Allenby Bridge

Allenby Bridge King Hussein Bridge גשר אלנבי جسر الملك حسين
The Allenby Bridge from the Jordanian side, 2006
Coordinates	31°52′27″N 35°32′27″E / 31.87417°N 35.54083°E / 31.87417; 35.54083
Carries	Pedestrians, vehicles
Crosses	Jordan River
Locale	Balqa Governorate, Jordan West Bank
Named for	Edmund Allenby King Hussein
Maintained by	Israel Airports Authority (West Bank side) Public Security Directorate (Jordanian side)
History
Construction start	1918
Opened	1994
Rebuilt	1968, 1994
Statistics
Daily traffic	3200 pedestrians and 33 trucks (2007)[citation needed]
Toll	₪176.00 (outbound West Bank)[citation needed] ₪155.00 (outbound West Bank - Palestinians only)[citation needed] JD 10.00 (outbound Jordan)[citation needed]
Location

The Allenby Bridge (Hebrew: גשר אלנבי, romanized: Gesher Allenby), known officially in Jordan as the King Hussein Bridge (Arabic: جسر الملك حسين, romanized: Jisr al-Malek Hussein), and also called the Al-Karameh Bridge (جسر الكرامة) or simply Al-Jisr (الجسر, lit. 'the bridge') by Palestinian Arabs,^[1] is a bridge that crosses the Jordan River near the city of Jericho in the West Bank and the town of Al-Karameh in Jordan.^{[citation needed]}

The bridge is currently the only official border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, and is the sole designated exit/entry point for West Bank Palestinians travelling abroad by land.

Being 381 metres (1,250 ft) below sea level, it is the lowest fixed water crossing in the world.^{[citation needed]}