The King­dom of Bahrain and Sau­di Ara­bia were con­nect­ed in 1986 by a bridge named after the fifth king of Sau­di Ara­bia, Fahd bin Abdu­laz­iz Al Saud, who financed the project. At 25 kilo­me­ters long, it ranks 14th in the list of the longest bridges in the world and is the longest among all Arab bridges. More than 50,000 vehi­cles cross the King Fahd Cause­way every day. The car cross­ing is espe­cial­ly pop­u­lar among res­i­dents of Sau­di Ara­bia who trav­el to neigh­bor­ing Bahrain on week­ends, where there are far few­er restric­tions, in par­tic­u­lar, alco­hol is sold freely.