| Bridge Name: | Sky Gate Bridge R |
| Native Name: | スカイゲートブリッジR |
| Official Name: | 関西国際空港連絡橋 (Kansai Kokusai Kūkō Renrakukyō) |
| Carries: | (6 lanes), Kansai Airport Line, Nankai Airport Line |
| Crosses: | Osaka Bay |
| Locale: | Izumisano, Osaka, |
| Design: | Continuous truss bridge |
| Length: | [1] |
| Open: | 1994 |
| Toll: | [2] |
| Coordinates: | 34.4263°N 135.2784°W |
| Country: | JPN |
| Route: | Kansai International Airport Access Bridge |
| Kansai International Airport Access Bridge | |
| Length Km: | 4.6 |
| Length Ref: | [3] |
| Established: | 2009 |
| Direction A: | South |
| Terminus A: | Rinku Junction Hanshin Expressway Bayshore Route in Izumisano, Osaka |
| Direction B: | North |
| Terminus B1: | Kansai International Airport Interchange in Izumisano, Osaka |
, also known as the, 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 3.75km (02.33miles) long, 29.5m (96.8feet) wide (6 lanes), and 25m (82feet) at its highest point in the center.[4] [5]
The bridge commenced construction in June 1987, and was completed in March 1994.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] The bridge, being the sole link between the airport and the mainland, stranded approximately passengers and staff[9] overnight at the airport. They were evacuated the next day via the ferry to nearby Kobe Airport,[10] later joined by buses over the undamaged half of the bridge.The bridge was partially reopened to vehicle traffic on 7 March 2019 with four lanes open.[11] The bridge's full capacity with six lanes of traffic was restored on 8 April 2019.[12]
The entire expressway is in Osaka Prefecture. The sequence of kilometer posts continue from the Kansai-Kūkō Expressway.