Persian Gulf Bridge

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The Persian Gulf Bridge is a 2.4 km- (1.5 mi) long road-rail bridge currently under construction, which will link Qeshm Island to Bandar Abbas on mainland Iran. The groundbreaking ceremony for the project was attended by the former President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 14 March 2011. It will connect Qeshm Island from the historic port of Laft to Bandar Pol in Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province. It is being built by an Iranian company at a cost of € 450 million. It will also connect Qeshm to the main transit corridor linking the Caspian port of Anzali to Bandar Abbas and Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman. Due to several delays caused by disputes and concerns raised by environmentalists, and also due to COVID-19 pandemic, the project was expected to be completed at least by 2016/17, but it is now expected to be completed by 2026.

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