{"id":111,"date":"2023-10-11T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T14:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/arabia\/project\/northern-obhur-road-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:16:49","slug":"northern-obhur-road","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/arabia\/project\/northern-obhur-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Obhur Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"content-top-project\">\n    <div class=\"content-top-details\">\n        <svg class=\"icon-sprite details-logo\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon_deco_systra_blanc\" \/>\n        <div class=\"title\">Technical details<\/div>\n        \t        <div class=\"single-content\">\n\t            <div class=\"subtitle\">Customer<\/div>\n\t            <div class=\"desc\">Jeddah Development Authority (previously JCP)<\/div>\n\t        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"single-content\">\n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Dates<\/div>\n                <div class=\"desc\"><p>2021 &#8211; Ongoing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"single-content\">\n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Missions<\/div>\n                <div class=\"desc\">Feasibility, concept and detailed design and engineering consultancy services<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"single-content\">\n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Localisation<\/div>\n                <div class=\"desc\">Saudi Arabia<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"single-content\">\n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Partners<\/div>\n                <div class=\"desc\">Lavigne &amp; Cheron (architectural design), Khatib &amp; Alami (land impact and environmental impact studies, topographical and traffic surveys).<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"single-content\">\n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Perimeter<\/div>\n                <div class=\"desc\">Data collection, analysis and review of existing studies, elaboration of a benchmark of similar international projects, traffic studies, conceptual analysis.<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"single-content\">\n                <div class=\"subtitle\">Activity<\/div>\n                <div class=\"desc\">Bridges<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n           \n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-dusty-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>SYSTRA Arabia is assisting with the Northern Obhur Road project in Jeddah, including its iconic road bridge over Obhur Creek encompassing 8 traffic lanes and two metro lanes. The construction of this new bridge is part of the expansion of Jeddah, the second largest city in Saudi Arabia with 4.3 million inhabitants, and the gateway for pilgrims traveling to the holy cities of Madinah and Makkah.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SYSTRA Arabia&#8217;s scope of services comprises the feasibility and concept design of 57km of highway running from south of Obhur to Dahban, and includes the following studies:\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Land acquisition study\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geotechnical and topographical surveys\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scheme options and economic\u00a0evaluation\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway design\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydrology\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridges (including iconic bridge over Obhur Bay)\u200b\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iconic bridge will feature a bow-string structure reaching 51m at its peak\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Main span: 200m; total length of 2 km\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridge width: 74m, for a bay width of 360m\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wet and dry utilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first phase of this project involves a feasibility study, including the development of five alignment options for the road corridor and Obhur Creek crossing, as well as traffic studies and the elaboration of a traffic model aligned with that of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This phase includes a multi-criteria analysis, taking into account innovative solutions, technical difficulties, socioeconomic impact, the impact on traffic and project financing, ensuring a way forward for future phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":10402,"parent":0,"template":"","type-market":[18],"project-market":[],"project-service":[],"project-location":[],"type-service":[],"type-solution":[],"class_list":["post-111","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-market-saudi-arabia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Northern Obhur Road - Arabia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northern Obhur Road\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SYSTRA Arabia is assisting with the Northern Obhur Road project in Jeddah, including its iconic road bridge over Obhur Creek encompassing 8 traffic lanes and two metro lanes. 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