The Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Causeway Bridge is going to be closed for cars and open for cyclists every Friday from 7AM to 10AM. I heard the Kuwait Olympic Committee pushed for this decision after a cyclist got hit by a car on the bridge and passed away. From some of the comments I read on instagram, car guys obviously aren’t too happy with this decision since Friday morning is when a lot of car groups and bike groups gather for drives and the bridge was a popular destination (no idea why since it’s a really boring drive). I have noticed cyclists have been getting a lot of support lately, Kuwait Motor Town, for example, is also open to cyclists every Saturday from 7AM to 9AM and every Tuesday from 4PM to 8PM.
Personally I think the fact that they need to close off a whole bridge so that cyclists have a safe place to ride their bicycles shows how dangerous roads are in Kuwait. I think they should have taken cyclists and pedestrians into consideration when designing the bridge in the first place and created a separate closed off lane for them. But then again, that’s probably asking too much when sidewalks and pedestrian safety aren’t even an important thing here.
Top photo from @modmodh
Bottom photo from @kw_triclub taken by @Qallaf99
10 replies on “Causeway Bridge Open Only for Cyclists Every Friday Morning”
“Personally I think the fact that they need to close off a whole bridge so that cyclists have a safe place to ride their bicycles shows how dangerous roads are in Kuwait.”
My thoughts exactly.
Of course the roads are dangerous, they’re not prepped for bicycles. Especially the bridge since it’s a god damn highway. Who the hell thought driving their bicycle on a highway right next to cars going 100km/h was a good idea?
That is sad for cyclists.
More awareness for both cyclists and regular road users is needed.
I’m with ASD on this. The bridge was never meant to be used for cyclists. Its a major highway connecting two parts of the country together. If they wanted cyclists and pedestrians roaming willy nilly on the bridge they would have made accommodations for that from day one .
Hi Mark,
The bottom photo is shot by @Qallaf99, this guy deserves credit as he goes around photographing us just because riders and himself enjoy it without fees and no matter what kind of weather Kuwait decides to throw at us.
thanks just updated the post!
Do you always use someone else’s work in your blog without properly crediting them?
Who’s work didn’t I credit? 🤔
(If you’re talking about the bottom photo I did credit the source but the source didn’t credit the photographer so I did)
hi..i wanted to know if the causeway is still open for cycling