Sky Gate Bridge R

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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; 135.278361
Carries	(6 lanes),  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 (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

Kansai International Airport Access Bridge
関西国際空港連絡橋
Route information
Length	4.6 km[3] (2.9 mi)
Existed	2009–present
Component highways	National Route 481
Major junctions
South end	Rinku Junction Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route Kansai-Kūkō Expressway in Izumisano, Osaka
Section 1
North end	Kansai International Airport Interchange in Izumisano, Osaka
Location
Country	Japan
Highway system
National highways of Japan Expressways of Japan

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.

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]

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]

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]

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
Izumisano	6.6	4.1	3	Rinkū	Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route – Osaka, Kobe Kansai-Kūkō Expressway – Osaka, Wakayama	Southern terminus, E71 continues on to the Kansai-Kūkō Expressway
	6.6	4.1	4	Rinku	National Route 481 – to National Route 26 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	Kansai Airport – Domestic Cargo, Observation Hall, Terminal, Ferries	Northern terminus of E71 and National Route 481; toll gate
	1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access       Route transition

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