Sky Gate Bridge R

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.

The bridge carries six lanes of automobile traffic on top and two of rail below, over nine truss spans.

A 2600-ton tanker lost power and was blown into one side, severely damaging half of the automobile lanes and the rail lines.

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.

View of Sky Gate Bridge R, pictured from the Airbus A320neo at Kansai Int'l Airport. (November 2013)