Akbar Bridge, Concrete bridge in Safed, Israel.

Akbar Bridge carries Highway 89 across the Nachal Akbara gorge, north of the village of Akbara and south of Safed. It is 420 metres long and 14 metres wide, rises 80 metres above the streambed and rests on four concrete piers. It was built by pushing cast segments from both sides, and its deck is designed to carry tanks and withstand earthquakes up to magnitude 8.9.

The bridge was planned after the Yom Kippur War to give the army a route from northern depots to the Golan and access to Rebecca Ziv Hospital in Safed. Environmental objections over the Nachal Akbara valley delayed it for years. Construction by Shapir began in 1997 using the segmental pushing method; two workers died when scaffolding collapsed. Highway 89 opened on 24 December 2002.

Before the bridge opened to traffic on 24 December 2002, thrill-seekers used it for Israel's first bridge bungee jump (Nadav Kaspi, Ido Hadar and Robert Levin) and its first bridge BASE jump (Avner Tzachori). The structure is nicknamed "the suicide bridge" after about 12 suicides in its first decade, and in November 2013 Netivei Israel workers added a railing and safety fence along both sides.

The bridge is part of the daily traffic network and can be used at any time of day. Both pedestrians and drivers should be prepared for the mountainous terrain and weather conditions in the region.

Before the bridge opened to traffic, it hosted Israel's first bungee jump from a bridge, made by Nadav Kaspi, Ido Hadar and Robert Levin, and the country's first bridge BASE jump, by Avner Tzachori. Two construction workers died when scaffolding collapsed during building.