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Al Rafisah Dam

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The dam in the Shumayliyyah Mountains

Al-Rafisah Dam[1] (Template:Lang-ar), also Al-Rufaisah Dam (Template:Lang-ar),[2] is a dam of Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. It dams the Wadi Shis near the village of Al-Rafisah. The dam was built in the 1980s at the same time as the Khor Fakkan Dam by Emirates McAlpine Contractors Ltd, a subsidiary of Alfred McAlpine International Ltd under a $63 million contract.[3][4]

A rest area with tourist facilities was built alongside the dam as part of the Sharjah-Khor Fakkan highway (S 142) project, a 14-year project to connect the interior of the UAE with the east coast.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dh5.5bn highway between Sharjah and Khor Fakkan opens". The National. 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
  2. ^ a b "Video, Sharjah Ruler takes drive down new Khor Fakkan highway". Khaleej Times. 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. ^ Civil engineering. Morgan-Grampian. 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  4. ^ World water. T. Telford Ltd. 1984. p. 68. Retrieved 30 September 2011.