crossing Kerem Shalom crossing
Gaza Strip¹ and Egypt	Rafah Border Crossing²