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TheKing Abdullah Bridge (Arabic:جسر الملك عبد الله) is an inoperative bridge over theJordan River between theWest Bank andJordan. It is about 5 kilometers south east ofJericho, and about 4 kilometres south of theAllenby Bridge. It has been known to be a landmark development within the region.
The bridge was built in the 1950s, along with the reconstruction of a road betweenJerusalem andAmman, at a point where the distance between the two cities is the shortest, about 60 km. Today, that road is numbered "Highway 1" in Israel, "Road 40" on the Jordanian side. The bridge is named after KingAbdullah I of Jordan.
During theSix-Day War, on 7 June 1967[citation needed], a section of the bridge was destroyed by theHarel Brigade of theIDF and it became unusable.
As of 2024[update], the bridge has not been rebuilt yet and theAllenby Bridge, just north of it, remains the major crossing point between Israel andJordan. If the bridge is ever rebuilt, the travel time by car betweenJerusalem andAmman would only be about 45 minutes, as the majority of road on both sides of theRiver Jordan is now adual carriageway.
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