Sky Gate Bridge R

Sky Gate Bridge R
スカイゲートブリッジR
Coordinates 34°25′35″N 135°16′42″E / 34.426333°N 135.278361°E / 34.426333; 135.278361Coordinates: 34°25′35″N 135°16′42″E / 34.426333°N 135.278361°E / 34.426333; 135.278361
Carries 6 lanes of Kansai-Kūkō Expressway,
 S  Kansai Airport Line,
Nankai Airport Line
Crosses Osaka Bay
Locale Izumisano, Osaka,  Japan
Official name 関西国際空港連絡橋 (Kansai Kokusai Kūkō Renrakukyō)
Characteristics
Design Continuous truss bridge
Total length 3,750 m (12,300 ft)[1]
Width 29.5 m (97 ft)
Height 25 m (82 ft)
Longest span 150 m (490 ft)
History
Opened 1991
Statistics
Toll ¥920[2]

Sky Gate Bridge R (スカイゲートブリッジR), serving the Kansai International Airport of Osaka, Japan, is the longest double-decked truss bridge in the world. It carries six lanes of automobile traffic on top and two of rail below, over nine truss spans. It links the mainland to the artificial island on which the airport is built.

Structural specifications

The Sky Gate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that measures 3,750 meters long, 29.5 meters wide (6 lanes), and 25 meters at its highest point in the center.[1][3]

History

The bridge commenced construction in June 1987, and was completed in March 1994.[1]

Typhoon Jebi

The bridge was damaged on September 4, 2018, by Typhoon Jebi. A 2600-ton tanker lost power and was blown into one side, severely damaging half of the automobile lanes and the rail lines.[4] The bridge, being the sole link between the airport and the mainland, stranded approximately 3000 passengers and 2000 staff[5] overnight at the airport. They were evacuated the next day via the Kōbe–Kankū Bay Shuttle (神戸-関空ベイ・シャトル) ferry to nearby Kobe Airport,[6] later joined by buses over the undamaged half of the bridge.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Kansai International Airport". Kansai Airports. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Road Map and Access Bridge Tolls". Kansai Airports. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "LONG SPAN & NEWER STEEL BRIDGES IN JAPAN". Daido University. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ship smashes into Kansai airport bridge as typhoon hits Japan". The Mainichi. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 Williams, Martin (7 September 2018). "What Kansai airport flooding can teach Hong Kong about the perils of reclamation amid climate change". South China Morning Post.
  6. ↑ "First of 5,000 people stranded by typhoon at Kansai airport evacuated as storm death toll hits 10". The Japan Times. 5 September 2018.


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