The world’s largest marine causeway is set to begin construction, and it’s a damn big project. The Qatar-Bahrain Friendship Causeway (which, for us anyway, conjures up some misleadingly cute mental images) will connect Qatar and Bahrain with a much-reduced drive time: about 30 minutes as compared to the current 4.5 hours. Once construction begins in early 2010, the entire project is expected to take just about five years to complete. And when it’s done, the causeway will handle around 10,000 to 20,000 vehicles a day. (The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, pictured above, is currently the world’s longest causeway.)
