Highway 60 is a major road in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. It connects the cities of
Al-Qassim Region
The Qassim Province ( ar, منطقة القصيم ' , Najdi Arabic: ), also known as the Qassim Region, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia. Located at the heart of the country near the geographic center of the Arabian Peninsula, it has ...
,
Medina
Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...
,
Yanbu
Yanbu ( ar, ينبع, lit=Spring, translit=Yanbu'), also known simply as Yambu or Yenbo, is a city in the Al Madinah Province of western Saudi Arabia. It is approximately 300 kilometers northwest of Jeddah (at ). The population is 222,360 (2 ...
,
Rabigh
Rabigh ( ar, رَابِغ, translit=Rābigh) is a city and governorate in the Province of Makkah of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, situated on the coast of the Red Sea, around northwest of Mecca in the historic Hejazi region. The city had an estim ...
and
Thuwal
Thuwal ( ar, ثُوَل) is a Hejazi village belonging to the governorate of Jeddah in the Makkah Province of Saudi Arabia, north of Jeddah on the coast of the Red Sea.
Overview
Thuwal had long been a fishing center until the Royal Saudi Na ...
. The construction was completed in 2005 at a total cost of approximately 3.30 million
Riyals. With a length of , it is one of the longest highways ever built by the Ministry of Transportation. Highway 60 is important for tourism and
pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...
.
The length of the route from
Al-Qasim
The Qassim Province ( ar, منطقة القصيم ' , Najdi Arabic: ), also known as the Qassim Region, is one of the 13 provinces of Saudi Arabia
The Provinces of Saudi Arabia, also known as Regions, and officially the Emirates of the Provin ...
to Medina is , and the length from the latter to Yanbu is . On the other hand, the distance from Yanbu to Rabigh and Thuwal is .
See also
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Transport in Saudi Arabia
Transport in Saudi Arabia is facilitated through a relatively young system of roads, railways and seaways. Most of the network started construction after the discovery of oil in the Eastern Province in 1952, with the notable exception of Highw ...
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Roads in Saudi Arabia
Road infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
Road transport in Saudi Arabia