Bridges in Yemen

Shaharah Bridge (Arabic: جسر شهارة) is an arch bridge in Yemen. It was constructed in the 17th century by Usta Saleh Al-Soudi to connect two villages at the top of two mountains in Shaharah District, Amran Governorate, northern Yemen. It is 300 feet deep, 65 feet long, and 9 feet wide. The bridge is the only path to Shaharah, the town it is named after. It is one of the most famous bridges and tourist attractions in Yemen.

The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit. 'Gate of Lamentation', Tigrinya: ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.

Shaharah (Arabic: شهارة Shahārah) is a large mountain village and seat of Shaharah District of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. The village "lies at 2600 metres and overlooks mountainous bulging swells to the south and shimmering hot plains to the north." It lies on top a sharp mountain of the same name, Jabal Shaharah, which is a spur of Jabal al-Ahnum, with its sides and top under extensive cultivation. The village consists of several old stone houses and a cistern. The area is noted for its limestone arch footbridge, constructed in the 17th century by a local lord to connect two villages across a deep gorge.