Sky Gate Bridge R
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Sky Gate Bridge R スカイゲートブリッジR | |
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Coordinates | 34°25′35″N 135°16′42″E / 34.426333°N 135.278361°E |
Carries | ![]() S Kansai Airport Line, ![]() |
Crosses | Osaka Bay |
Locale | Izumisano, Osaka, ![]() |
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 (2.33 mi)[1] |
Width | 29.5 m (96 ft 9 in) |
Height | 25 m (82 ft 0 in) |
Longest span | 150 m (492 ft 2 in) |
History | |
Opened | 1994 |
Statistics | |
Toll | ¥920[2] |
Location | |
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Kansai International Airport Access Bridge | |
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Route information | |
Length | 4.6 km[3] (2.9 mi) |
Existed | 2009–present |
Component highways | ![]() |
Major junctions | |
South end | Rinku Junction![]() ![]() in Izumisano, Osaka |
Section 1 | |
North end | Kansai International Airport Interchange in Izumisano, Osaka |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
Highway system | |
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Sky Gate Bridge R (スカイゲートブリッジR Sukaigētoburijji R), also known as the Kansai International Airport Access Bridge (関西国際空港連絡橋), serves as a link between the mainland of Osaka, Japan to the artificial island in Osaka Bay on which Kansai International Airport is built. It is the longest double-decked truss bridge in the world. The bridge carries six lanes of automobile traffic on top and two of rail below, over nine truss spans.
Structural specifications
[edit]The Sky Gate Bridge is a continuous truss bridge that measures 3.75 km (2.33 mi) long, 29.5 m (96 ft 9 in) wide (6 lanes), and 25 m (82 ft) at its highest point in the center.[1][4]
History
[edit]The bridge commenced construction in June 1987, and was completed in March 1994.[1] On 21 April 2009, management of the expressway portion of the bridge was handed over to the West Nippon Expressway Company.[3] This expressway was numbered E71 alongside the Kansai-Kūkō Expressway in 2016.[5]
Typhoon Jebi
[edit]The bridge was damaged on 4 September 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.[6] The bridge, being the sole link between the airport and the mainland, stranded approximately 3000 passengers and 2000 staff[7] 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,[8] later joined by buses over the undamaged half of the bridge.[7] The bridge was partially reopened to vehicle traffic on 7 March 2019 with four lanes open.[9] The bridge's full capacity with six lanes of traffic was restored on 8 April 2019.[10]
Junction list
[edit]The entire expressway is in Osaka Prefecture. The sequence of kilometer posts continue from the Kansai-Kūkō Expressway.
Location | km[11] | mi | Exit | Name | Destinations | Notes | |
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Izumisano | 6.6 | 4.1 | 3 | Rinkū | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus, E71 continues on to the Kansai-Kūkō Expressway | |
6.6 | 4.1 | 4 | Rinku | ![]() Osaka Prefecture Route 29 east – Kaizuka Osaka Prefecture Route 63 south – Sennan | Northbound entrance, southbound exit; southern end of National Route 481 concurrency | ||
11.2 | 7.0 | 5 | Kansai International Airport | ![]() | Northern terminus of E71 and National Route 481; toll gate | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "About Kansai International Airport". Kansai Airports. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Road Map and Access Bridge Tolls". Kansai Airports. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b "関西国際空港連絡橋(道路)の移管に伴う料金変更について" (in Japanese). 21 April 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "LONG SPAN & NEWER STEEL BRIDGES IN JAPAN". Daido University. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Japan's Expressway Numbering System". www.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ "Ship smashes into Kansai airport bridge as typhoon hits Japan". The Mainichi. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "First of 5,000 people stranded by typhoon at Kansai airport evacuated as storm death toll hits 10". The Japan Times. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "関西空港自動車道" (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ "関西国際空港連絡橋 6車線確保について" (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ Google (30 October 2019). "Kansai Int'l Airport Access Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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