I got into a kinda awkward situation this weekend. I was in Avenues with a friend and after we left I decided I’d show them the new causeway bridge because they hadn’t been on it yet and wanted to see it. I wasn’t gonna drive the whole bridge, just up till the first island, u-turn and come back. I looked at my fuel gauge and it was less than half full but more than enough for the short trip.
Well I nearly got screwed because it turned out the two island exits on the bridge had been closed off. Once you get on the bridge you can now no longer exit and turn back but instead, you now have to drive all the way to the other side (a 20~ minute drive). To make matters worse, once I got to the other side, instead of taking the correct exit that sends me back over the bridge towards Shuwaikh again, I accidentally took the exit towards Bubyan Island which wasted even more fuel.
There are no fuel stations on the other side!
Anyway, luckily I did make it back down without running out of fuel but someone else might not have been as lucky. So in case you’re planning to do the drive over the causeway bridge, make sure you have a full tank of gas.
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It happened to me as well and took the drive in the night around 10 pm with my family. It was scary .
Its is indeed a scary experience – especially if you are low on fuel.
I think the exits to the islands were closed about 3-4 days after the causeway being opened to public.
PS there is a fuel station on the other side – and it is actually the closest from the Subiya end of the bridge (still a 20 Km drive- towards Jahra/Mutlaa)
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/jpP7ETBDYrasoK6s9
Went through the same issue. There’s a KNPC gas station on 801rd (6th RR continuation that leads to bridge)
https://goo.gl/maps/n6NUknYvxKnNkB9D6
I have to travel to Subiya frequently for work – it’s unfortunate that people are experiencing this, but yeah it’s not really an area meant for tourism. It’s a vacant, isolated industrial area. There’s no public place to buy food, get water, or anything. The main road is better for this, as there are periodic gas stations along the way, and a couple places to eat, but for the most part it’s not meant for people.
There is a fuel station on the other side… I had seen one there a couple of days ago..
there isn’t, the closest one is ~25km from the bridge which is another 16min drive